William Eldridge - Bio

William Eldridge is a composer of concert music, electroacoustic music and music for film and other media. After attending Virginia Commonwealth University, The His teachers included: Music Composition: John Clement Adams, Leslie Bassett (Pulitzer Prize, 1966), Leon Kirchner (Pulitzer, 1967), Donald Martino (Pulitzer, 1972), Earl Kim, Donald S Music Theory: Donald Martino, Milton Babbitt (lifetime Pulitzer, 1982) Analog Electronic Music: George Balch Wilson and Ivan Tcherepnin (Grawemeyer Award, 1996) Computer Music: Barry Vercoe (MIT), the creator of Csound Semiotics: Robert Hatten (U. of Michigan) Psychological Research: Ellen Langer (Harvard U. Dept. of Psychology and Social Relations), Howard Gardner (Harvard U. Graduate School of Education) The composer's concert and computer music has been heard in Russia, Italy, The Netherlands and across the US. His music for film and radio drama has been presented at f Dr. Eldridge has taught music technology at Harvard University, Tufts University and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), history of American popular music and race In addition to music, education, software development, consulting, photography and other pursuits, Dr. Eldridge serves as founding president of Friends of City Dance, a nonprofit organization which supports renowned dance educator Annette Holt's unique vision of municipal ballet and other professional dance instruction for inner-city youth.