Zaninelli, Luigi

found: Hal Leonard Corporation, via WWW, March 19, 2013(Luigi Zaninelli; composer; born 1932; following high school, he was brought to the Curtis Institute of Music by Gian-Carlo Menotti; at age 19, he was sent to Italy by the Curtis Institute to study composition with the legendary Rosario Scalero; upon graduation, he was appointed to the faculty of the Curtis Institute; in 1958, Zaninelli began his long relationship with Shawnee Press as composer/arranger/pianist/conductor; in 1964, he returned to Rome, Italy to compose film music for RCA Italiana; during that period, he became conductor/arranger for Metropolitan Opera soprano Anna Moffo; during his career, he has served as composer-in-residence at the University of Calgary and the Banff School of Fine Arts; since 1973, he has been the composer-in-residence at the University of Southern Mississippi; with more than 300 published works to his credit, Zaninelli has been commissioned to compose for all mediums including opera, ballet, chamber music, orchestra, band, chorus and solo songs; he has also composed several movie and television scores; Luigi Zaninelli's music is known both under his name and his pseudonym, Lou Hayward; writing as Lou Hayward, he brings a unique, sophisticated style to popular music) - http://www.halleonard.com/biographyDisplay.do?id=272&subsiteid=1

found: Wikipedia, via WWW, March 19, 2013(Luigi Zaninelli; Italian-American composer of vocal and instrumental music; born March 30, 1932 in New Jersey; in 1973 he was appointed to the music faculty as the composer-in-residence at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, a position he held until his retirement in 2009; he has published over 300 works, using the name "Lou Hayward" for his jazz compositions and arrangements and his given name for his "serious" compositions) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Zaninelli