Regarded as one of the most important American composers living today, Joan Tower will join violinist Claudia Schaer, bassoonist Gili Sharett and pianist Marc Peloquin in a celebration of her music. She has made lasting contributions to musical life in the United States as composer, performer, conductor, and educator. In 2008, Tower's "Made in America" and the recording of it by the Nashville Symphony conducted by Leonard Slatkin won three Grammy Awards in the categories Best Orchestral Performance, Best Classical Album and Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

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