Tenney, James

James Tenney

Biography

Born: August 10, 1934

Died: August 24, 2006, Valencia, CA.

Country: Silver City, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Studies: Bennington College, Vermont (B.A.1958), University of Illinois (M.M.1961), Juilliard School of Music (1954-55), University of Denver (1952-54)

Teachers: Kenneth Gaburo, Lejaren Hiller, Jr., Lionel Nowak

Works for Percussion

Cognate Canons – Multiple Percussion; Strings
deus ex machina – Multiple Percussion; With Tape
Having never written a note for Percussion – Multiple Percussion
Maximusic – Multiple Percussion
Piano/Percussion Complement – Multiple Percussion; Piano
Pika-don = Flash-boom : for four percussionists and four-track tape – Percussion Quartet; With Tape
Rune – Percussion Quintet
Three Pieces for Drum Quartet – Percussion Quartet