has lectured at many schools such as Yale University, Cornell University, Juilliard School, and Mannes School of Music. Wagner has served as Composer-in-Residence at the University of Texas Austin and at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband, percussionist James Saporito, and their children. Partial list of works Falling Angels (1992) Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion (Pulitzer Prize winner - 1999) Extremity of Sky (piano concerto - 2002) Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (2007) Arabesque for Solo Guitar Noggin: Four Pieces for Piano Tintinnabulum for Piano Brass Quintet No. 1 Concertino for Harpsichord and String Quintet Four Settings for Soprano and Ensemble My Tioga for String Quartet Pan Journal for Harp and String Quartet Proceed, Moon for orchestra (2016) Romanze With Faux Variations Piano Trio No. 2 Scritch for Oboe and String Quartet Sextet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano Seven Muses Contemporary Anthology for Flute and Piano Sleep Awake: Two Songs for Mezzo-soprano, Clarinet, and Piano Wick for Chamber Ensemble Wing and Prayer for Clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano Ancient Music SABTA Acapella From a Book of Early Prayers for SATB Acapella 57/7 Dash Overture for Timpani, Percussion, and orchestra Little Moonhead three tributaries to Bach Scamp for Wind Ensemble Awards 2003: Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania 2001: Honorary degree from Hamilton College 2000: Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters 1999: Pulitzer Prize in Music for Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion 1991: MacDowell Colony Resident Fellowship 1988: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 1988: MacDowell Colony Resident 1986: MacDowell Colony Resident 1986: Yaddo Resident Fellowship 1984, 1985, 1987: ASCAP Young Composer Awards References External links Art of the States: Melinda Wagner Melinda Wagner's page at Theodore Presser Company Two Interviews with Melinda Wagner, February 4, 1993 & May 21, 2003 1957 births Living people 20th-century classical composers American women classical composers American classical composers American people of German descent People from Ridgewood, New Jersey Pulitzer Prize for Music winners Musicians from Philadelphia Hamilton College (New York) alumni Pulitzer Prize winners 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century American composers Classical musicians from Pennsylvania Classical musicians from New Jersey 20th-century women composers American women academics Swarthmore College faculty Syracuse University faculty Hunter College faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty University of Texas at Austin faculty Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters