Jennifer Fitzgerald

composer :: piano

Jennifer Fitzgerald (1975-2007) received awards and fellowships from the American Composers Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, the American Opera Projects, Meet the Composer, the Millay Colony and others and she was a finalist for the National Symphony Orchestra's American Residency Commission in North Carolina. Fitzgerald's music has been performed by artists including pulsoptional, Robert Black, Capital M, Innovata Brass and Dan Trueman and has been featured at such festivals and venues as the American Dance Festival, the Duke/UNC Milestones Festival, Columbia University, Lawrence Conservatory, Tufts University, Adelphi University and Vasser College. She was a co-founder and pianist for pulsoptional. Fitzgerald received a Ph.D. in Composition from Duke University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence University. She has been on the faculty of Lawrence Conservatory, Duke University and the Duke University String School.