SFSU Composition Faculty

Ronald Caltabiano, B.M., M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School, under Vincent Persichetti and Elliott Carter. Additional studies with Peter Maxwell Davies in Great Britain. Awards from Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, ASCAP, Bearns. Commissions and performances by San Francisco, Dallas, Cincinnati, BBC, Hong Kong orchestras; Emerson, Juilliard, Arditti String Quartets; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Fires of London. Recordings on CRI, Move, OpusOne. Published by Merion Music, Inc./ Theodore Presser Co.

Richard Festinger, B.M., San Francisco State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley under Andrew Imbrie. Jazz studies at Berklee College of Music. Post-doctoral studies in Computer Music at Stanford University. Commissions from Alexander String Quartet, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, New York New Music Ensemble, Parnassus, Laurel Trio, City Winds. Awards from the Fromm, Jerome, and Koussevitzky Foundations, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Founding director of Earplay contemporary music ensemble. Recordings on Centaur, CRI, and CRS. Published by C. F. Peters and Fallen Leaf Press.

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, M.M, Peabody Conservatory, Yale University; Ph.D, Princeton University. Studies with Jacob Druckman and Henri Dutilleux. Awards, honors from Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Camargo Foundations, government of Mexico, U.N.E.S.C.O, Fulbright Commission, BMI, AMC; Mozart Medal recipient; Distinguished Artist, New Jersey Arts Council. Recent commissions from Carnegie Hall, Concert Artists Guild, ASCAP, BMOP, Barlow Endowment, Cervantino Festival, Tanglewood, U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture, Alain Trudel, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Recordings on CRI, Teldec, UMMUS. Published by Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica.

Wayne Peterson, Professor Emeritus, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; advanced study, Royal Academy of Music. Winner, the Pulitzer Prize in Music, 1992. Performances by the San Francisco, Oakland, Minnesota orchestras; Group for Contemporary Music; Speculum Musicae; and San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Recent works for American Composers Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Alexander String Quartet, and Earplay Ensemble commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation. Other honors from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and Guggenheim Foundation. Recordings on CRI, Koch, Innova. Published by C. F. Peters Corp.


		Ronald Caltabiano, B.M., M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School, under Vincent Persichetti and Elliott Carter. Additional studies with Peter Maxwell Davies in Great Britain. Awards from Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, ASCAP, Bearns. Commissions and performances by San Francisco, Dallas, Cincinnati, BBC, Hong Kong orchestras; Emerson, Juilliard, Arditti String Quartets; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Fires of London. Recordings on CRI, Move, OpusOne. Published by Merion Music, Inc./ Theodore Presser Co.


	Richard Festinger, B.M., San Francisco State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley under Andrew Imbrie. Jazz studies at Berklee College of Music. Post-doctoral studies in Computer Music at Stanford University. Commissions from Alexander String Quartet, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, New York New Music Ensemble, Parnassus, Laurel Trio, City Winds. Awards from the Fromm, Jerome, and Koussevitzky Foundations, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Founding director of Earplay contemporary music ensemble. Recordings on Centaur, CRI, and CRS. Published by C. F. Peters and Fallen Leaf Press.


	Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, M.M, Peabody Conservatory, Yale University; Ph.D, Princeton University. Studies with Jacob Druckman and Henri Dutilleux. Awards, honors from Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Camargo Foundations, government of Mexico, U.N.E.S.C.O, Fulbright Commission, BMI, AMC; Mozart Medal recipient; Distinguished Artist, New Jersey Arts Council. Recent commissions from Carnegie Hall, Concert Artists Guild, ASCAP, BMOP, Barlow Endowment, Cervantino Festival, Tanglewood, U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture, Alain Trudel, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Recordings on CRI, Teldec, UMMUS. Published by Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica.


		Wayne Peterson, Professor Emeritus, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; advanced study, Royal Academy of Music. Winner, the Pulitzer Prize in Music, 1992. Performances by the San Francisco, Oakland, Minnesota orchestras; Group for Contemporary Music; Speculum Musicae; and San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Recent works for American Composers Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Alexander String Quartet, and Earplay Ensemble commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation. Other honors from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and Guggenheim Foundation. Recordings on CRI, Koch, Innova. Published by C. F. Peters Corp.