Joan Tower b. 1938

• born in 1938, New Rochelle, NY.
• spent her childhood in South America
• studied at Bennington College, Vermont (1958-61); Columbia University (MA – 1967, DMA – 1978).
• In 1969, founded Da Capo Chamber Players; won Naumburg Award for Chamber music in 1973.
• Taught at Bard College in Annadale0on-Hudson starting in 1972.
• Was Composer-in-Residence of the St. Louis Symphony from 1985 to 1987.
• Received numberous fellowships including a Guggenheim (1976), a Koussevitsky Foundation grant (1982), several NEH fellowships, and the prestigious Grawemeyer Award (1990).

cut and pasted from: http://www.emory.edu/MUSIC/ARNOLD/JTOWER.HTM
writes for chamber and orchestra
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/T/Tower,_Joan/