context: Argento, the son of Sicilian immigrants, grew up in York, Pennsylvania. He found his music classes in elementary school to be "fifty minute sessions of excruciating boredom" but would develop as an acclaimed composer. Upon graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Army and spent some time as a cryptographer. Following the war and using funding from the G.I. Bill, he began studying piano performance at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He quickly decided to switch to composition. He earned bachelor's (1951) and master's (1953) degrees from Peabody, where his teachers included Nicolas Nabokov, Henry Cowell, and Hugo Weisgall. While there, he was briefly the music director of Weisgall's Hilltop Musical Company, which the composer founded as a sort of answer to Benjamin Britten's festival at Aldeburgh--a venue for local composers (particularly Weisgall) to present new work. This experience gave Argento broad exposure to and experience in the world of new opera. Hilltop's stage director was writer John Olon-Scrymgeour, with whom Argento would later collaborate on many operas. During this time period he also spent a year in Florence on a scholarship of the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission. He has called the experience "life-altering;" while there, he studied briefly with Luigi Dallapiccola. Argento continued graduate studies and received his Ph.D. from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with composers Alan Hovhaness, Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. Following completion of this degree, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study/work for another year in Florence. He established a tradition of spending long periods of time in that city. CANNOTANSWER
question: where did he receive his PHD from?
answers: Eastman School of Music,
content_span_normalized_text: argento continued graduate studies and received his ph.d. from the eastman school of music, where he studied with composers alan hovhaness, bernard rogers and howard hanson.
question_normalized_text: where did he receive his phd from?
context_asr: ARGENTO THE SON OF CECILIAN EMIGRANTS GREW UP IN YORK PENNSYLVANIA HE FOUND HIS MUSIC CLASSES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE FIFTY MINUTE SESSIONS OF EXCRUCIATING BOREDOM BUT WOULD DEVELOP AS AN ECCLAIMED COMPOSER UPON GRADUATING FROM HIGSCHOOL HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY AND SPENT SOME TIME AS A CRYPTOGRAPHER FOLLOWING THE WAR AND USING FUNDING FROM THE GE BILL HE BEGAN STUDYING PIANO PERFORMANCE AT THE PEBODY CONSERVATORY IN BALTIMORE HE QUICKLY DECIDED TO SWITCH TO COMPOSITION HE EARNED BACHELERS NINETEEN FIFTY ONE AND MASTERS NINETEEN FIFTY THREE DEGREES FROM PEBODY WHERE HIS TEACHERS INCLUDE NICOLAS NABO HENRY COWL AND HUGO WISGAL WHILE THERE HE WAS BRIEFLY THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF WASGALLS HILLTOP MUSICAL COMPANY WHICH THE COMPOSER FOUNDED AS A SORT OF ANSWER TO BENJAMIN BRITON'S FESTIVAL AT ALDENBURG A VENU FOR LOCAL COMPOSERS PARTICULARLY WASGALLS TO PRESENT NEW WORK THIS EXPERIENCE GAVE ARGENTO BROAD EXPOSURE TO AN EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD OF NEW OPERA HILTOP'S STAGE DIRECTOR WAS WRITER JAN OLAN SCRIMGER WITH WHOM ARGENTO WOULD LATER COLLABORATE ON MANY OPERAS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD HE ALSO SPENT A YEAR IN FLORENCE ON A SCHOLARSHIP OF THE ES ITALY FULLBRIGHT COMMISSION HE HAS CALLED THE EXPERIENCE LIFE ALTERNING WHILE THERE HE STUDIED BRIEFLY WITH LOWEGE DALACOLA ARGENTO CONTINUED GRADUATE STUDIES AND RECEIVED HIS PEACH DE FROM THE EASTMAN SCHOOL MUSIC WHERE HE STUDIED WITH COMPOSERS ALLAN HOLVE HENES BERNARD ROGERS AND HOWARD HANSON FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THIS DEGREE HE RECEIVED A GUGENHIM FELLOWSHIP TO STEADY WORK FOR ANOTHER YEAR IN FLORENCE HE ESTABLISHED A TRADITION OF SPENDING LONG PERIODS OF TIME IN THAT CITY 
question_asr: WHERE DID HE RECEIVE HIS PEECH DEFROM 