Will Ogdon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Will Ogdon

American composer

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1921

Date of Death: 06-Oct-2013

Profession: composer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Will Ogdon (April 19, 1921 – October 6, 2013) was an American composer.
He taught at the University of California, San Diego beginning in 1966, and retiring in 1991.) He was originally from Redlands, California.
He studied composition with Ernst Krenek, Roger Sessions, and René Leibowitz, and acquired a doctorate in music theory from Indiana University. He has collaborated with the singer Carol Plantamura. He lived in Del Mar, California.