SCHUMAN PRIZE GOES TO DAVID DIAMOND
<i> From Associated Press </i>
NEW YORK —
Composer David Diamond has been granted Columbia University’s William Schuman Award, a $50,000 prize for lifetime achievement in American musical composition.
Jorge Mester, music director of the Pasadena Symphony, was earlier awarded the university’s 1985 Ditson Conductor’s Award for his contributions to the advancement of American music.
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