Editing Robert Ward (composer) (section)

==Later work==
In 1967, Ward became Chancellor of the [[North Carolina School of the Arts]] in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/arts/music/robert-ward-opera-composer-dies-at-95.html|title=Robert Ward, Composed Prizewinning 'Crucible' Opera, Dies at 95|author=Margalit Fox|date=April 6, 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He held this post until 1975, when he stepped down to serve as a member of the composition faculty for five more years. In 1978 he came to [[Duke University]] as a visiting professor, and there he remained as [[Mary Duke Biddle]] Professor of Music from 1979 to 1987. His students included Michael Penny{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} and [[Michael Ching]].<ref>Ching, Michael. [http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/remembering-robert-ward-1917-2013/ "Remembering Robert Ward (1917–2013)"]. ''[[New Music Box]]''. April 12, 2013.</ref><ref>Mobley, Mark. [https://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/04/03/176141445/remembering-pulitzer-prize-winning-composer-robert-ward "Remembering Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Robert Ward"]. [[NPR]].
April 3, 2013.</ref>

In the fall of 1987, he retired from Duke University as [[Professor Emeritus]], and continued to live and compose in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], North Carolina. His most recent composition is "In Praise of Science," which premiered at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Syracuse University's Life Science Complex by the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble on November 7, 2008.

After a period of failing health, Ward died in a Durham retirement home on April 3, 2013, at the age of 95.<ref>[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/03/3957247/composer-educator-robert-ward.html "Composer, educator Robert Ward dies in Durham"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111101939/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/03/3957247/composer-educator-robert-ward.html |date=November 11, 2013 }} by David Menconi, ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'', April 3, 2013</ref>