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T. J. Anderson

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Thomas Jefferson “T.J.” Anderson, Jr. (born August 17, 1928) is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and educator. Early life Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Anderson has written over 80 works ranging from operas and symphonies to choral pieces, chamber music, and band music. He has composed commissioned works for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and cellist Yo Yo Ma. Education The beginning of his college education was at West Virginia State University. He then attended Pennsylvania State University and received his bachelor’s degree there in music. Afterwards at that same school in 1951 he got his master’s degree in music education. He earned a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Iowa in 1958, and was Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emeritus at Tufts University, from 1972 to his retirement in 1990. Work and musical influence Anderson worked at Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma, as a music professor from 1958 to 1963. There, he became the chair of the music department. He was professor of music at Tennessee State University from 1963 to 1969. While there, he was named composer in residence with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He had a three

T. J. Crawford

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Thomas J. Crawford, known as T. J. Crawford, (11 June 1877 – 6 July 1955) was a Scottish-born Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator. He held organist posts in Germany and England prior to relocating to Canada in 1922. He held several organist posts in churches in Toronto, and was conductor of the Eaton Operatic Society. He served as president of the Royal Canadian College of Organists in 1929, and taught on the faculty of The Royal Conservatory of Music from 1922 until his death in 1955. His compositional output included sacred music, orchestral music, works for organ and piano, songs, and two children’s operas. Life and career Thomas J. Crawford was born in Barrhead, Scotland on 11 June 1877. His parents had religious and political differences; with his Scottish businessman father supporting the Liberal Party and his English mother supporting the Tories. He began working as an organist in 1890 at the age of 13 at a Scottish congregational church. His early music studies were in Glasgow where he studied with organ and music theory with Harry Sandiford Turner and Otto Schweitzer. He served a term as president of the RCCO in 1929, and was known for his annual con

Tjeerd Oosterhuis

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Tjeerd-Pieter David Oosterhuis (; born 25 December 1971), also known as TJ Oosterhuis, is a Dutch musician, songwriter and producer mostly known for his work with Kinderen voor Kinderen. He worked with many artists. Early life Oosterhuis was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the son of writer, theologian and former priest Huub Oosterhuis. Career With his younger sister and singer Trijntje Oosterhuis, Tjeerd formed the mid-1990s band Total Touch. After Total Touch disbanded in 1997, Oosterhuis founded music production company DEMP, and produced the album Face to Face for his wife, Edsilia Rombley in 2002, and a solo album for his sister Trijntje in 2003. In 2005 he wrote and produced "" () under the name () to benefit the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. In 2008, Lisa, Amy & Shelley are the winners of the and Oosterhuis is hired to co-write and produce their upcoming debut album. In 2010, his production of “Freaky Like Me” for Madcon (ft. Ameerah) was a number 1 hit in Norway. It went four times platinum there and received a gold certification in Germany. From 2011 until 2022 Oosterhuis wrote and produced music for (). In February 2014, the