LINKS
(click to jump below to composers and musicians, ensembles, clarinetists, other artists, organizations, non-music links)
Jos Zwaanenburg
Dutch composer, flutist, expert in live electronics
Pamela Z
American composer, performer, singer, innovator in electronics and multi-media
Francis Marie Uitti
Amsterdam based contemporary cellist and composer, improviser with electronics
Ken Ueno
American composer, writes for acoustic instruments and electronics
TolgaTüzün
Turkish born composer, resident of NY, student of Tristan Murail, expert in live-electronics
Joan Tower
American composer for acoustic instruments, chamber to orchestra
Ronald Bruce Smith
composer, expert in live-electronics; wrote a piece for me comissioned by the Canada Council
John Schott
composer, improviser, guitarist
Rebecca Saunders
English composer living in Berlin, writes for acoustic instruments
Ed Sarath
composer, improviser, teacher; head of improvisation studies at University of Michigan
Kaija Saariaho
Finnish/French composer; one of my favorite composers; writes for electronics and acoustic instruments
Morris Rosenzweig
American composer, based in Utah; director of Canyonlands
Kurt Rohde
CA composer of acoustic music; many chamber pieces with clarinet
Wolfgang Rihm
German composer, chamber works with clarinet and bass clarinet, including Chiffre
Paolo Perezzani
Italian composer, wrote Il volte della notte for bs cl, fl, pno
Pauline Oliveros
American composer and improvisor, started electro acoustic studio at UCSD; innovator of 'deep listening'
Silvia Matheus
CA based composer, sound designer and video artist; specializes in electronics
Ned McGowan
American/Dutch flutist and composer, co-leader of Karnatic Lab
Keeril Makan
American composer, both acoustic and electronics
Roderik de Man
Dutch composer, has several works for bass clarinet
Theo Loevendie
Dutch composer and teacher; numerous acoustic works, often combines Eastern and Western instruments; several works with cl and bass cl
Liza Lim
Australian born composer
Vanessa Lann
American/Dutch composer
Anne Laberge
American/Dutch composer, flutist; specialist in electronic music; writing for Duo X
Carla Kihlstedt
American violinist and composer/improviser
Toshio Hosokawa
Japaneseborncomposer of acoustic music, often working in Germany
Steve Horowitz
NY based composer of all sorts of music!
Michael Jarrell
Swiss composer, many works for clarinet and bass clarinet; often writes microtonal music
Guus Janssen
Dutch composer and pianist, improvisor
Rozalie Hirs
Dutch composer, expert in spectral music
Monica Germino
American/Dutch violinist eneregetica
David Felder
American composer of both acoustic and electronic works; directs June in Buffalo Festival
Julio Estrada
Mexican composer, investigator of sound, theorist
Jorrit Dykstra
Dutch, Boston based saxophonist, composer, improviser; has written for Duo X
Chaya Czernowin
composer, based in Vienna; part of bass cl commisioning project
Chen Yi
American (Chinese born) composer, acoustic instruments, both Western and Chinese
Matt Brubeck
Toronto based cellist and composer, jazz improviser
Lisa Bielawa
composer, singer; composer in residence BMOP; part of bass clarinet commission project
Claudio Ambrosini
Italian composer, wrote "Capriccio, detto: l'ermaphrodite"
Maarten Altena
Dutch composer, improviser"
Canyonlands New Music Ensemble
Salt Lake City ensemble playing contemporary music; directed by Morris Rosenzweig
Left Coast Ensemble
San Francisco based ensemble playing classical and contemporary mixed programs
Kairos String Quartet
Berlin based quartet
clarinetists (and clarinetist-composers):
Michael Webster classical clarinet soloist and professor at Rice's Shepherd School of Music
Petra Stump and Heinz Peter Lindshalm virtuosi bass clarinetists from Vienna, check out their contemporary duo CD
Harry Sparnaay
Dutch bass clarinet soloist and teacher
Fie Schouten
classical and contemporary bass clarinet and clarinetist in Amsterdam
E. Michael Richards
classical and contemporary clarinetist; writer of excellent materials on contemporary techniques, see his Clarinet of the 21stCentury Project
Fred Ormond
classical clarinetist, professor at University of Michigan
Michael Moore
jazz clarinetist, composer and improviser based in Amsterdam
Ernesto Molinari
clarinet and bass clarinet virtuoso, clarinetist for Klangforum Wien, teacher in Bern, and at Darmstadt
Richard MacDowell
classical clarinetist and professor at University of Texas, Austin
Michael Lowenstern
NY bass clarinet soloist and composer; great info on his website!
