Anna Rubin

Anna Rubin (born 1946) is an American composer of electroacoustic and instrumental music.

Biography

Anna Rubin studied with composers Mel Powell, Earle Brown, Pauline Oliveros, and Paul Lansky, and graduated with a doctorate in composition from Princeton University. After completing her studies, she taught composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. She also taught at Lafayette College and in 2002 took a teaching position at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.{{cite web |url=http://www.kalvos.org/rubinan.html|title=Biography|access-date=3 November 2010}}

Rubin is a member of the American Music Center, is a co-founder of the Independent Composers Association of LA, serves on the editorial board of Perspectives of New Music, and has served as president of the International Alliance for Women in Music.{{cite book |title=Women composers and music technology in the United States|author=Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth|year=2006}}

Rubin is the author of professional articles on the work of composer Francis Dhomont.{{cite web|url=http://www.annarubinmusic.com/anna_rubin_biography.html|title=Biography|access-date=4 November 2010|archive-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110003149/http://annarubinmusic.com/anna_rubin_biography.html|url-status=dead}}

Honors and awards

Two awards, Maryland State Arts Council
Fellow, National Orchestral Association
Delta Ensemble Gaudeamus Prize for De Nacht: Lament for Malcolm X, 1984
Jury prize, Aether Festival #1 - International Radio Art/Radio Station KUNM, Albuquerque, NM, for Family Stories: Sophie, Sally, with Laurie Hollander