Education

Learning all the time…

All music by Rick Baitz; all rights reserved.

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, Columbia University School of the Arts, 1991.   Studies with Mario Davidovsky and Jack Beeson.

Fellowship to BMI Film Scoring Workshop, 1991; studies with Earle Hagan.

Tanglewood Fellow, 1980; studies with George Perle; seminars with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, John Williams.

Master of Music, 1980; Bachelor of Music, 1979, in Composition, Manhattan School of Music. Studies with Charles Wuorinen, Ursula Mamlock & Elias Tanenbaum.  Piano with Hyman Kurzweil.

American University, 1974-75; musical studies.  Piano with Alan Mandel; theory with Severine Neff.

Georgetown University, 1972-74, English, philosophy, religion, psychology, biology, theater.

University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1972; anthropology, music, dance, drama, literature.

Los Angeles City College, 1971; anthropology (High School Honors Program).

High School: The American School of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Fairfax High School, Los Angeles.