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| James Legg, composer, began his training in music composition at the Juilliard School of Music while still a teenager and went on to receive a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and an M.A. from Duke University.
His many awards include three BMI music awards, a Fulbright Hayes grant for study in Italy with Hans Werner Henze, a National Institute for Music Theater grant for an internship with Thea Musgrave and the Virginia Opera Association, as well as the Charles Ives Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He has written six one-act operas for the stage, one of which was commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera and is based on a play by Bertolt Brecht. At present he is working on his first full-length opera which is based on Arthur Miller's play All My Sons. Mr. Legg has composed scores for several feature films, including "Dirty Laundry," starring Tess Harper and Jay Thomas, and the soon-to-be-released "A Texas Funeral" starring Martin Sheen. |
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