Featured Composer: Stephen Halloran
February 11, 2005

Stephen Halloran earned a BM from the Eastman School of Music and both MM and DMA from Boston University, studying composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler, Lukas Foss and Stephen Albert. Among his numerous awards for composition are the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and multiple ASCAP grants.

Dr. Halloran is the recipient of the 2003 Renee B. Fisher Award for his piano work, The Galilee Hitchhiker, which has been released on compact disc. As a result of the Renee B. Fisher award, Dr. Halloran recently completed a commission, Transformations, for solo piano for the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT. He is currently on the faculty of the Rivers Music School in Weston, MA, where he is Chair of the Music Theory Department.

The BCO performed the world premiere of Dr. Halloran's composition, "Concerto for New Orleans" (for Jazz Sextet and Classical Orchestra) at the Valentine's concert on February 11, 2005.

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