Biggs, John, 1932-

Commissioned by the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra. Composed 1971. First performance Jacksonville, Oregon, August 1971, Britt Festival Orchestra, John Trudeau conductor. Dedicated to John Trudeau and the Britt Festival Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1966. First performance Jacksonville, Oregon, 21 August 1968, Peter Britt Festival Players, the composer conducting, Patricia Miller soloist. Dedicated to Claire and Jack Chasson. Won the Celia Buck Award, 1966.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1964. First performance Antwerp, Belgium, 15 May 1965, Antwerp Philharmonic, the composer conducting. Dedicated to the composer's wife and to his mother. Second movement in memoriam John Fitzgerald Kennedy.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1976. First performance Mill Valley, California, 10 March 1977, Tamalpais High School Orchestra, Robert Greenwood conductor, Ann and Laurence Nelson soloists. Dedicated to Laurence and Ann Nelson and the Tamalpais High School Orchestra, Robert Greenwood - Director.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Biography

Born in Los Angeles on October 18, 1932; received his Masters degree in composition from the University of California, Los Angeles; studied at the University of Southern California and the Royal Flemish Conservatory, Antwerp, Belgium; his teachers included Roy Harris, Lukas Foss, Ingolf Dahl, Flor Peeters, Halsey Stevens, and Leonard Stein; taught at Los Angeles City College, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and served as composer-in-residence to six colleges in Kansas; founded the John Biggs Consort, which toured internationally under Columbia Artists Management, specializing in medieval, renaissance, and 20th century music; awards for his compositions include a Rockefeller Grant, Fulbright Grant, Atwater-Kent Award, ASCAP Serious Music Awards, and Meet the Composer grants.