Z Randall Stroope
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About
Composer and conductor whose best known works include Lamentaciones de Jeremias, Hodie! (This Day), and Amor de mi alma. He won both the Australian-American Fulbright and the Douglas R. McEwen award for National Choral Excellence.
Before Fame
He studied vocal performance at the University of Colorado-Boulder before earning his Doctorate in conducting from Arizona State University.
Trivia
He guest-conducted orchestras at venues such as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, and he also taught conducting and voice at Oklahoma State University.
Family Life
He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Associated With
His primary musical composition mentors, Normand Lockwood and Cecil Effinger, had, themselves, studied with Gabriel Faure's protégée, Nadia Boulanger.
