Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Evan Copley

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Evan Copley

Role
  
Music composer



Education
  
Michigan State University

Tonal Prelude #33 (2008) , R.E.Copley


Evan Copley is an American academic and musician who has published several theory textbooks, including Harmony: Baroque to Contemporary. Copley's numerous compositions include symphonic, choral, band, keyboard, and chamber music works. In February 1990, his Ninth Symphony was premiƩred, and in 1986, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast Copley's motet, "In Thee, O God, Do I Put My Trust" on 350 radio stations and 40 television stations. His Third Piano Concerto was premiered in 1988 by Daniel Graham and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. Also in 1988, Copley was named UNC's Distinguished Scholar of the Year. In the summer of 1991, Copley was named composer-in-residence at the Breckenridge Music Institute. Copley received his MM and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.

References

Evan Copley Wikipedia