Adolphus Hailstork

Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator. He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Career Hailstork began his musical career in 1963, when he studied composition with Mark Fax at Howard University, Washington, D.C. (BMus 1963). In the summer of 1963 he attended the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger. In 1965, Hailstork received a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, and in 1966 received a Master of Music at the same institution. In October 2022, he was featured as “Composer of the Week” on BBC Radio 3. Hailstork married in 2007. * 1977: Belwin-Mills Max Winkler Award, presented by the Band Directors National Association ** Out of Depths * 1987: Fulbright fellowship for study in Guyana * 1992: named a Cultural Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia * 1999: Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association *2001: Doctor of Humane Letters honorary doctorate from the