Jeff Briggs
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION 2011
Composer's Biography
Jeff Briggs was born in the southern United States in 1957 and began composing at age 12. In 1975 he entered the Eastman School of Music in Composition and Theory and graduated in 1979. At Eastman, Jeff studied composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler, and Warren Benson and won the Bernard and Rose Sernoffsky and Lois Lane Prize prizes for composition. In 1980 he received the Masters of Music Degree (composition and theory) from the University of Memphis under the direction of Donald Freund, and won the Haimsohm Prize for composition. In 1984 he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts (composition and theory) from the University of Illinois after work with John Melby, Scott Wyatt, Tom Fredrickson, and others. While at Illinois, he was awarded several prizes for his work including the 1984 ASCAP Composition Prize for Young Composers. After graduation, he attended the McDowell Colony and freelanced as a composer in New York City. At this time Jeff became interested in the emerging field of computer entertainment and too work designing games and composing music for games. In 1988, he took a job in Baltimore with MicroProse Entertainment Software. In 1996 he founded Firaxis Games where he served as President and CEO until 2006, when he sold the company, allowing a return to composing and dealing with music full time again. Jeff currently lives outside Baltimore and works in his studio there. He is married with two daughters.
Prize-Winning Work: Advanced Level
| 3rd String Quartet |
Prize-Winning Work: Expert Level
| Celebration for Orchestra |
Finalist Work: Expert Level
| Ecliptic - 3 pieces for Marimba Quartet |
Finalist Work: Expert Level
| Two Poems of Hyam Plutzik |
Copyright Statement
The copyright of this work rests with the composer and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the composer.
Fair Use of this Copyrighted Work
Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of this copyrighted work without requiring permission from the copyright holder, such as for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or research. Whenever such a copy is made it must bear on the first page of the music the copyright line which appears at the beginning of the work.
For more information on fair use please visit the U.S. Copyright Office.
For more information on fair use please visit the U.S. Copyright Office.