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  • Wendy Griffiths

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    griffitw@newschool.edu

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    Wendy Griffiths

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    Wendy Griffiths has composed chamber works, songs, orchestral works and dance scores. Her concert music has appeared on the Composers Concordance series, at the Merce Cunningham studio, the Manhattan School of Music, the Yale-Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Storm King Music Festival, Music Under Construction (of which she is a founding member) and in Stockholm performed by the Acidophilus Ensemble. Her works have also been performed by the Washington Master Chorale, the Double Entendre double reed ensemble, The Hudson Trio and the Parhelion Trio.The composition of her opera “The Quiet American,” was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. She has also received grants from Meet the Composer and the American Music Center. Ms. Griffiths appears as a keyboard player/singer/bassist with her band Changing Modes (www.changingmodes.com) with whom she has recorded 2 EPs and 8 full-length CDs. The band won the 2013 M.E.A.N.Y. Festival and has been featured at International Pop Overthrow NY and Chicago and at M.E.O.W. Con in Austin. New York Music Daily called her one of the best songwriters in New York City. In addition, Ms. Griffiths works as a ballet accompanist and currently plays for the Joffrey Ballet School. Ms. Griffiths holds a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.M. from the Mannes College of Music. She received her D.M.A. in music composition from the CUNY Grad Center where she studied with Thea Musgrave, Bruce Saylor and David Olan. She currently teaches Songwriting, Piano, Ear Training and Music Theory in the Extension Division of the Mannes College of Music.

    Degrees Held

    B.A., M.M., D.M.A.

    Professional Affiliation

    New York Women Composers

    The Construction Company 

    Portfolio

    www.changingmodes.com

    Current Courses

    Dictation 1B (Spring 2020)

    Ear Training

    Ear Training (Spring 2020)

    Ear Training 1B (Spring 2020)

    Keyboard 1B (Spring 2020)

    Lesson 1 hour

    Lesson 1 hour (Spring 2020)

    Lesson 1/2 hour

    Lesson 1/2 hour (Spring 2020)

    Pre-Senior TOM

    Pre-Senior TOM (Spring 2020)

    Senior High TOM

    Senior High TOM (Spring 2020)

    Theory Fundamentals 1B (Spring 2020)

    ToM Integrated Skills 1

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