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Dennis Riley
5+ albums
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Dennis Riley was born in Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 1943, where he received his first formal music instruction at age 5. In 1950 his family moved to Lakewood, CO. He studied piano and music theory privately, and decided at age seventeen to persue a music career. Mr. Riley graduated with a degree in piano from the University of Colorado in 1965, where his teachers included Storm Bull. He was appointed Composer-in-Residence for the Rockford, IL, Public Schools under the auspices of the Ford Foundation and the Music Educators National Conference, a position he held for two years (1965-67). He received a Master of Music in composition (1968) from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in composition (1973) from the University of Iowa, where some of his teachers were George Crumb and Ben Johnston. Mr. Riley held teaching posts at California State University , Fresno, and Columbia University. In the mid-1980’s, Mr. Riley was among the first group of composers to master and advocate the use of personal computer programs for the notation of music, and from that time on he earned his living primarily by preparing computer engravings of scores for other composers. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
