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First name: Tina
Last name: Davidson
Dates: 1952
Category: Quartet
Nationality: American
Opus name: Barefoot (2011)
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Peculiarities: http://www.tinadavidson.com/works.php#3
Information: Tina Davidson was born in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in Oneonta, NY and Pittsburgh, PA. She received her BA in piano and composition from Bennington College in 1976 where she studied with Henry Brant, Louis Calabro, Vivian Fine and Lionel Nowak. She founded the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Composers Forum and served as its director from 1999-2001. She was president of the New Music Alliance, a national organization, which has been responsible for the New Music America Festivals. She organized a nation-wide festival entitled "New Music Across America," which ran in 18 cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. In 1992 she wrote a widely-circulated article on women in music for Ms Magazine. She lives in central Pennsylvania and is currently working on a new opera called Pearl, based on a novel by acclaimed author, Mary Gordon.