Walter S. Hartley

Walter Sinclair Hartley (February 21, 1927 – June 30, 2016) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Life and career He was born in Washington, D.C., began composing at age five and became seriously dedicated to it at sixteen. All his college degrees are from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. He received his Ph.D. in composition there in 1953. Some of his teachers were Burrill Phillips, Thomas Canning, Herbert Elwell, Bernard Rogers, Howard Hanson and Dante Fiorillo. He and the former Sandra Mount married June 17, 1960; the couple is survived by two daughters and five grandchildren. Hartley was Professor Emeritus of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia in Fredonia, New York. He also taught piano, theory and composition at the National Music Camp (now Interlochen Arts Camp) in Interlochen, Michigan from 1956 to 1964. He then became composer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte located in Charlotte, North Carolina until his death. List of compositions His list of compositions and arrangements is over 300, dating from 1949 on, and most of these are published. He was a member of the American Society of