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Biography
Tamar Muskal studied composition and viola at the Jerusalem Academy for Dance and Music (Israel), Yale University and CUNY. Recent and future commissions include a double concerto for saxophone and viola for the Williamsport Symphony, a work for percussionist Steve Schick and a digital/interactive sculpture by Daniel Rozin, music for a 50 minutes film for the historic, silent, black and white film about the Mexican revolution, a song cycle commissioned by ASCAP and music for a documentary film about finding a cure for blindness (narrated by Robert Redford).
Tamar received grants and awards from institution such as ASCAP, Meet-the-Composer, the Jerome Foundation, American Music Center and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. She received an award from the Academy of Arts and Letters (2004), a grant from Meet The Composer (2006), the Theodore Front Prize from IAWM for “The Yellow Wind” (2007), a grant from the American Composers Forum/Jerome Foundation (2007), a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University (2007) two grants from the American Music Center (2008, 2009), a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation (2009), a grant from Meet The Composer (2010) and a first place winning prize from the “Third Millennium Ensemble (2013). “The Yellow Wind” was nominated for a Pulitzer prize. While at Yale, she received four awards for her compositions and achievements. Her piece The Yellow Wind was nominated for a Pulitzer prize.
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| GRANT NAME | YEAR | Opera Grants for Women Composers: Discovery Grants | 2023 |
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