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Joan Tower

Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938) is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist, and conductor. Her work has been performed worldwide. Since gaining recognition for her first orchestral composition, Sequoia (1981), a tone poem that structurally depicts a giant tree from trunk to needles, she has written a variety of instrumental…

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Alma mater
Bennington College · Columbia University (PhD)
Born
(1938-09-06) September 6, 1938 (age 87) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.

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Joan Tower → (1938-09-06) September 6, 1938 (age 87) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.

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Joan TowerBorn(1938-09-06) September 6, 1938 (age 87) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
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Joan Towerrelated to External linksFrank0.60section
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