He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, where he studied composition with Ross Lee Finney.Īs a composition and music theory instructor at the National Music Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy, Crumb guided and mentored numerous young musicians. During his time at Camp, Crumb had several of his works performed at student recitals and composed original music for one of the Camp's radio dramas.Īfter Interlochen, Crumb attended Mason College of Music and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Crumb studied clarinet with his father and began composing music at the age of 10.Ĭrumb studied piano, composition, and conducting at Interlochen when he was 18 years old.
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Crumb's upbringing was particularly musical: both of his parents were professional musicians, his father a clarinetist and his mother a cellist. A 1947 alumnus of the National Music Camp (the predecessor to Interlochen Arts Camp), Crumb served as Camp faculty from 1957-59 and in 1961 and on the faculty of Interlochen Arts Academy during the 1975-76 school year.
The Interlochen community mourns the loss of legendary composer George Crumb, who died on Feb. Dan Stopler, George Crumb, and Kim Kabala prepare to perform Crumb’s “Ancient Voices of Children” at Interlochen Arts Academy in 1975.
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