Martin Halpern
composer, librettist, poet, playwright
composer, librettist, poet, playwright
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Resumé and Publications Martin Halpern 160 Henry St. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 Email: marhalp@aol.com Telephone 718-858-1549 University of Rochester, B.A., 1950. Major, English; Minor, Music (Eastman School of Music) University of Rochester, M.A., English, 1953 Harvard University, Ph.D., English and American Literature, 1959 Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, M.A., Music Composition, 1997 Teaching Positions: University of California at Berkeley, Dept. of English and American Literature, 1959-1964 University of Massachusetts, Dept. of English and American Literature, 1964-1965 Brandeis University, Dept. of Theater Arts (Professor of Playwriting and Dramatic Literature), 1965-1994 Awards: Fulbright Scholarship, Rome, Italy, 1956-1957 Howard Foundation Writing Fellowship, 1962-1963 California Olympiad of the Arts Award in Poetic Drama (for play Tameem). 1968 Bronze Windmill Award, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Radio Nederland, 1971 (for radio play The Damned Thing) Harold C. Crain Playwriting Award, San Jose State University, 1978 (for play No Moves Back) Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship, 1982 (for play The True Irving Rifkin) Meet the Composer Awards, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. ASCAP-PLUS Awards, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. 2005.2006, 2007. 2008, 2009, 2010. Publications: Two Sides of an Island and Other Poems. University of North Carolina Press, 1963 William Vaughn Moody (critical biography). Twayne Publishers, 1964 Mrs. Middleman's Descent (play), First Stage; a Quarterly of New Drama, Fall, 1966 Tameem (play). Breakthrough Press, 1972
Selected Poems. Golden Quill Press, 1976 Total Recall (play). The Best Short Plays of 1978 What the Babe Said (play), Pioneer Drama Service, 1980 Magic Fire (play). This Month Onstage, September 1996 (Act I); October 1996 (Act II) Individual poems, articles and reviews in many journals. Residencies: Playwright-in-Residence, Circle Repertory Company, New York, 1978-1979 Playwright-in-Residence, Peterborough Players and MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, Summer, 1978 Major Administrative Positions: Chairman, Brandeis University Theater Arts Department, 1972-1976, 1982-1985 Concerts Director, Long Island Composers Alliance, 1998-2009 |
