Patsy Rogers (born 19 January 1938) is an American composer and teacher who has won several awards and commissions.
[3] Her teachers included Henry Brant, Louis Calabro, Vivian Fine, Iva Dee Hiatt, and Lionel Nowak.
[1] Her own compositions have been commercially recorded by Lucille Fields on the Cambria label.
[7] She has supported the Rites of Spring Musical Festival on Long Island,[8] as well as the Miriam Gideon Prize, which she offered through the IAWM for works by a female composer over 50 for solo voice with one to five instruments.
[9] In his book Recent American Art Song, Keith E. Clifton noted that “composer Judith Lang Zaimont describes Rogers’ style as ‘purposefully accessible to the average listener,’ and Rogers has referred to her own free use of the tonal system as ‘floating tonalities.’”[10] Roger’s compositions are published by Casio Publishing Company[11] and Hildegarde Publishing Company.