Preparatory Division Faculty
Eleonor CoryD.M.A., Columbia. M.M. New England Conservatory. M.A.T.
Harvard University. B.A. Sarah Lawrence College. Composition studies with
Charles Wuorinen, Chou Wen-chung, Bulent Arel, Meyer Kupferman
Composition; Music History (20th & 21st Century)
Profile:Commissions
from the Fromm Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust; Composition
awards from National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the
Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts; Recording awards from the Mary
Flagler Cary Trust, Aaron Copland Fund, American Composers Alliance, Alice M.
Ditson Fund, PSC - CUNY Research Foundation, and Yale University; Winner:
Hollybush and Kucyna International Composition Competitions, Music of Changes,
International New Music, Davenport, and New Jersey Guild of Composers
Competitions; MacDowell Colony Fellow. Performances by New Jersey Symphony,
Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Chamber Symphony of Princeton, Colonial Symphony,
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, New York New Music Ensemble, DaCapo Chamber
Players, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Cygnus Ensemble, League-ISCM, Washington Square
Contemporary Music Series, Composers Concordance, Atlantic String Quartet,
Momenta Quartet, Take Dance Company, New York Virtuoso Singers, Gregg Smith
Singers, Alea III, Earplay and soloists Ursula Oppens, Curtis Macomber,
Elizabeth Farnum, Stephen Gosling, Gregory Fulkerson, Sue Ann Kahn, Jayn
Rosenfeld, Patricia Spencer, Christopher Oldfather. President, Association for
the Promotion of New Music, (2008 – present; Board Member, (2000 – present);
President, American Composers Alliance (1981-84); Board member (1975-88);
League- ISCM, Board Member, 1973 – present. All-Cory recordings on
Albany, CRI, Soundspells. Additional recordings on Capstone, North/South, and
Advance labels; Published by C.F. Peters, Association for the Promotion of New
Music, American Composers Alliance, and Soundspells Productions/Phantom
Press. Faculty member: Baruch College (1973-78); Yale University
(1978-1983); Kingsborough Community College, CUNY (1991-2011); Manhattan School
of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, Brooklyn College, Hofstra University; Mannes
College Preparatory Division since 2004.
