David Schiff

professor, music, Reed College

Composer and author David Schiff was born in New York City on August 30, 1945. He studied composition with John Corigliano and Ursula Mamlok at the Manhattan School of Music, and with Elliott Carter at the Juilliard School where he received his D.M.A.. He holds degrees in English literature from Columbia and Cambridge Universities. Schiff's major works include the opera *Gimpel the Fool*, *the Sacred Service*, *Slow Dance*, *Stomp*, *Solus Rex*, *Speaking in Drums*, *Vashti*, and *4 Sisters*, *New York Nocturnes*, *Pepper Pieces*, *Canti di Davide*, *Singing in the Dark*, *All About Love*, and *Canzona*.