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John Luther Adams
American composer
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Frank Ticheli
American composer
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Nigel Clarke
British composer and musician
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Eugène Bozza
French composer
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Daniel Lentz
American composer
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Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen
Norwegian composer
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Steven Bryant
American conductor
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Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
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Frank Martin
Swiss composer (1890-1974)
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Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
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Makoto Shinohara
Japanese composer
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Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
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Evan Ziporyn
American composer
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Julie Giroux
American composer
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Costin Miereanu
French composer
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Elena Kats-Chernin
Australian composer
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Joan Tower
American composer, concert pianist and conductor
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Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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José Serebrier
Uruguayan conductor and composer
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Bradley Joseph
Composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, producer, recording artist
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Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
