Carl Vigeland
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Carl Vigeland is an American writer.
He was born on May 3, 1947 in Englewood, NJ, and spent his childhood in Buffalo, NY . He graduated from Harvard University
cum laude in 1969 (majoring in government). He earned a Masters in Education from UMass-Amherst in 1972. He lived many years in Conway, MA, before moving to Amherst, MA where he and his family have resided since 1991. He is an amateur pianist and trumpet player,and an expert skier and golfer; these are the subjects of his writing.
He has also written about many different subjects for a wide variety of other magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Country Journal, DoubleTake, Downbeat, Fast Company, Golf Digest, Harvard, New England Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and Yankee.
His second book, In Concert: Onstage and Offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was published in 1989.
Vigeland began teaching at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1996 as a lecturer in sport management and, later, journalism, which he continues to teach online.
In 1997, he published the first of two books about golf, Stalking the Shark: Pressure & Passion on the Pro Golf Tour. In this book, he examines what separates the greats of the tour from the rest of the field. using Greg Norman
as the focus.
In 2001, after a decade on the road with the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis
, he collaborated with Marsalis on jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life, a collaborative personal history present ing view of life on the road, in the recording studio, and in concerts with Marsalis, his ensemble, and road crew in the early 1990s.
Vigeland’s seventh and latest book, The Breathless Present was released in Fall 2011. The work tells several intersecting stories in a variety of voices that mirror music's power to transmute memory and affirm life.
He was born on May 3, 1947 in Englewood, NJ, and spent his childhood in Buffalo, NY . He graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
cum laude in 1969 (majoring in government). He earned a Masters in Education from UMass-Amherst in 1972. He lived many years in Conway, MA, before moving to Amherst, MA where he and his family have resided since 1991. He is an amateur pianist and trumpet player,and an expert skier and golfer; these are the subjects of his writing.
Career
Vigeland began his writing career as a newspaper reporter and reviewer while freelancing for many magazines. His first periodical piece, published in Country Journal, focused on minor league baseball in Pittsfield, MA. Vigeland then worked at Amherst College from 1978-83, writing and editing for several of the school’s publications, before leaving to write his book, Great Good Fortune: How Harvard Makes Its Money, published in 1986.He has also written about many different subjects for a wide variety of other magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Country Journal, DoubleTake, Downbeat, Fast Company, Golf Digest, Harvard, New England Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and Yankee.
His second book, In Concert: Onstage and Offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was published in 1989.
Vigeland began teaching at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1996 as a lecturer in sport management and, later, journalism, which he continues to teach online.
In 1997, he published the first of two books about golf, Stalking the Shark: Pressure & Passion on the Pro Golf Tour. In this book, he examines what separates the greats of the tour from the rest of the field. using Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
as the focus.
In 2001, after a decade on the road with the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...
, he collaborated with Marsalis on jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life, a collaborative personal history present ing view of life on the road, in the recording studio, and in concerts with Marsalis, his ensemble, and road crew in the early 1990s.
Vigeland’s seventh and latest book, The Breathless Present was released in Fall 2011. The work tells several intersecting stories in a variety of voices that mirror music's power to transmute memory and affirm life.