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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

music cataloging, Murray Boren, compositions

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Music

Abstract

Murray Boren is the composer-in-residence at Brigham Young University as well as a professor of musical composition and theory. He studied composition at BYU as an undergraduate and did graduate work at BYU and City University of New York. He is a composer who has generated many works and is respected by his colleges. I have had association with Professor Boren, and because of that association, my peers have often asked why access to Professor Boren’s compositions is non-existent—why recordings of the performances are difficult to find and the scores unobtainable. Premieres of Professor Boren’s compositions are regular on the campus of BYU and in the surrounding area. Professor Boren has also released a CD recording of some of his works. Murray Boren has received many commissions including the Barlow Endowment for the Arts, University of Delaware Wind Ensemble, and the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, to name a few. Many solo performers have also commissioned and recorded his works. Nonetheless, his music is still relatively difficult to find and access, whether for education or enjoyment.

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