Composer and conductor Lukas Foss received the Gold Medal for Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Foss was elected to membership in the American Institute of Arts and Letters (a former division of The Academy) in 1962 and became a member of the American Academy in 1983. The Gold Medal is the Academy's highest honor. Former music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, The Milwaukee Symphony and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Foss also was composer-in-residence at Harvard University, Yale University and Boston University among others.
August 12, 2000 at 1:00 p.m.
Prelude Concert
Tanglewood Music Center
Festival of Contemporary Music
Seiji Ozawa Hall
Conductor/Coach/Percussion: J. William Hudgins (TMC Faculty)
Violin: Gillian Clements (TMC Fellow)
Viola: Joanne Wojtowicz (TMC Fellow)
Bass: Joseph Conyers (TMC Fellow)
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