Charles L. Bestor
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Charles Lemon Bestor (born December 21, 1924 in New York City) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, professor, and administrator.
He studied with Paul Hindemith at Yale University. He later studied with Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin at the Juilliard School, and independently with Vladimir Ussachevsky. He holds degrees from Swarthmore College (Phi Beta Kappa), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
He taught at the Juilliard School and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also served as an administrator at Willamette University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Utah, and University of Alabama. He currently serves as a professor at the University of Massachusetts. His notable students include Wallis Bratt, Tony Silva, and Ben Swire.
Bestor's compositions have drawn on 12-tone music and jazz.[1] Recordings of his music have been released on the Capstone, Centaur, New Ariel, Living Artist, MSR Classics, Orion, SCI, and Serenus labels.
The Charles L. Bestor Collection is held by the American Music Research Center at the University of Colorado.[2]
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