Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1949 November 7 | Born in Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 1958 | Moved to Abilene, Texas, where he studied viola with Herbert Preston, conducting with Leo Scheer, and composition with Macon Sumerlin |
| 1970 August 31 | Married Melissa Whitehead, with whom he had two children named Matthew and Maura (This marriage later ended in divorce.) |
| 1971 | Graduated with Bachelor of Music degree in composition from Baylor University, where he studied conducting with Daniel Sternberg and composition with Richard Willis |
| 1973 | Earned Master of Fine Arts degree from Cornell University, where he studied composition with Karel Husa, Robert Palmer, and Burrill Phillips |
| 1978 | Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Cornell University |
| 1978-1980 | Served on faculty of Lawrence University |
| 1980-2014 | Given Foundation Professor of Composition at Cornell University |
| 1982 | Awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor Prize for his book Lutosławski and His Music (Cambridge University Press, 1981) |
| 1986 | Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition |
| 1988-2009 | Composer-in-Residence, Los Angeles Philharmonic, during which time he gave pre-concert lectures titled Upbeat Live, founded the orchestra’s Composer Fellowship Program for high school students, and directed the Green Umbrella music series |
| 1989 | Pulitzer Prize for Music finalist for his first Concerto for Orchestra |
| 1991 | Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission for his composition Four Poems of A. R. Ammons |
| 1992-1997 | Chair of the Cornell University music department |
| 1997-2006 | Founded and worked with Ensemble X, a new music chamber group comprising faculty of Cornell University and Ithaca College |
| 1998 | MacDowell Colony Fellowship |
| 1999 | Chanticleer commissioned Cradle Songs, featured on their Grammy Award-winning album Colors of Love |
| 2001 | Composer-in-Residence, Aspen Music Festival; additional residencies in 2010 and 2013 Visiting professor of composition, Eastman School of Music Second MacDowell Colony Fellowship |
| 2002 | Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 2003 | Ernst Bloch Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2004 | Ensemble X released In Shadow, In Light, an album consisting solely of Stucky's music |
| 2005 | Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Second Concerto for Orchestra Presented with award from the Witold Lutosławski Society in recognition of his promotion of Lutosławski's works Directed the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival |
| 2005-2009 | Hosted the New York Philharmonic’s Hear & Now pre-concert talks, which included composer interviews and previews of new works |
| 2006 | Elected to the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Board |
| 2007 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters Appointed Trustee of the American Academy in Rome |
| 2008 | Release of Gloria Cheng’s Grammy-award winning album Piano Music by Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski Chair of the board, American Music Center |
| 2011 | Guest artist and lecturer at the Beijing Modern Music Festival Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, New Music USA |
| 2012-2013 | Music Alive Resident Composer, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra |
| 2013 February 13 | Married Kristen Frey |
| 2013 | Curated Philharmonia Orchestra’s centenary for Witold Lutosławski, "Woven Words: Music Begins Where Words End" Grammy nominee for August 4, 1964, Best Classical Contemporary Composition Awarded the Lutosławski Centennial Medal by the Witold Lutosławski Society Jurist, Witold Lutosławski Competition for Composers in Warsaw, organized by the Witold Lutosławski Society and the Polish Composers’ Union |
| 2014 June | The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts), with libretto by Jeremy Denk, premiered at Ojai Music Festival |
| 2014 | Given Foundation Professor Emeritus, Cornell University Joined the composition faculty at The Juilliard School |
| 2016 February 14 | Died in Ithaca, New York |