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Biography
Robert Leigh Selig (Jan. 29, 1939 - Jan. 15, 1984), American composer and educator. Robert Selig studied composition with Antony Donato at Northwestern University (Mus.B, 1961, Mus.M., 1962), and with Gardner Read at Boston University (doctoral courses, 1966-1967). He also studied privately with Ernst Krenek and Donald Martino, and on fellowships at Tanglewood in 1966, 1968, and 1972.
In the mid-1960s, Selig wrote popular songs working as a staff composer for United Artists in New York. He was appointed to the faculty of New England Conservatory in 1968, where he taught Twentieth Century Compositional Techniques, Ear Training, and other courses in the Theory Department.
Among the many awards Selig received were two Guggenheim Fellowships for composition (1971 and 1978), a Composer Assistance award from the American Music Center (1975), and a Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation award (1976). His commissioned works include: Concerto for Rock Group and Orchestra (1969) for the Eastern Music Festival; the one-act opera Chocorua (1972), commissioned by the Fromm Foundation and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, where it was premiered; and his last work, for the Serge Koussevitsky Music Foundation, Concerto for Two Pianos (1983).
In his lifetime, Selig's works were performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Collage, Armando Ghitalla, the Empire Brass Quintet, the New England Chamber Opera Group, Elizabeth Parcells, the Washington Chamber Brass, and several New England Conservatory musicians and ensembles. His music scores are published by Margun Music.
There are no productions for this artist in the Season Schedule of Performances which currently only dates back to 1991.
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