Morten Lauridsen
Morten Lauridsen | |
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Lauridsen on Waldron Island in 2012 | |
| Born | February 27, 1943 Colfax, Washington, U.S. |
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| Organizations | USC Thornton School of Music |
| Awards | National Medal of Arts |
Morten Johannes Lauridsen III (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer and teacher. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001, and is professor emeritus of composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he taught for fifty-two years until his retirement in 2019.