Nelson, Ron(Ald Jack)

Nelson studied at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York (1947–56; B.Mus., 1952; M.A., 1953; D. Mus., 1956), where he was a pupil of Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, Wayne Barlow, and Louis Mennini. In 1954 he went to Paris on a Fulbright Fellowship to receive composition lessons from Tony Aubin at the Ecole Normale du Musique and Paris Conservatory. In 1956, he joined the faculty at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as department chairman...