James Dillon

Dillon James B. October 29 1950 Glasgow Scotland . Esteemed British Composer Of Mostly Orchestral Chamber Choral Vocal And Piano Works That Have Been Performed Throughout The World. Mr. Dillon Is Self-Taught As A Composer. He Had Early Experiences With Traditional Bagpipe Music And In The Late 1960s He Played With His Band Influx. He Studied Art And Design At The Glasgow School Of Art In 1968 Linguistics At The University College Of London In 1970 And Piano With Eleanor Purse In 1970-71. Later He Studied Acoustics At The University Of North London In 1971 Indian Rhythm With Punita Gupta In 1971-72 And Mathematics With Gordon Millar At The Tavistock Institute In London In 1972 And Attended Computer Music Seminars At IRCAM In 1984-85. He Has Earned Many Honors Including First Prize In The Competition Of The Huddersfield Festival 1978 And The Kranichsteiner Musikpreis At Darmstadt 1982 And He Was Named Classical Musician Of The Year By The Sunday Times In London 1989 . More Recent Awards Include A Fellowship From The Japan Foundation 1996 And The Royal Philharmonic Society Prize 1998 For Traumwerk Book 1 As Well As The Prize International Distinguished Fellow From New York University 2001 And Numerous Commissions From The European City Of Culture. His Music Has Been Heard At Major Festivals Throughout The World Including The Huddersfield 1983 1996 The Musica In Strasbourg 1990 2002 And The Tage Für Neue Musik In Zürich 2001-02 . In Addition Retrospectives Of His Work Have Been Given In Paris 1985 Oslo 1989 Toulouse 1991 Brussels 1992 And New York 2001 . Mr. Dillon Taught At Darmstadt From 1982-92 Directed The Composition Faculty At The Gothenburg Summer Academy In 1991 And Served As Co-Composer-In-Residence With Brian Ferneyhough At Royaumont In 1996. He Taught As A Guest Composer At Goldsmiths College At The University Of London In 1989-90 And 1991-92 And At The University Of Central England In Birmingham In 1993-94 And 1995-96. He Has Guest-Lectured In Australia Belgium Finland France Germany Italy The Netherlands Norway Switzerland The UK And The USA Including At The Oberlin Conservatory Of Music In 2003. read less