Alf H. Clausen, BA ’63, honorary doctorate ’99, has been nominated for a 2009 Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for “The Simpsons” piece “Gone Maggie Gone.”
Clausen, composer for the television program, “The Simpsons,” for the past 19 seasons, recently returned to NDSU to perform in the BisonArts Summer Gala. He led a program at the Fargo Theatre featuring jazz band music with a band put together from local players including NDSU music students. While he was visiting, he also conducted clinics with musicians from NDSU and surrounding colleges.
Clausen grew up in Jamestown, N.D. After earning his bachelor’s degree at NDSU, he moved to California and became composer and music director for television shows and films including “The Donny and Marie Show,” “Moonlighting,” “Alf,” “The Critic” and “Half-Baked.”
“The Simpsons” received five Emmy nominations.