Wallace
Cheatham received his B.S. from Knoxville College, M.S. from the University
of Wisconsin and Ph.D. from Columbia Pacific University. He did additional
study at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin. His teachers
included: Ernesto Pellegrini, Nathan Carter, and Robert McFerrin. Among
his compositions are: "Three Songs" (1982), "Missa" (1983), "Portraits"
(1983), "Ebenezer" (1985), "Symphony" (1986), and "String Quartet" (1987).
His choral works include: "Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again," "My Hope is Built,"
"My Soul Is a Witness," and others.
Source:
Perkins Holly, Ellistine. Biographies of Black Composers and Songwriters;
A Supplementary Textbook. Iowa:Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1990.
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