Theodore Pease Stearns (1881–1935) was an American composer. Born in

Berea Berea may refer to: Places Greece * Beroea, a place mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, now known as Veria or Veroia Lesotho * Berea District Romania * Berea, a village in Ciumești Commune, Satu Mare County * Berea, a tributary of the Va ...

Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

, he wrote a number of operas. Of these, ''The Snowbird'' was given at the

Chicago Civic Opera The Civic Opera Company (1922–1931) was a Chicago company that produced seven seasons of grand opera in the Auditorium Theatre from 1922 to 1928, and three seasons at its own Civic Opera House from 1929 to 1931 before falling victim to financia ...

in 1923; this work won the Bispham Memorial Medal Award. He taught music at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

from 1932 until 1935.

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List of works on son's website

1881 births 1935 deaths American male classical composers American classical composers University of California, Los Angeles faculty American opera composers People from Berea, Ohio Classical musicians from Ohio 20th-century American male musicians {{US-composer-19thC-stub