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| Ron Nelson (b.
1929) is a native of Joliet, Illinois. He received his Bachelor of
Music degree in 1952, the Master's degree in 1953, and the Doctor of
Music Arts degree in 1956 from the Eastman School of Music. he
studied in France the Ecole Normale de Musique and, in 1955, at
the Paris Conservatory under a Fulbright Grant.
Dr. Nelson joined the Brown University faculty the following year as an Assistant Professor, attaining the rank of Associate Professor in 1960 and Full Professor in 1968. He served as Chairman of the Department of Music from 1963-1973, and in 1991 he was awarded the Acuff Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts, becoming the first musician to hold the chair. He has gained wide recognition as a composer of choral, band and orchestral works. Nelson retired from Brown University in 1993 and currently resides in Arizona. His other works for band include Rocky Point Holiday, Medieval Suite, Aspen Jubilee, and Sonoran Desert Holiday. Close Window |
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