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Bruce MacCombie (1943 in
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– May 2, 2012, in
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) was an American composer. He studied at the
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and
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, and holds a Ph.D. in music from the
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. He was appointed to the music faculty of
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in 1975, and one year later joined the composition faculty of the
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. MacCombie was Director of Publications for G. Schirmer and Associated Music Publishers from 1980 to 1986, Dean of the
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from 1986 to 1992 and Dean of the School for the Arts at
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from 1992 to 2001. Since 2002 he has been Professor of Music at the
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at Amherst. His compositions include ''Nightshade Rounds'' (1979) for solo
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(written for
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), ''Leaden Echo, Golden Echo'' (1989) for
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and
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, the set of
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pieces ''Color and Time'' (1990), ''Chelsea Tango'' (1991) for orchestra, and the quintet ''Greeting'' (1993) (written for
Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include '' Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', '' Polish Requiem'', '' ...
's 60th birthday). MacCombie was named Executive Director of
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in 2001. He was succeeded by Derek Gordon in 2004.


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