Julia Wolfe

This article is about the American composer. For the British mathematician, see Julia Wolf. For the British composer, see Julia Woolf.
Julia Wolfe
with composers John Cage, David Lang, and Michael Gordon in 1982
Born (1958-12-18) December 18, 1958 (age 65)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Composer, Professor of Music
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
Children2
Websitejuliawolfemusic.com

Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958)[1] is an American composer and professor of music at New York University. According to The Wall Street Journal, Wolfe's music has "long inhabited a terrain of its own, a place where classical forms are recharged by the repetitive patterns of minimalism and the driving energy of rock".[2] Her work Anthracite Fields, an oratorio for chorus and instruments, was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[3][4][5][6][7] She has also received the Herb Alpert Award (2015) and was named a MacArthur Fellow (2016).

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  3. ^ "The Pulitzer Prize". The Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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