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John Winsor studied clarinet with Robert Harrison, David Harris, and Robert Marcellus of the Cleveland Orchestra and composition with John Rinehart and James Waters. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from Heidelberg College and a Master of Arts degree in music theory from Kent State University. During the 1979-1980 school year, he was a doctoral assistant in composition at Kent State. He has taught music theory and designed bandsman training materials at the Armed Forces School of Music. He has also taught clarinet, music theory, and composition at the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts. He has served as an adjudicator for VMTA composition contests (both the professional and student contests). He is a computer programmer for Unisys Corporation and an adjunct clarinet instructor at Tidewater Community College. He is also sole proprietor of Benchmark Websites.
John is a founding member of the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble, which was formed in 1988. The HCE has performed concerts in many of Virginia's colleges, universities, and other presenting organizations. They have also performed in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and elsewhere in the United States. The HCE has received grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and from the arts commissions of Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. John is vice president and composer-in-residence of the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble and a past chairman of the board of directors for the National Association of Composers/USA (NACUSA). He is the founder of NACUSA's Mid-Atlantic chapter. He is also a member of the Society of Composers, Inc. and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
John's composition prizes include the 1992 Delius vocal award for Four Songs, the 1995 Delius keyboard award for Three Preludes, the 1992 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition prize for Hardwick Quartet, the 1994 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition prize for Midas Retold, the Modern Music Festival 2000 Film Scoring Competition prize for Totem, the 2005 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition for Chamber Symphony, and the 2012 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition for Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano. John has received grants from the American Music Center and from Meet the Composer and 17 ASCAP awards. His works are frequently performed at composer conferences and festivals throughout the United States and, occasionally, in Europe.
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