Editing David Ward-Steinman (section)

==Biography==
Ward-Steinman studied at [[Florida State University]] and the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]], where he received the Kinley Memorial Fellowship for foreign study. After receiving his doctorate, he was a fellow at [[Princeton University]] from 1970. His teachers included [[John Boda]], [[Burrill Phillips]], [[Darius Milhaud]] (at [[Aspen, Colorado]]), [[Milton Babbitt]] (at [[Tanglewood]]) and [[Nadia Boulanger]].<ref name="auto">Oxford Music Online, ''Ward-Steinman, David''</ref> He studied piano under [[Edward Kilenyi]], and in 1995 attended a course at [[IRCAM]].

From 1970 to 1972, Ward-Steinman was the [[Ford Foundation]] composer-in-residence for the [[Tampa Bay]] area of [[Florida]] and he spent 1989–90 in [[Australia]] under a [[Fulbright scholarship|Fulbright Senior Scholar Award]], with residencies at the Victorian Centre for the Arts and La Trobe University in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="auto" />

Ward-Steinman has received number of commissions, most notably from the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]. His [[orchestra]]l works have been performed by a number of ensembles, including the [[Japan Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[San Diego Symphony Orchestra]], and the [[Seattle Symphony Orchestra]]. His music has been recorded on a number of labels, including [[Harmonia Mundi]].