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She prefers Mozart and Beethoven to modern composers.
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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What to expect: Charlotte Symphony will perform work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams in a 360-degree spatial audio experience.
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Laura Barrero, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Foster, 75, is a 16-time Grammy-winning composer and producer who has worked with Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Andrea Bocelli, and many others.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
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An 1887 opera by a Black composer resurfaces
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Donald Trump is by no means a small personality.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Jones is, to this day, the only Black composer with three nods in scoring categories, for his work on In Cold Blood (1967), The Wiz (1978) and The Color Purple (1985).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
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Laura Barrero, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Foster, 75, is a 16-time Grammy-winning composer and producer who has worked with Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Andrea Bocelli, and many others.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
Plus: The danger Trump poses to Ukraine The Pope’s transformation in the mass-media age
An 1887 opera by a Black composer resurfaces
Photograph by Saul Loeb / Getty
Caroline Mimbs Nyce
Newsletter editor
Donald Trump is by no means a small personality.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Jones is, to this day, the only Black composer with three nods in scoring categories, for his work on In Cold Blood (1967), The Wiz (1978) and The Color Purple (1985).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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composer
noun
com·pos·er
kəm-ˈpō-zər 
: one that composes
especially
: a person who writes music
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