Thomas C. Duffy, DMA (born June 17, 1955) is Professor (adjunct) of Music and the Director of Bands at
Yale University.
Biography
Duffy received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education (magna cum laude) and Master of Music in Composition from the
University of Connecticut, and his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from
Cornell University, where he studied with
Karel Husa
Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to t ...
and
Steven Stucky
Steven Edward Stucky (November 7, 1949 − February 14, 2016) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.
Life and career
Stucky was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. At age 9, he moved with his family to Abilene, Texas, where, as a teenager, he ...
. He has taught music courses at the
Hartford Conservatory, the University of Connecticut, the Auburn Maximum Security Correctional Facility, Cornell, and Yale.
From 1997 to 2005, Duffy served as Deputy Dean (Principal) of the
Yale School of Music; from July 2005 through June 2006, he served as Acting Dean (Principal).
Duffy served as President of the College Band Directors National Association, from 2009 to 2011. His music is published by
American Composers Alliance The American Composers Alliance (ACA) is an American nonprofit composer service organization dedicated to the publishing and promoting of American contemporary classical music. Founded in 1937 by Aaron Copland, Milton Adolphus, Marion Bauer and oth ...
, Ludwig Music, and Bourne Company Music Publishers. In 1996, Duffy was selected as Outstanding Music Educator of the Year by the
Connecticut Music Educators Association. In 2019, he wrote a piece called Power and Light for two banks in Williamsville, New York.
References
External links
Composer's official website
1955 births
20th-century classical composers
21st-century classical composers
American male conductors (music)
American male classical composers
American classical composers
Cornell University alumni
Living people
University of Connecticut alumni
Yale University faculty
21st-century American composers
20th-century American composers
20th-century American conductors (music)
21st-century American conductors (music)
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
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