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Born 1937 Education: Private study in '.I:heory and Composition it!i th Wallingford Riegger, 1954-55. Harvard College 1955-59. Study with Walter Piston. Majored in Music. B.A. I·1agna cum Le.ude 1959.
Enrolled in summer courses at Darmstadt, Germany (Internationales lli1sikinstitut) in 1957~ 1959, and 1960e Studied with Karlheinz Sto ck.1"1ausen. Columbia University 1960-61; 1962 .. I-i .4c\.• 1963 in r·lu3ic Theory. Study in electronic music ~1d circuitry from 1963 to present. Enrolled in course on IB I~'l System/360-Assembler Langu2~ge Programming, The New School, Fall se~ester 1971. Honors ...fmd ?rizes, etc~ Knight Prize 1957-58 and "3ohemic:..ns 11 (NeH York Uiusicians Club) Prize 1958-59 (both in music composition). President~ Harvard Eusic Club, 1957-58. Eonors Thesis 1959: "T'heory and Technique in the Uork of ?ierre Boulez. 11 John fu.l"}ov:les ?aine ~r ravelling FellOhiShip 1959-60~ study in com~osi.tion and elsctronic music at Darmstadt and at Studio de ~·'~tl. sique Electronique in Brussels, Belgium, with Henri Pousseur. Job Experience: viorked in Nei;J Yo:.r.:k and in Cologne, Germany as tre.nslator and copyist for Karlheinz Stockhausen (through Universal. Ed.i.-:;ion), winte:.r.: and spring 1963.
~ar~ ti~e tut?ring (voluntar?) . in remedial reading at P.S.l33 ln iJew York C.lty, ::all and i,,JJ.nter 1964-65.
Horked in T"'laster•dorks De"'Jartraent of Columbia Records, full-time 1 -I 1 J-"u"""" 0 1 0C:Q +-,_ _..,:'l'"~h Q,...,+-o'h"") ...... J~.-, ...... ll ':"t ..,..,V C16C· +0 T:.8C~.....,~--:-_-,-, Qr~7 ,..,nr t .L..I.C V.l.J...L....,L-1-c>.I. J. ...,v v;..,..L .I..~"rOt:"' .. ~ c;...l.J. U..!..<./ .J-.J ...J V .L1 C.:J.!ii..Jv..L ..L...J"-.../ ' 0- v... .:Jvv t:cainee (Je.n 1968 ; p8.rt-time 1 Novernbe-r.-- 1.9;;3 th:co1.1:5h ~J,J. ne 1970~ as 1965), Musi ~ Editor (June 1965 to June 1967), Associate uary-June ,•V',....,. IT--~ 1('\ , ~;-; .._~-,...,,.., -~' '··~ 1r71\\ D ..::J ~ t4 .;_~- ..;:>...._;; r.LO'-...,..,., d·""- U'-.,.9..!..' \UU.:.1c; ~:J O ( L! ULVl.!.C).:l. UUlle ") V)" ..... :rouuce'u.. vd'::: .LV ..L..1..0'l:;l.~16 recOl"
(ViS 7178) a11d A Rainbow in Curved Air (rvB 7315), both by Terry Riley; Live/Electric Lusic (1:-'aulZukofsk:r per.fo:::r1:Lng nvialin Phase" by Steve Reich-;--T:s---7265), Studies for Pl(:zer Piano (music by Conlon Nancarrow, r1s 7222), The ~§...~ Je-ars music by Norton Feldman, reissue, Odyssey 0302), and r-iusic for !_{eyboard ;1.935-194~ by John Cage - (M2s 819). Part-time musician with !'Ierce Cunningham Dance Company, 1967 to 1970. Participated in Company tour of Northeast, February 1970, in tT.. JO-Heek residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa, March 1970 (residency included p articipation in music and art seminars in addition to performances), in tour of Europe, summer 1970, and in Brooklyn ~u.. cademy It season", November 1970. Technical and artistic co-ordinator for Intermedia Institute at Automation House in New York C.i ty, .:: Npvember 1970 to June 1971. Miscellaneous Ivlusical Experience:
