Jack Gallagher

about

Jack Gallagher (born June 27, 1947) is an American composer and college professor. His compositions include orchestral, chamber, piano and choral works. He has written two symphonies, both of which have been recorded. Gallagher was born in Brooklyn, New York to John J. and Ethel L. Schaffeld Gallagher and raised, until age six, in Glendale, Queens, New York. In 1953, he moved with his family to Plainview, New York, where he studied music in the public schools and, privately, accordion and trumpet. He earned the Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Hofstra University and Master of Fine Arts and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Cornell University. Gallagher's principal composition teachers were Elie Siegmeister, Robert Palmer, and Burrill Phillips; his conducting teacher was Charles Gouse; his piano teachers were Lawrence Schubert, Malcolm Bilson and Noël Lee; his trumpet teachers included Charles Gouse and Allan Dean. Gallagher is the Olive Williams Kettering Professor of Music at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, where he was appointed to the faculty in 1977. He was Music Director of the Wooster Symphony in 1985-86. Gallagher's works have been performed or recorded by orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Kraków, Kiev Philharmonic (National Philharmonic of

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albums

Gallagher: Orchestral Music

Jack Gallagher: Symphony No. 2 "Ascendant" & Quiet Reflections

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Jack Gallagher: Piano Music

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Masterworks Of The New Era, Vol. 7: Knight, Brydern, Appogiatura, Hindman, Pavia, Porter and Others

Music from 6 Continents (1996 Series)

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Naxos January 2015 New Release Sampler

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Music from 6 Continents (1994 Series)

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I Am Jack's Life

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what it is

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Orchestral Music

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The New Album

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