Richard Wernick is best known for his chamber and vocal works.
18 Facts About Richard Wernick
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Richard Wernick's high school music theory teacher took notice of his abilities, and introduced him to Irving Fine, who was a composition professor at Harvard University at the time.
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Richard Wernick went on to complete his undergraduate studies with Fine at Brandeis University.
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Richard Wernick spent much of his career as a composition professor, teaching at SUNY Buffalo and the University of Chicago.
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In 1983, Riccardo Muti selected Richard Wernick to be the Consultant for New Music to the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Richard Wernick held this position until 1989, when he was re-appointed as Special Consultant to the music director.
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Richard Wernick continued until the end of Muti's tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1993.
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Richard Wernick won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition Visions of Terror and Wonder.
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Richard Wernick won Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards in 1986 for his Violin Concerto, 1991, and 1992.
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Richard Wernick has received awards from the Ford, Guggenheim and Naumburg foundations.
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Richard Wernick's son Adam Wernick is a theatrical composer who has won several Helen Hayes Awards.
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Richard Wernick has described his style as one that attempts to find common ground with an audience:.
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Harmonic analysis of Richard Wernick's work suggests that his style makes reference to tonal harmony, but is usually based on fixed cells of intervals.
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Richard Wernick occasionally makes use of twelve-tone sequences and their permutations, but this technique is not necessarily a defining feature of his output.
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Richard Wernick makes extensive use of contrapuntal techniques, especially in his string quartets.
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The majority of Richard Wernick's works are published by the Theodore Presser Company Most of his manuscripts are held by the Special Collections of the Van Pelt Library at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Richard Wernick's works were represented on some of the earliest releases by Bridge Records, a label founded by guitarist David Starobin.
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Richard Wernick's works have been recorded on Deutsche Grammophon, Nonesuch Records, Centaur Records, Composers Recordings, Inc.