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MICHAEL DeMURGA (b. 1967)
Michael DeMurga is Associate Professor of Music.
He received both his Master of Arts and Ph. D. degrees in composition from the
Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He completed a Bachelor of
Music degree (summa cum laude) at Boston University.
DeMurga's compositions have received international performances at concerts and
music festivals in the United States, Europe and Australia by performing
ensembles and soloists such as the CORE Ensemble, the Florida State University
Faculty String Quartet, the Orlando Symphony Quartet, Marimolin, the Miami
String Quartet, the New World Symphony, Virtuosi of the New World Symphony,
cellist David Bjella, pianist David Mattingly and flutist Nestor Torres.
Recent festival performances include the 2001 Queensland Biennial, the 2000
Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, the 2000 Rockport Chamber
Music Festival and the 1999 "Contrasts" Contemporary Music Festival in
Lviv, Ukraine. Among his awards and grants are the 2000 Florida State Music
Teachers Association Commission, the 1998 Kubik International Prize in
Composition, two Eastman awards (Hanson Orchestral Prize, 1991; Gitelman Award,
1995) and the 1990 Marimolin Prize. His compositions can be heard on the
GM Recordings label.
DeMurga studied composition with Samuel Adler, David Liptak, Robert Morris,
Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schawantner and computer music with Allan
Schindler. He has previously taught at the University of Miami and the New
World School for the Arts. He currently teaches composition and computer
music at Stetson University.
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