Musical Scholar: A Conversation with Composer Trevor Weston

Across the Arts with Patrick D. McCoy

Noted composer Dr. Trevor Weston of Drew University drops in discuss his career both as a performer and teacher of music. Weston will open the Community Symposium Series of the Colour of Music Festival, which will be held October 22-26 in Charleston, SC. His talk will focus on Charleston's contributions to classical music around the world. During the broadcast, will feature some of his works, including his Magnificat. Weston began his musical training as a choirboy at the prestigious St. Thomas Choir School in New York City at the age of ten. During high school, he continued his musical development with organ and carillon lessons in Plainfield, NJ. Composition became his primary focus at Tufts University while studying with T.J. Anderson and completing a double major in music and history. Weston completed his graduate work at theUniversity of California, Berkeley where he studied with Richard Felciano and Andrew Imbrie for his M. A. and Olly Wilson, his primary teacher, for his Ph.D. Weston is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Read his complete bio: