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Martin Kennedy (born March 24, 1978) is a pianist and composer of contemporary classical music.
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Biography
Martin Kennedy was born in Wakefield, England. He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the Juilliard School where he studied as a C.V. Starr fellow under Milton Babbitt and Samuel Adler. He completed his master's degree in composition at the Jacobs School of Music, where he also received his bachelor's degrees in composition and piano performance.
Kennedy has written extensively for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. Awards include first prize in the '2 Agosto' International Composing Competition, the 2010 ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize for Best Orchestral Work, five ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, a BMI Young Composer Award, the Suzanne and Lee Ettleson Prize, an Aaron Copland Award, and residencies at the MacDowell and Yaddo artist colonies. His music is published by Theodore Presser Company and G. Schirmer Inc.
Kennedy is an Associate Professor and the Director of Composition and Theory at Central Washington University. Previously he served on the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis.