Editing Julia Wolfe (section)

{{Short description|American composer (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Julia Wolfe
| image              = Young_Julia_Wolfe_with_composer_John_Cage,_David_Lang,_and_Michael_Gordon.jpg
| caption            = with composers [[John Cage]], [[David Lang (composer)|David Lang]], and [[Michael Gordon (composer)|Michael Gordon]] in 1982
| birth_name         = <!-- Use only if different from name in header -->
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1958|12|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) -->
| nationality        = American
| alma_mater         = {{Unbulleted list|[[University of Michigan]]|[[Yale University]]|[[Princeton University]]}}
| occupation         = Composer, Professor of Music
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Michael Gordon (composer)]]|1984}}
| children           = 2
| website            = {{URL|juliawolfemusic.com}}
}}

'''Julia Wolfe''' (born December 18, 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/julia-wolfe|title = Julia Wolfe :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts|website = www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org|access-date = 2016-03-26}}</ref> is an American composer and professor of music at [[New York University]]. According to [[Wall Street Journal|''The Wall Street Journal'']], Wolfe's music has "long inhabited a terrain of its own, a place where classical forms are recharged by the repetitive patterns of minimalism and the driving energy of rock".<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Wolfe|url=http://cantaloupemusic.com/artists/julia-wolfe|website=Cantaloupe Music|date=19 May 2014 |access-date=7 March 2015}}</ref> Her work ''[[Anthracite Fields]]'', an oratorio for chorus and instruments, was awarded the 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pulitzer Prize|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2015-Music|website=The Pulitzer Prize|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=See the 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 20, 2015 |url=http://time.com/3828741/2015-pulitzer-prize-winners/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421062631/http://time.com/3828741/2015-pulitzer-prize-winners/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Huizenga |first=Tom |title=Julia Wolfe Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Anthracite Fields' |work=Deceptive Cadence |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=April 20, 2015 |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2015/04/20/401010330/julia-wolfe-wins-music-pulitzer-for-anthracite-fields |access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wolfe's 'Anthracite Fields' Wins Pulitzer for Music |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=April 20, 2015 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/wolfes-anthracite-fields-wins-pulitzer-music-30453814 |access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Vankin |first=Deborah |title=Julia Wolfe's 'Anthracite Fields' wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize in music |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 20, 2015 |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-julia-wolfe-anthracite-fields-2015-pulitzer-prize-music-20150420-story.html |access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> She has also received the [[Alpert Awards in the Arts|Herb Alpert Award]] (2015) and was named a [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellow]] (2016).