Maury Yeston

Maury Yeston is a composer, lyricist, author, and teacher and has written for the concert, Broadway and off-Broadway stages. He has also held various university teaching and administrative posts, and has published extensively as a music theorist. Concert: An American Cantata: 2000 Voices; for Orchestra, Double Mixed Choir, Boys Choir and Gospel Chorus (Kennedy Center Commission, National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin Conductor, April 2000), December Songs (song cycle, Centennial Year Commission by Carnegie Hall), Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (Premiere, Yo Yo Ma, Norwalk Symphony, Gilbert Levine Conductor, 1976). Broadway: Titanic (Tony Award 1997: Best Score, Best Musical, Grammy Nomination). Nine (Tony Award 1982: Best Score, Best Musical; two Drama Desk Awards - Best Music and Best Lyrics; Grammy Nomination, Olivier Award Nominations). Grand Hotel with Wright & Forrest (1989 Tony and Drama Desk Nominations). Off-Broadway: Cloud 9 (songs & incidental music), In the Beginning with Larry Gelbart (NYC & Chicago). National: Phantom with Arthur Kopit (National Alliance of Music Theatre Producer’s Award). Albums & Songs: Titanic (RCA), Nine (CBS, RCA, Polygram), Grand Hotel (RCA), Goya, with Placido Domingo, Gloria Estefan (Sony), December Songs (RCA), Till I Loved You (Barbra Streisand, Sony). Teaching: Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Music Studies, Yale University, 8 years; Director BMI Music Theatre Workshop, 18 years. Degrees & Academic: Clare College, Cambridge (B.A., M.A.), Yale (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) Two books, Yale University Press (The Stratification of Musical Rhythm; Readings in Schenker Analysis). Boards & Organizations: President, Kleban Foundation; Editorial Board, Musical Quarterly; Editorial Board, Kurt Weill Foundation Publication Project; Advisory Board, Yale University Press Broadway Series; Board of Directors, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dramatists Guild Council. Additional Prizes: Kayden Visiting Artist Designee 1998 (Harvard University), Artist of the Year Award 1998, Elaine Kaufman Foundation.