Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer Paul Moravec has been welcomed into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Moravec, who is also a University Professor of Music at Adelphi University, won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Music for “Tempest Fantasy.” His first opera, “The Letter,” with a libretto by Terry Teachout based on W. Somerset Maugham’s 1927 play, was commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera and premiered there on July 25, 2009. His second opera, “The Shining,” followed in 2016.

His oratorio “The Blizzard Voices” was also premiered by Opera Omaha in September 2008.

The ceremony took place on Nov. 4 at the Library of Congress. Moravec was one of 57 inductees honored during the event.