Title
Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Composition
Music
Expertise
Composition. Theory and analysis. Orchestration.
Degrees
Princeton University, Ph.D.
Princeton University, M.F.A.
New England Conservatory, B.M.
Contact
| Email: | rakowski@brandeis.edu |
| Phone: | 781-736-3339 |
| Office: | Slosberg Music Building - Addition, 217 |
Awards and Honors
Barlow Lecture, Brigham Young University (2012)
Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Music, Ithaca College School of Music (2012)
Camargo Foundation residency, Cassis, France (2011)
Maurice Abravanel Distinguished Visiting Composer, University of Utah (2010)
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer '69 Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring, Brandeis University (2009)
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Italy. Residency June-July (2008)
Barlow Prize, Barlow Endowment. Commission for "Cantina" for premiere by five wind ensembles. (2006)
Chevillion-Bonnaud composition prize, Concours international de piano d'Orlèans, France. (2006)
Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Marilyn Nonken, for Piano Concerto. (2006)
Liguria Study Center, Bogliasco Foundation, Italy. Residency April-May. (2006)
Master Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts (2005)
Walter W. Naumburg Chair (2005)
Elise L. Stoeger Prize, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center "for contributions to the chamber music repertory" (2004)
First Prize, International Horn Society composition competition (2003)
Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Music (Ten of a Kind) (2002)
Fromm Foundation commission (Études Book V) (2002)
American Academy of Arts and Letters: Academy Award in Music (2000)
Composer-in-residence, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival (1999)
Distinguished Guest Composer, Composers Conference at Wellesley College (1999)
Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Music (Persistent Memory) (1999)
Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission for Ensemble 21 for "Sesso e Violenza" (1996)
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Commission for Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (1995)
Rome Prize (Hedwig Van Ameringen Fellowship), 1995-1996 (1995)
Fromm Foundation Commissions (Hyperblue, for the Itzkoff-Shapiro-Rider Trio) (1991)
Residencies at Yaddo (also 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010) (1991)
Residency at Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center (1991)
National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship (1990)
Residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (also 1992, 1996-7, 2000, 2003, 2005-6) (1990)
Residencies at the MacDowell Colony (also 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010-11) (1990)
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1989)
BMI Awards to Student Composers (Violin Concerto) (1983)
BMI Awards to Student Composers (Variations) (1982)
Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Columbia University (1982)
Tanglewood Music Center Margaret Lee Crofts Fellowship in Composition (1982)
George W. Chadwick Medal, New England Conservatory (1980)
Courses Taught
| MUS | 5a | Fundamentals of Music |
| MUS | 101a | Theory and Musicianship I: Part 1 |
| MUS | 101b | Theory and Musicianship I: Part 2 |
| MUS | 103a | Theory and Musicianship II: Part 1 |
| MUS | 103b | Theory and Musicianship II: Part 2 |
| MUS | 106a | Undergraduate Composition |
| MUS | 175a | Instrumentation and Orchestration |
| MUS | 292a | Seminar in Composition |
| MUS | 292b | Seminar in Composition |
Scholarship
