Nils Vigeland

Composition Faculty Emeritus

Nils Vigeland was born in Buffalo,NY and made his professional debut as a pianist with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss, conductor. He later studied with Foss at Harvard College and Morton Feldman at The University at Buffalo. With Eberhard Blum, flute, and Jan Williams, percussion, he recorded the complete extended length works for flute, percussion and piano of Feldman for hat ART. His own music is available on recordings from Lovely Music, mode, Naxos and New Focus. His choral music is available from Boosey and Hawkes. He taught at Manhattan School of Music for thirty years, retiring as Chair of Composition in 2013. Scores, recordings and writings are available on nilsvigeland.com.