Tim Campbell, winner of AudioFile Earphones Awards, is a narrator
and actor based in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the
University of California and earned a BA in music and theater and a
certification from the prestigious Great Books program at
Pepperdine University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is
also a classically trained singer and performs regularly with the
Los Angeles Master Chorale and Los Angeles Opera Chorus, as well as
on studio soundtracks for film and television.
Jan Swafford is an American composer and author. He earned his
bachelor of arts magna cum laude from Harvard College and his DMA
in composition from the Yale School of Music. His music has been
widely played by ensembles, including the symphonies of St. Louis,
Indianapolis, and the Dutch Radio. He is the author of biographies
of Ives, Brahms, and Beethoven. His many honors include an NEA
Composer Grant and the Deems Taylor Award for online writing on
music, which he won for his essays in Slate. He is a longtime
program writer and preconcert lecturer for the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, and has written notes and essays for the orchestras of
Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, and Toronto. Among his
liner notes for recordings are those for DGG's anniversary release
of Beethoven's nine symphonies by the Vienna Philharmonic.
"Composer and biographer Swafford brings expertise and insight to bear on a comprehensive, animated life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
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