Judith Shatin

Judith Shatin (Allen) (born November 21, 1949) is an American composer.[1]

Biography

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Shatin was born and raised in Albany, New York, to a clinical psychologist father and a microbiologist mother. At the age of five, her father bought her a piano and she fell in love with music. In her youth, she learned to play the flute.[2]

She holds degrees from Douglass College, the Juilliard School, and Princeton University, at which institution she was a pupil of Milton Babbitt.[3]

Currently, she is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia.[4] She also founded and is Director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music.[5]

In 2012 Shatin was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History".[3]

She was married to Psychologist professor Michael Kubovy.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Judith Shatin, Short Biography, judithshatin.com/short-biography/
  2. ^ Dunnavant, Jessica. "A Conversation with Composer Judith Shatin". The Flute Examiner. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  3. ^ a b "Virginia Women in History: Judith Shatin". Library of Virginia. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ^ Faculty Profile of Judith Shatin, music.virginia.edu/people/profile/jsa.
  5. ^ The Virginia Center for Computer Music, music.virginia.edu/vccm.
  6. ^ "Judith Shatin: Roaming the Universe of Sound". www.ecspublishing.com. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
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