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Composer and conductor '''Erica Muhl''' (b. October 26, 1961) is Associate Dean and Professor of Composition at the [[University of Southern California]] [[USC Thornton School of Music|Thornton School]] of Music in [[Los Angeles]]. |
Composer and conductor '''Erica Muhl''' (b. October 26, 1961) is Associate Dean and Professor of Composition at the [[University of Southern California]] [[USC Thornton School of Music|Thornton School]] of Music in [[Los Angeles]]. |
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==Early years== |
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Erica Muhl grew up in Los Angeles, where her father [[Edward Muhl]] was the head of [[Universal Pictures]]—noted not only for his long creative partnership with [[Douglas Sirk]], but also for his historic feud with [[Orson Welles]]—and her mother, Barbara, an author and opera singer. She trained both as a composer and conductor, with much completed in Europe. At sixteen she was invited for private composition study with [[Nadia Boulanger]] in [[Paris]]. |
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After returning to [[California]] to earn her B.M., she traveled again to Europe for graduate studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, studying with the Italian composer [[Franco Donatoni]]. In 1991, she completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California. |
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In Los Angeles, she studied conducting privately with the émigré Austrian conductor [[Fritz Zweig]] (1893–1984). For the Italian opera repertoire, she studied in Rome with Walter Cataldi-Tassoni, a student of [[Mascagni]]. |
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==Recordings== |
==Recordings== |
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Composer and conductor Erica Muhl (b. October 26, 1961) is Associate Dean and Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles.
Recordings
- Range of Light: Selected Chamber Works by Erica Muhl Cleveland Chamber Symphony conducted by Erica Muhl and Erik Forrester Albany TROY 667 08G092 (2004)