Musicianship
BM Northwestern University
MA Stanford University
DM Nothwestern University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Understanding Music
Trends in 20th Century Music
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About
B. Charmian Tashjian received her Doctor of Music in composition from Northwestern University, where she studied with Alan Stout and M. William Karlins. Her Master of Arts degree was granted by Stanford University, where she studied with Gyorgy Ligeti and computer-generated composition with John Chowning. She has received awards for composition from ASCAP, Northwestern University, and the Composers Guild, and commissions from the Loop Group, the American String Teacher’s Association and the DuPage Youth Symphony. Her compositions have been performed in concerts and radio broadcasts throughout the United States and Europe and Australia. In the Chicago area her pieces and interviews have been broadcast on WFMT and WNIB-FM and her compositions have been performed at many venues, including Symphony Center and the Ravinia Festival, by the Chicago Chamber Musicians, Symphony II, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and many other ensembles. Her music has been published by T.C.A. Publications and recorded by Capriccio on their series of New American Music. Her biography is included in the International Who’s Who in Music and in the Encyclopedia of Women Composers by Albert Cohen. Ms. Tashjian was a founder of American Women Composers, Midwest, serving on its Board for fifteen seasons and as President for three terms. She has taught at Columbia College, Northwestern University, and Lake Forest College, and is presently teaching at DePaul University and William Rainey Harper College.