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Composer-in-Residence Events

Now in her 15th year as Composer-in-Residence at Canisius College, Persis Parshall Vehar has had works commissioned and performed by leading orchestras, opera companies, ensembles, soloists and schools throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. She has received many of today’s most prestigious honors and awards for composition including ASCAP Awards, American Music Center Composer Assistance Grants and Meet-the-Composer Grants.

Thursday, October 4, 2012
2:30 p.m. / MCC
Persis Vehar, composer
"Music History's Influence on a NOW Composer,"  Part 1

Canisius College Composer-in-Residence Persis Vehar explains the correlation between past composers like Bach, Vivaldi, Debussy, Copland---and Vehar.

Thursday, February 28, 2013
2:30 p.m. / MCC
Persis Vehar, composer
"Music History's Influence on a NOW Composer,"  Part 2  Canisius College Composer-in-Residence Persis Vehar continues her two-part series on the correlation between well-known composers in music history including Beethoven, Schubert, Stravinsky, Britten---and Vehar.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
7:30 p.m. / MCC
Persis Vehar, composer
11th Annual Student Composers’ Workshop
3rd Annual “Persis Vehar Competition in Excellence in Composition”

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