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American composer, arranger, and conductor

For the lawyer and legal scholar, see David Werner Amram.

Musical artist

David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings.^[2] He plays piano, French horn, Spanish guitar, and pennywhistle, and sings.^[3]

Early life and education

Amram was born in Philadelphia, the son of legal scholar Philip Werner Amram.

He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1948–1949, and earned a bachelor's degree in European history from George Washington University in 1952.^[1] In 1955 he enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Dimitri Mitropoulos, Vittorio Giannini, and Gunther Schuller.^[4] Under Schuller he studied French horn.^[2]

Career

Recording and performance

As a sideman or leader, Amram has worked with Aaron Copland, Thelonious Mon