Baldwin is in his first year of the MA program, studying composition under Walter Ross. Staefe is a second year Graduate student due to complete his M.A. requirements this fall. Originally from Florida, he began his composition studies with Dr. Clare Shore while studying conducting and vocal performance. Since then, he has attended three Artists in Residency programs at the Atlantic Center for the Arts studying with Tania Leon, Stuart Saunders Smith, and Dan Welcher. Staefe came to the University of Virginia in the fall of '98, continued composing in the studios of Professor Alicyn Warren and Professor Walter Ross, and is currently with Professor Judith Shatin.
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