John Pozdro
| John Pozdro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 14, 1923 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | January 1, 2009 (aged 85) Lawrence, Kansas |
John Walter Pozdro (August 14, 1923 – January 1, 2009) was a significant American composer and pedagogue. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians describes his music as “inherently pragmatic, with tertian torsion resulting in the formation of tastefully enriched triadic harmony, and with asymmetric rhythms enhancing the throbbing pulse of musical continuity.”
Pozdro was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1923 of Polish and German descent. He began taking piano and music theory lessons at an early age with Nina Shafran. From 1941 to 1942, he studied piano and music theory with Edward Joseph Collins at the American Conservatory of Music. After service in the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army, he entered Northwestern University. There, he studied with Robert Mills Delaney and received his Bachelor of Music in 1948 and Master of Music in 1949. He later studied at the Eastman School of Music with Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, and Wayne Barlow earning his Ph.D. in Composition in 1958.
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