Richard Festinger
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Early in his career, Festinger played guitar and toured with folk singer Joan Baez, including a performance at Woodstock in 1969. Shortly afterwards, intent on pursuing a performing career in jazz, he attended the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, where he studied composition with Herb Pomeroy and improvisation with Gary Burton. Returning to San Francisco in 1972, he performed extensively for several years as a jazz guitarist while pursuing a growing interest in classical music and composition. Festinger earned his B.A. from San Francisco State University and later his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley where he worked with composer Andrew Imbrie. Since 1990, Festinger has been a Professor of Theory and Composition at San Francisco State University. Festinger’s work as a contemporary Classical composer, comprising more than 80 compositions across a variety of genres, has been widely recognized for its elegance and emotive power.
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