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Education 1979 Princeton University Ph.D. 1976 M.F.A. 1974 The Juilliard School M.M. 1971 Douglass College A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa, Graduation with Honors) Academic Career 1999 University of Virginia William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor 1992 University of Virginia Professor 1986 University of Virginia Associate Professor 1979 University of Virginia Assistant Professor Awards and Commissions Date Source Type Work 2002-2003 The Bayly Museum Commission The Forest for The TreesDigital Installation Piece 2001-2002 Wintergreen Performing Arts through Americans for the Arts Commission Singing the Blue RidgeMezzo, Baritone, Orchestra, Electronics made from wild animal sounds 2001 Currents Ensemble Commission Run Piano Qt 1999 The Hexagon Ensemble Commission Ockeghem Varitaions (Wnd Qt + Pno) 1997-8 The Core Ensemble Commission Houdini: Memories of a Conjurer (Vlc, Pno, Perc) 1995 National Symphony Hechinger Commission, 25th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center Hearing the Call (2 trumpets, 2 snare drums) 1994-95 University of Virginia Associate Fellowship Institute for Advanced Technologies in the Humanities 1994 James Kraft/Manhattan School of Music Commission for the Arcata Quartet The Janus Quartet (String Quartet) 1992-94 Lila Acheson Wallace/Readers Digest Foundation Grant to Shepherd College: two-year retrospective of Shatin's music and commissioned piece 4 residencies, plus commissioned piece COAL 1992 University of Virginia Commission, celebrating Jefferson's 250th birthday We Hold These Truths 1992-94 National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship Elijah's Chariot for the Kronos Quartet; Four Songs for Girls Chorus 1991 Lila Acheson Wallace/Reader's Digest Foundation Planning Grant to Shepherd College Retrospective & commission of Shatin's music 1991 National Flute Association Winner, Newly-Published Music Competition Gabriel's Wing 1990-91 Virginia Chamber Orch. Commission Stringing the Bow 1990-92 Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Composer Award Kairos 1990-93 Virginia Commission for the Arts Commission to Roxbury Chamber Players Secret Ground 1990 National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship Piping the Earth 1990 Bay Area Women's Philharmonic Commission Piping the Earth 1988 American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Nominated for Award 1988 Barlow Foundation Commission Three Summers Heat 1986 American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Nominated for Award 1986 Garth Newel Chamber Players Commission View from Mt. Nebo 1985 American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Nominated for Award 1985 National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship Ruah 1985 University of Virginia Commission Commonwealth Salute 1982 Ash Lawn Opera Festival Commission Follies and Fancies 1981 Ash Lawn Opera Festival Commission for orchestration Follies and Fancies 1980 American String Quartet Festival, Charles Ives Center Performance Constellations 1980 National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship Aura 1978-79 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Commission Job 1978 East and West Artists Composition Competition Winner of Competition Quatrain 1976 New Jersey State Arts Council Commission Arche 1973 The Juilliard School Ellstein Composition Award 1971 Aspen Music Festival Composition Award Lost Shards 1971 Douglass College Julia Carlie Composition Prize Residencies 2001 MacDowell 1999 Mishkan Amanim; Herzlia, Israel 1997 Virginia Center for Creative Arts 1996 Virginia Center for Creative Arts 1995 Brahmshaus, Baden-Baden 1992 MacDowell Artist Colony 1991 Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Art-Sounds Series James Madison University Contemporary Music Festival Grand Teton Music Festival, Music in the Present Tense Series 1990 University of California, San Diego 1990 Bellagio Study & Conference Center 1989-90 Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics, Stanford University 1987 Yaddo Artist Colony Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Garth Newel Chamber Players 1986 Minnesota Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra League Program Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 1985 Roxbury Chamber Players Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 1984 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 1983 La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 1981 American Dance Festival, Composer & Choreographers Program, Duke University 1975 Tanglewood, Composition Fellow 1974 Tanglewood, Composition Fellow Service to Profession 1999- Advisory Board, International Alliance for Women in Music 1996- Chair, Nominating Committee, International Alliance for Women in Music 1995- Jury, Civitella Ranieri Artist Colony 1994- Board of Directors, American Composers Alliance 1989- 93 President, American Women Composers, Inc. 1991 Score Review Panel, Women's Philharmonic Orchestral Readings 1990 NEA Peer Review Panel, Composer Fellowship Program 1988 Chair, Virginia Chapter, American Women Composers, Inc. 1982-86, 1993- Board of the Tuesday Evening Concert Series, University of Virginia 1982-85 Board of Directors, Virginia Women's Cultural History Project 1981-85 Secretary, Executive Board, American Women Composers, Inc. 1974-79 Board of Directors, League of Composers/International Society for Contemporary Music (two terms)