#  Jeffrey Mumford 

 

 



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 [(This composer has multiple commissions - click here to view all)](/people/jeffrey-mumford)

 Title: *verdant cycles of deepening spring*  
Commission: 2017  
Completed: 2018  
Instrumentation: violin and orchestra  
Premiere Location:   
Premiere Ensemble:   
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 Title: *A Distance of Unfolding Light*  
Commission: 1999  
Completed: 2000  
Instrumentation: violin and orchestra  
Premiere Location: Hickory, North Carolina  
Premiere Ensemble: Western Piedmont Symphony  
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 Title: *From the Middle - Becoming Air*  
Commission: 1990  
Completed: 1991  
Instrumentation: violin, viola, and cello  
Premiere Location: College Park, MD  
Premiere Ensemble: Marcus Thompson (viola), Boston Chamber Music Society   
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Born in Washington, D.C. in 1955, composer Jeffrey Mumford has received numerous fellowships, grants, awards and commissions. Awards include the “Academy Award in Music” from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, a Fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and an ASCAP Aaron Copland Scholarship. He was also the winner of the inaugural National Black Arts Festival/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition. His music has been performed extensively, by major orchestras, soloists, and ensembles, both in the United States and abroad, including London, Paris, Reykjavik, Vienna, and The Hague. Mumford has taught at the Washington Conservatory of Music, served as Artist-in-Residence at Bowling Green State University, and served as assistant professor of composition and Composer-in-Residence at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. He is currently Distinguished Professor at Lorain County Community College in Northern Ohio.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [1990](/commissiondate/1990) [1999](/commissiondate/1999) [2017](/commission-date/2017)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [1991](/completiondate/1991) [2000](/completiondate/2000) [2018](/completion-date/2018)
- ## Composer
    
     [Mumford, Jeffrey](/composer/mumford-jeffrey)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)