Joel Puckett (composer)

Joel Puckett

Joel Puckett was born in on June 27, 1977, in Atlanta, GA, and is an American composer. He comes from a musical family; his father was a classical tubist and in his retirement still plays dixie-land jazz gigs around Atlanta. He completed his academic work at the University of Michigan, earning both a Masters of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts. His teachers include Michael Daugherty, William Bolcom, Bright Sheng, Will Averitt and Thomas Albert.

This Mourning was commissioned by the Washington Chorus and is scored for 250 singers, full orchestra and a consort of 40 crystal glasses. This premiere is to take place at the main stage of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in late November 2006.

Puckett is a member of the theory/composition faculty at Towson University in Baltimore, MD.

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