John Kline

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Following studies in humanities at Indiana University, composer John Kline entered Florida International University initially as a classical guitarist, where he studied with the eminent Cuban guitarist Carlos Molina, and later shifted to composition studies with Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Jon Christopher Nelson, and Fredrick Kaufman. Mr. Kline recently completed graduate studies at the Yale School of Music with composers Martin Bresnick, Evan Ziporyn, Ezra Laderman, Jack Vees, Anthony Davis, Eleanor Hovda, and David Lang. Among the awards and prizes that Mr. Kline has received are the Ezra Laderman Prize, the ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composers Award, the John Day Jackson Award, and two commissions from the Colorado Young Artists Orchestra.