James Romig

James Romig (born August 5, 1971) is an American composer. He was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Biography James Romig was born August 5, 1971, in Long Beach, California. He earned BM and MA degrees in from the University of Iowa in percussion performance, and a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, where he studied with Charles Wuorinen. He studied additionally with Milton Babbitt, and both Babbitt and Wuorinen served on his dissertation committee. In 2001, after one-year visiting positions at Pittsburg State University and Bucknell University, Romig joined the faculty at Western Illinois University, where he heads the composition/theory area. He lives in Macomb, Illinois, with his wife Ashlee Mack (coordinator of piano instruction at Knox College). Career *2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music, finalist (Still, for solo piano) *2019 Copland House Award and Residency *2019 Petrified Forest National Park, Artist in Residence *2018 Guest Co-Editor of Perspectives of New Music issue celebrating Charles Wuorinen’s 80th year *2017 Everglades National Park, Artist in Residence *2012 Grand Canyon National Park, Artist in Residence *2011 Copland House Award and Residency *2