Mennin prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music. His notable students include Van Cliburn, Jacob Druckman, Richard Danielpour, Karl Korte, Charles L. Bestor, Jack Behrens, and Claire Polin. Principal works Symphonies Symphony No. 1 (1942) withdrawn Symphony No. 2 (1944) (Gershwin Memorial Award, 1945) withdrawn Symphony No. 3 (completed May 17, 1946, his doctoral dissertation. Premiered February 1947 by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Walter Hendl.) Symphony No. 4 The Cycle (1947–8) (Chorus & orchestra) Symphony No. 5 (1950) (commissioned and premiered by the Dallas Symphony and Walter Hendl) Symphony No. 6 (1953) Symphony No. 7 Variation-symphony (1963, pub. 1967) Symphony No. 8 (1973) Symphony No. 9 (1981) Other orchestral works Folk Overture (1945) Fantasia for String Orchestra (1947) Concertato Moby Dick (1952) Cello concerto (1956) Piano concerto (1958) (Premiered by Eunice Podis, piano, with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra) Canto (1962; pub. 1965) Flute concerto (1983) Note: A number of sources have listed a violin concerto among Mennin's works, leading to many questions on the internet. In fact, Mennin began to write a violin concerto for Roman Totenberg during the early 1950s. He completed a slow movement in short score, but nothing beyond that. Concert Band works Canzona for band (1951) Piano Five pieces (1949) Piano sonata (1963) Choral works Four Chinese Poems (1948) In the Quiet Night Crossing the Han River A Song of the Palace The Gold Threaded Robe Christmas Story (1949) Cantata di Virtute, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (1969) Reflections of Emily (1978) Chamber works String quartet #1 String quartet #2 (1951) Sonata concertante, for violin and piano (1956) References Walter Simmons: Voices of Stone and Steel: The Music of William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin. Lanham, MD. Scarecrow Press, 2011 . External links Art of the States: Peter Mennin Peter Mennin's page at Carl Fischer Peter Mennin website 1923 births 1983 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians American classical composers American male classical composers Classical musicians from Pennsylvania Musicians from Erie, Pennsylvania Juilliard School faculty Presidents of the Juilliard School Peabody Institute faculty Pupils of Howard Hanson Pupils of Bernard Rogers Oberlin Conservatory of Music alumni United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II 20th-century American academics