Richard Wernick

Richard Wernick (born January 16, 1934) in Boston, Massachusetts is a US composer. Wernick studied with Irving Fine, Harold Shapero, Arthur Berger, Ernst Toch, Aaron Copland, and Boris Blacher at Brandeis University, and with Leon Kirchner at Mills College. He won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition Visions of Terror and Wonder. He won Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards in 1986 (first place, tie with Bernard Rands), 1991 (first pla... more

Richard Wernick (born January 16, 1934) in Boston, Massachusetts is a US composer. Wernick studied with Irving Fine, Harold Shapero, Arthur Berger, Ernst Toch, Aaron Copland, and Boris Blacher at Brandeis University, and with Leon Kirchner at Mills College. He won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition Visions of Terror and Wonder. He won Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards in 1986 (first place, tie with Bernard Rands), 1991 (first place), and 1992 (second place). He taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1996. His notable students include Daniel Dorff, Gerald Levinson, Philip Maneval, and Stephen Jaffe. less