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John M. Kennedy
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Composer John M. Kennedy (b. 1960) began his career studying Jazz bass at the Berklee College of Music in Boston before returning to his native Cleveland to attend the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, studying composition with Loris Chobanian and double bass with Anthony F. Knight. After completing undergraduate work in double bass performance he reached a turning point in his career with a commission from the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra in 1985 and First Prize in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Young Composer Contest. Soon after he was awarded a fellowship to study at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with Leslie Bassett and subsequently William Albright, Fred Lerdahl and Eugene Kurtz. Recently Kennedy has turned his attention to the use of real-time electronic and amplification effects in his compositions resulting in the "Janus" series. He is currently working on projects using the Internet as a performance medium.
Kennedy's professional recognition includes the Charles Ives Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, grants from Meet the Composer, Inc., Young Composer and annual Standard Panel Awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Creative Leave and Creative Activity Grants from California State University, Los Angeles. His commissions include works for the Miller-Lowry Duo, the Baldwin-Wallace College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Kalamazoo College and the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra.
His compositions have been performed at major festivals and venues throughout the US, Europe, Canada, Korea and Argentina, including a performance of his "Portrait..." during the 1989 Salzburg Festival at the Mozarteum (Vienna Modern Masters VMM 3034). In addition to composing, Kennedy has conducted works of Leslie Bassett, William Kraft, Henry Brant, Chinary Ung and Kui Dong, all under the supervision of the composers. He has lectured for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the American Youth Symphony Orchestra and presented papers on music composition for the College Music Society and the Society of Composers, Inc.
Dr. Kennedy is professor of music composition at California State University, Los Angeles. He lives in Woodland Hills, California with his wife Satik Andriassian and their two children, daughter Taleen and son Tadeh.
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