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Born in Shanghai and raised in the Philippines before settling in San Francisco during World War II, Cumming studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg and Roger Sessions, though their influences are hard to find in his style.
Richard Cumming. Writer: Great Performances. Composer, conductor, pianist and teacher, educated at San Francisco Community College and Conservatory, and a student of Roger Sessions, Ernest Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Rudolf Firkusny through Ford and Wurlitzer grants.
Richard Cumming. Writer: Great Performances. Composer, conductor, pianist and teacher, educated at San Francisco Community College and Conservatory, and a student of Roger Sessions, Ernest Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Rudolf Firkusny through Ford and Wurlitzer grants.
Richard Cumming. (June 9, 1928 - November 25, 2009) My cousin, Richard Cumming (known to friends and family as Deedee) died on Wednesday, at the age of 81. He was a composer, pianist, teacher, and for 25 years, the composer-in-residence at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island.
Jeffrey Wagner, PianoRecorded in the Jim Fellows Center for Creative Media, Park Ridge, Illinois USA
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