?artic1pation since early 1960s in concerts of new mus1c. ~ieces performed by David 'rudor, Aloys Kontarsky, Christoph Caskel, Frederic Rzev.rski, Toshi Ichyanagi a."'1d other performing musicians. Worked at Brandeis University Electronic Eusic Studio, Summer 1964. Co-founder in 1966 of Sonic Arts Union (see separate sheet describ ing this group's activities). Some (more recent) concerts in i,,Th ich participated as composer or perfo.:cmer: 9 Evenint;s: Theater and Engineering ( New York City, Oct. 1966), Mills College in Oakland and U. of California at Davis (l1usic Departments, December 1967), Electric Circus (August 1968, with Sari Dienes), Brandeis University (November 1968), concerts of music by Philip Glass, Gu ggenheim l'~u seum, I~ew York (January 1970), University of Syracuse (April 1970) ~ \:Jesleyan College and University of New York at· Albany ( May 1970;, (See separate sheets listing musical compositions/performances). Grant Awards: Appointed Creative Associate in Composition at State University of Ns~ York at Bu~falo, spring S8~ester 1968~ A\•larded grant by New York State Council on the Arts (grant in name of Sonic Arts Union) for concerts in New York State during the 1971-72 season. Amount of grant, to be shared by four group members, $2000. Publication: Composition, tt ~v e..ve ·Train", published by Scurce f•I agazine, issue #3, February 1968. Recording of same piece published by Source (Record in issue #4, July 1968) • . Recording of cot1position nRunthrough 11 scheduled for release October 1971 b::;r I-Ia instream Records. Da"~tid Behro.an -3-
Publication, continuea_) Art.icle, "What Indeterminate Notation Determines", published in Spring-Summer issue 1965 of "Perspectives of Ne1,v f''lusic" (Princeton University Press). Translation of an article by Henri Pousseur published in fall ·1966 issue-· of ;:Perspectives of Ner,·J I\·lusicn-. ·· Article, nThe Changing f-1usical Landscapeu published in "Selmer Bandwagon", 1966.
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.. The Sonic Arts Union
- The Sonic Arts Union was ro:rmed in 1966 by composers Robert Ashley, David Behrman, Alvin :Gucier and Gordon Numma. 'rhe group presents programs of individual a.nd collaborative music incorporating electronics, simple or sophisti.ce.ted (ranging from amplified attache cases through home-made s:;vnthesizers to telephone link-up from concert space to a computer), photography, film and theater. The group has performed v1idely in the United States and has made two recent European tours. Its compositions are recorded on ESP, Advance, Odyssey, and Mainstream records. A partial chronolog:ical list of perfo:;:·LJ.ances given by the group during the last four ~years follo\>JS: 1966 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, \·Jal tham, f1ass., April 22. f·1usic Department, State University of NeH York at Buffalo, Dec. 18~ 1967 Nevi England Life Hall, Boston, IVIas3., Feb. 21 (Boston "\,vinterf'osttt) e M T rn 1\JT· - r:--ir. t:l-,h ~ ...... ,..,c--r-+ ....(" ...,c pc ~ /1~,_;;;-r .- -. .-.,.,;,u-; ('i .";.:l ,--{ - ' "'!""'-:..:;.,..c 'iv! •.-:)<::•<_... 1''-f T-:-----,-:::. '"'""...;..•J..• ~.1 · --~ '--~ ...... ~-·-"-'-'·• - l_, l;..;'.l.-!.1.. · ...-.>-•.. - , .:.>-..!....._ . .:.:;> 0 .., n~. -~ 1..-(....-.vV.l..~ LH'i Ve!.i " • ._) _.__.t _1_ 0 •-· <; .o.sc;. , ..;~