Alan Fletcher (born 1956) is president and CEO of the

Aspen Music Festival and School The Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) is a European classical music, classical music festival held annually in Aspen, Colorado. It is noted both for its concert programming and the musical training it offers to mostly young-adult music stud ...

and a music administrator and composer. He came to Aspen in March 2006 from the positions of Head of the School of Music and Professor of Music at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had been since 2001, and before that from leadership and faculty positions including provost and senior vice president at the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on ...

, where he was engaged for 16 years. He holds doctorate and master's degrees from The Juilliard School and a bachelor's degree from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

, and has studied with distinguished composers such as

Roger Sessions Roger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher and musicologist. He had initially started his career writing in a neoclassical style, but gradually moved further towards more complex harmonies and ...

Milton Babbitt Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music. Biography Babbitt was born in Philadelphia to Albert E ...

, Edward T. Cone, and

Paul Lansky Paul Lansky (born June 18, 1944, in New York) is an American composer. Biography Paul Lansky (born 1944) is an American composer. He was educated at Manhattan's High School of Music and Art, Queens College and Princeton University, studying wit ...

. He has won numerous composing awards and commissions, including recent commissions for the

Pittsburgh Symphony The ''Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra'' (''PSO'') is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District. History The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an Americ ...

and the

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. He lectures nationally and internationally on music and music administration, has a blog for ''Gramophone'', and has written Op/Ed pieces for newspapers such as the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', ''Symphony'', and ''Baltimore Sun''. In addition, he sat on some of the field’s most prestigious committees such as

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Artistic Board and Jury, on which he served with former AMFS artistic administrator

Ara Guzelimian Ara Guzelimian is an American academic and scholar who served as the dean and provost of The Juilliard School from 2006 to 2020. He is currently the artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival and continues at Juilliard as Special Advisor to th ...

. He lives in Aspen, Colorado with his partner Ronald Schiller.National Public Radi

Danielle Deabler, September 9, 2001.

External links

Aspen Music Festival and School.com website

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References

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