Birth name Maria Louise Newman Grandparents Luba Newman Role Composer | Name Maria Newman Years active 1980-present | |
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Genres modern classical and music for silent film Website www.malibufriendsofmusic.org Parents Martha Montgomery, Alfred Newman Siblings Thomas Newman, David Newman, Tim Newman Similar People | ||
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Maria Newman (born Maria Louise Newman on January 18, 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is an award-winning American composer of classical music, and a critically acclaimed violinist, violist and pianist. She is the youngest child of Alfred Newman, a major Hollywood film composer. Maria holds the Louis and Annette Kaufman Composition Chair; and the Joachim Chassman Violin Chair at the Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture in Malibu, California, and is a founder of the Malibu Friends of Music,. Her library of original works represents a range of genres, from large-scale orchestral works, works for the ballet, chamber works, choral and vocal works, to new collaborative scores for vintage silent film. She has been presented with many awards and commissions, including musical commendations from the United States Congress (2009), the California State Senate (2009), the California State Assembly (2009), the City of Malibu (2010), and the Annenberg Foundation (2011).