Nicholas V. D'Angelo, professor of Music at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, was born in Erie, PA. He has studied under various composition teachers, including Bernard Rogers, Luigi Dallapiccola, Paul Hindemith, and Earl George. His compositions have made him the recipient of numerous prizes, honors, and grants, including a 1985 Pulitzer Prize nomination in music, Hobart and William Smith Colleges' faculty award for distinguished research and scholarship for his "considerable distinction as a versatile American composer," first prize at the New American Music Festival, the National Endowment of the Arts, the National Endowment of the Humanities, and numerous commissions, most notably a commission from the Society for New Music. His music is recorded on Roulette, KLP, Century, and Spectrum and has been performed throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, France, and Italy.

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