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Composers BureauJohn WinsorBiography John is a founding member of the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble, which was formed in 1988. The HCE performs about a dozen concerts annually for Virginia's colleges, universities, and other presenting organizations. They also perform once or twice annually in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, or elsewhere in the United States. The HCE has received grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and from the arts commissions of Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. John's composition prizes include the 1992 Delius vocal award for Four Songs, the 1995 Delius keyboard award for Three Preludes, the 1992 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition prize for Hardwick Quartet, and the 1994 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition prize for Midas Retold. John has received grants from the American Music Center and from Meet the Composer. Since 1992, he has received seven commissions from various arts organizations. Articles by and about John have appeared in ComposerUSA. John is a member of several composer organizations including the National Association
of Composers, USA (NACUSA), the Society
of Composers, Inc., and the Southeastern Composers League. He
is Vice President of both the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble and the
Tidewater (Virginia) Chapter of NACUSA.
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John studied clarinet with Robert Harrison, David Harris, and Robert
Marcellus of the Cleveland Orchestra and composition with John Rinehart
and James Waters. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in music
education from Heidelberg College and a Master of Arts degree in
music theory from Kent State University. During the 1979-1980 school
year, he was a doctoral assistant in music theory at Kent State.
He has taught music theory and designed bandsman training materials
at the Armed Forces School of Music. He has also taught clarinet,
music theory, and composition at the Virginia Governor's School
for the Arts. He has served as an adjudicator for VMTA student composition
contests. John is a senior computer programmer/analyst for Unisys
Corporation.