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Lawrence Dillon (born 3 July 1959, Summit, NJ) is an American composer, and currently Composer-in-Residence at the North Carolina School of the Arts. His music is in a tense but generally tonal idiom, notable both for its rhythmic propulsiveness and a strong lyrical element. Frequent use of ostinato figures and ostinato rhythms gives his music a profile of clarity and smooth continuity.

Dillon's major works include

String Quartet No. 2: Flight (2001), premiered by the Daedalus String Quartet;
Amadeus ex machina (2003), given its Russian premiere by the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic;
Wright Flight (2003) for orchestra, projected images and three strands of narrative, commissioned by the 2003 Illuminations festival at Roanoke Island Festival Park;
Revenant: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2005), premiered by hornist David Jolley with the composer conducting.

Partially deaf from birth, Dillon was the youngest of eight children raised by a widowed mother. Intrigued by his siblings' piano lessons, he began his own at age seven, and developed a habit of composing a new work each week. In 1985, he became the youngest composer to earn a doctorate at The Juilliard School, winning the Gretchaninoff Prize upon graduation. He studied privately with Vincent Persichetti, and in classes with Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, David Diamond, and Roger Sessions. As a student, he won an ASCAP Young Composers Award and first prize in the annual CRS New Music Competition. Upon graduation, he was appointed to the Juilliard faculty.

In 1990, Dillon was offered the position of Assistant Dean at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he conducts the School of the Arts Contemporary Ensemble. His works are published by American Composers Editions, a subdivision of BMI. He is currently involved in a long term project, the .

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