Born:
San Francisco, CA

Degrees and Studies:
B.A., Yale University; M.A., SUNY-Stony Brook; D.M.A., Columbia U. Composition studies with Bulent Arel, Mario Davidovsky, and Jacob Druckman. Postdoctoral research at IRCAM (Paris).

Biographical Information:
Associate professor and director of Oberlin Conservatory's music and media program, 1980-1992. Vice president of Hyperspace Cowgirls, a children's interactive media company, 1995-2002. Awards and fellowships include N.E.A., Opera America, Rockefeller Foundation, MacDowell Colony, and Djerassi Foundation. Works performed by Brooklyn Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Columbus and Cleveland Chamber Orchestras, Canadian Brass. Recordings on CRI Emergency Music label. Operas: Eros and Psyche, Oberlin Opera Theater (libretto by the composer); Photo-Op, La MaMa ETC, N.Y.C., with Ridge Theater (libretto by James Siena); Tonkin, Opera Delaware (libretto by the composer with Tom Bird and Robert T. Jones); Positions 1956, P.S. 122, and Le Poisson Rouge, N.Y.C. (libretto by Michael Korie); The Golden Gate (libretto from the novel in verse by Vikram Seth, adapted by the composer), staged workshop, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, January 2010. Songs by lyricists including Vikram Seth and Michael Korie for his amplified ensemble of instruments and voices performed at P.S. 122, La MaMa, and the Knitting Factory.

The Juilliard School:
Evening Division faculty since 2003. 

Web site:
www.conradcummings.com