Urrows, David Francis: - "David Francis Urrows (b. Honolulu, Hawai'i, 1957) grew up in New York, where he was trained as a chorister and studied piano and organ with Allen Sever. He was educated at New York University, Brandeis University, the University of Edinburgh, where he studied composition under Kenneth Leighton, and Boston University, where he studied with David del Tredici, Arthur Berger, and Girolamo Arrigo. From 1976 to 1984 he studied composition privately with American composer Randall Thompson.Composing primarily on commission, Urrows has won awards from ASCAP, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and Boston University, and has published original works and editions with Boosey & Hawkes, Paraclete Press, E. C. Schirmer, and A-R Editions. Works in many genres - choral pieces, works for piano and organ, compositions for vocal and instrumental soloists, music for chamber ensembles, and scores for the theater - have been performed in the United States, Europe, Great Britain, and Asia."