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• Percussion History
  ...of the Paleolithic Era (c. 198,000 B.C. – 10,000 B.C.) would begin looking for objects that resonated. Having this goal in mind, man began to discover id ...mes prominent, music is used more for recreation in some cultures and less for serious events. We then move into the transition period of the Bronze Age,
  138 KB (22,737 words) - 00:01, 10 May 2019
• Gilbert, Eleanor Hovda
  == Works for Percussion == <!-- Create a template for the composers works and input a title under this section ie: {{Spencer, Jul
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• Weaver, Sarah
  Studies: University of Michigan, masters degree from New York University, and is currently pursuing her PhD at Stony Brook University<ref ...res the inherent artistic properties of the medium within her contemporary music works.
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• Agócs, Kati
  ...tion from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a two-time nominee for Classical Composition of the Year in the Juno Awards, the Canadian Grammy A ...w cantata, conceived with transparency as a first principle…entirely, word for word, lucid…her text demands to be heard, and is.”
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• Bailey, Elden "Buster"
  Studies: New England Conservatory of Music; Juilliard School ...t. Bailey remembers him as a very good teacher who gave him the foundation for his technique based on the "Bower system."
  11 KB (1,817 words) - 17:37, 16 December 2022
• Rosenboom, David
  ...ollaborations, performance art and literature, interactive multi-media and new instrument technologies, generative algorithmic systems, art-science resear ...e 1970s he was founding faculty and a professor in the Music Department at York University in Toronto. His independent career outside institutions has span
  6 KB (903 words) - 13:06, 16 July 2018
• Resounding Earth
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• Beyer, Johanna
  Studies: Mannes College of Music, ...Rudhyar and in 1934 took Henry Cowell's percussion class at the New School for Social Research. Her musical life during these years was intertwined with S
  7 KB (1,179 words) - 18:45, 5 December 2019
• Krupa, Gene
  ...it was an instrument. The cheapest item was the drums, 16 beans, I think, for a set of Japanese drums; a great high, wide bass drum, with a brass cymbal ...y and the Benson Orchestra among other commercial bands. A popular hangout for musicians was "The Three Deuces." All of the guys playing in mickey mouse b
  13 KB (2,125 words) - 16:35, 31 May 2019
• Dowd, Charles
  Country: Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. <br /> ...University (B.M.1970), Stanford University (M.A.1971), Juilliard School of Music
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• Babbitt, Milton
  Studies: New York University (B.A. 1935), Princeton Univ. (M.F.A. 1942, Ph.D. 1992) ...and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Pulitzer Prize Citation for his "life's work as a distinguished and seminal American composer," Babbitt
  7 KB (1,117 words) - 00:51, 29 May 2012
• Steiger, Rand
  Country: New York City USA <br /> ...Philharmonic, where he served as Composer Fellow. Soloists he has composed for include Matthew Barley, Maya Beiser, Claire Chase, Daniel Druckman, Peter E
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• Gordon, Michael
  Studies: New York University (BA); Yale School of Music (MM) ...d specifically for the recording studio. Transcending categorization, this music represents the collision of mysterious introspection and brutal directness.
  7 KB (1,107 words) - 13:31, 22 May 2015
• Feldman, Morton
  Died: September 03, 1987 Buffalo, New York<br /> Country: New York City, U.S.A. <br />
  6 KB (1,007 words) - 10:31, 22 May 2015
• Cerrone, Christopher
  Studies: Manhattan School of Music (2007); Yale School of Music ...es. Cerrone is a founding member and co-artistic director of Red Light New Music, and part of the Sleeping Giant composers collective.
  6 KB (856 words) - 23:25, 25 May 2015
• Burwasser, Daniel
  Country: New Brunswick, New Jersey U.S.A. <br /> ...ry 2008 by the Downtown Chamber and Opera Players in New York. Burwasser’s music is published by Ensemble Publications.
  4 KB (674 words) - 15:57, 12 May 2012
• Wolfe, Julia
  Julia Wolfe, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in music, draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern ...lso of the sweetness and passion of a way of daily life now also lost. The music compels without overstatement. This is a major, profound work."
  5 KB (739 words) - 17:49, 10 January 2017
• Grubbs, Jeffrey
  Studies: Boston Conservatory of Music, B.M.; New England Conservatory M.M. ...onta, New York) and Schenectady County Community College (Schenectady, New York).
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• Gould, Morton
  Country: Richmond Hill, New York, U.S.A. <br /> Born in Richmond Hill, New York, Gould was recognized early as a child prodigy with abilities in improvisat
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• McCandless, Richard
  Country: New York, USA <br /> ...ounds -- subtle, emphatic, expertly shaped and richly expressive." The New York Times has referred to McCandless as a gifted performer, and the Washington
  3 KB (437 words) - 15:59, 27 March 2014

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