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BARBARA BENNETT (b. 1952)
 Barbara Bennett is a composer and pianist who comes
from a long line of southern musicians dating back to turn-of-the-century
traveling tent show performers. Her family includes three musician
sisters, a mother who is a flutist and orchestra conductor, and a very patient
father/Lockheed engineer. She enrolled in piano performance studies at the
University of Georgia where she earned the B.M., magna cum laude, and M.F.A.
degrees. During her tenure at UGA, a composition teacher said he was going
to make a composer out of her and she challenged him to do so. She
subsequently enrolled in composition seminars throughout the rest of her
educational studies and eventually earned the D.M. in composition from Florida
State University. Bennett teaches a variety of courses at the University
of California, Riverside, while maintaining an active composition schedule along
with her academic duties.
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