John Duffy (composer)

In 1974 he founded the organization Meet The Composer under the auspices of the New York State Council on the Arts and the American Music Center.

The organization helped to create platforms for contemporary composers to discuss new works with audiences; notably coordinating summer festivals of contemporary music for the New York Philharmonic and helping to fund composer-in-residence programs with 32 symphony orchestras throughout the United States among many other successful projects.

[3] Raised in Woodlawn, Bronx, he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II and fought in the Battle of Okinawa.

Soon after completing his studies, he became music director of the Antioch Shakespeare Festival which was founded by Arthur Lithgow.

1 — Utah" (premiered 1989 at Lincoln Center), and created "A Time for Remembrance," to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor for the U.S. Department of the Interior.