Tobias Klein
Amsterdam based jazz bass clarinet, saxophone, composer, improviser
Scott Hill
CA/England based jazz clarinetist and composer
Ben Goldberg
CA based jazz specialist, composer and improviser extrordinare! Recordings on Tzadik
Erik van Deuren
Dutch bass clarinetist, teacher at Amsterdam Conservatory
Laura De Luca
clarinetist of the Seattle Synphony and Seattle Chamber Players
Beth Custer
CA based improvisor, composer, clarinetist
Gene Coleman
Philadelphia based composer/improviser/
clarinetist/organizer
Oguz Buyukberber Amsterdam based Turkish clarinet/bass clarinetist, improvisor extrodinare
Derek Bermel
NY based composer, improviser and multi-demensional clarinetist; has many pieces with clarinet!
Sara Wookey
Choreographer-Theater maker, working in Amsterdam/Los Angeles
Joseph Ravens
Chicage based theater-maker, writer, performace artist ; met at Atlantic Center
Elizabeth Streb
NY Choreographer, MacArthur "Genius." Worked with her at Atlantic Center for the Arts.
Christian Svanes Kolding
Danish/American filmaker
Masatoyo Kishi
CA Sculptor, collaborated with Alternate Currents
Robert Glick
writer and editor of Versal (international literary journal)
also see WordsInHere
Rinde Eckert
NY based performer, writer, director, composer extrordinare; he wrote and directed a staged work for Alternate Currents in SF
Krisztina de Chatel
Dutch modern dance company; collaborators in Dylan Newcomb's 'Tell Me'
Charles Amirkhanian
CA based composer of electro-acoustic music, producer, director of Other Minds a festival, CD label, radio and archive house.
organizations:
California Arts Council
State agency for the arts in California
Dutch Gaudeamus Foundation
Supporters of contemporary music; check out the newsletters
Muziekgroep Nederlands/Donemus
Publishers and distributers of Dutch music, look here for links to Dutch composers
Muziekgebouw Amsterdam
the new concert hall in Amsterdam, replacing the IJsbreker
the Netherland-America Foundation
supporters of Dutch-American cultural and educational exchange
American Music Center
Service and info on American music (library and on-line listening room); see also New Music Box
CNMAT
Center for New Music and Audio Technology at UC Berkeley
IRCAM
Center for New Music Research in Paris; fantastic on-line library catalogue
STEIM
Center for Technology in Music research in Amsterdam; classes, concerts, software
Karnatic Lab, Amsterdam
producers of a monthly series, festival, and CD label
Kalvos and Damien
Web site and radio show for contemporary music- mega resource!
Concertzender
Dutch web site for radio broadcasts of concerts (lots of contemporary music)
de Suite
Dutch organization supporting development of young performers of contemporary music, sponsor yearly festival of concerts
Florida arts colony for all genres of arts
Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin, CA artists residency retreat center
SF Bay Area Improvisors Network
calender and links to many fab musicians
Classic for You
Music service agency, booking excellent Dutch ensembles for corporate events
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Summer camp for the arts in Michigan; Interlochen Arts Academy boarding school; my high school alma mater
US Feng Zhiqiang Chen Style Taiji Academy
Grand Master Feng Zhi Qiang (left)
and Master Zhang Xue Xin (right) taken in a Taiji Workshop in Santa Cruz, California 2001.
Zhang Xue Xie is my Chen Style taiji teacher in San Francisco
John Baron, Alexander Technique
Sausalito, CA
Executive Performance Training
Amsterdam based consulting agency that uses skills from the performings arts to train business executives in communication and creativity
Royal Tropical Institute
Center for Intercultural Management Training Center, cross-cultural communication training