Maurice Wright

Maurice Wright is an American composer, born in Front Royal, Virginia, in 1949. He studied at Duke University and Columbia University and teaches composition at Temple University. His catalogue includes orchestral, chamber and percussion music and the electronic opera The Trojan Conflict, first performed in 1989. Recordings include his piano Sonata, played by Marc-André Hamelin with Ives's Concord Sonata, and the orchestral Night Scenes.