PERKINSON, COLERIDGE TAYLOR

PERKINSON, COLERIDGE TAYLOR. Composer (14 June 1932 in New York, New York). He first developed a special interest in music as a junior-high-school student. His early development was influenced by Hugh Ross , who directed a chorus in which he sang, by Dimitri Mitropoulos , and Clarence Whiteman . He obtained his musical education at the High School of Music and Art in New York, at the New York University, and at the Manhattan School of Music (B. Mus., 1953; M. Mus., 1954)...