Elliott Schwartz

A graduate of Columbia University,[2] he was Beckwith Professor Emeritus of music at Bowdoin College joining the faculty in 1964.

In 2006, the Library of Congress acquired his papers to make them part of their permanent collection.

[4] Performances of his music include the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Houston Symphonies, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Kreutzer and Borromeo Quartets, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space and the MOMA Summer Garden (NYC); Tanglewood, the Bath Festival (UK); Leningrad Spring (Russia), Gaudeamus Music Week (Netherlands), and the European Youth Orchestra Festival (Denmark).

In 2006, Schwartz's 70th birthday was celebrated with concerts, lectures and residencies at the University of Minnesota, the Library of Congress (Washington), Oxford, and the Royal Academy of Music (London).

In addition to his composing, Schwartz also wrote a number of books, critical essays and reviews.