Michael Wittgraf was born in 1962 and raised in rural Minnesota. He earned the D.Mus. in composition from Northwestern University, the M.A. in music theory and composition from the University of Minnesota, and the B.A. in mathematics from Carleton College. His composition teachers include Dominick Argento, Andrew Imbrie, M. William Karlins, Alan Stout, Jay Alan Yim, Alex Lubet, and Phillip Rhodes. He has won the University of Minnesota Craig and Janet Swan Sesquicentennial Commissioning Project, and his works have received special distinction in the ASCAP/Nissim Composition Contest, the Ladislav Kubik International Prize in Composition, and the Modern Chamber Players International Composition Contest. His music has been performed by many artists, including the Trio Montecino, the Chiara String Quartet, the BECS Quartet of the National Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, Thursday Musical of St. Paul, the University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble, the DuQuesne Contemporary Ensemble, and Tempus Fugit. He has served on the music faculties of Northwestern University, Carleton College, and St. Mary’s College, and is currently on the music faculty at the University of North Dakota where he specializes in composition, theory, technology, and bassoon.
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