Pfaudler Lecture Series: A Distinguished and Varied Life in Musical Composition and Performance

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Presented by Dr. Cary Ratcliff, Musician, Composer, Performer

A native of California, Cary Ratcliff settled in Rochester after attending the Eastman School of Music where he studied composition and contemporary piano. He served for three seasons as conductor for Eastman's Musica Nova program and Graduate Chamber Orchestra. He served as composer-in-residence at the Strasenburgh Planetarium where he created orchestral soundtracks for the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. Ratcliff is artistic director of Madrigalia chamber choir as well as music director for Bethany Presbyterian Church.