George B. Chave
George B. Chave is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington where he teaches composition, orchestration and theory. Honors and awards include first prize in the 1985 Oriana Trio International Composition Competition, and the grand prize in the 1993 Best Song in the Universe Contest sponsored by the Tandy Corporation. In 1996 Fort Worth Star-Telegram music critic, Wayne Lee Gay, recognized him as one of the top ten young composers in the United States. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Texas Music Teachers Association, the Saint Francis University Chorale and numerous other organizations have commissioned his works. In 2002 he was awarded a faculty development leave to compose the opera Hatshepsut. Alliance Music, Harold Gore Music, Manduca Music and Norruth Music, Incorporated publish his music. Several of his works are recorded including Three Reflections which appears on Elizabeth Morrow's Soliloquy CD released by Centaur Records. Chave has been a fellow at the Sundance Film Institute and the Ragdale Artist Colony, and his music has been performed throughout the United States and in Mexico, Canada, Europe and Korea.