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MICHAEL EDGERTON (b. 1961)

Michael Edward Edgerton received the Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. Since then, he has had international success as a composer, performer, researcher, and theorist. In total, his activities encompass an interdisciplinary approach involving the disciplines of music composition, systematic musicology, music theory, music performance, acoustics, voice science and perception.

Michael's compositional activities are centered on dynamical generative processes that exist at the junctions where systems of complexity meet acoustical exploration. Theoretically this approach utilizes principles adapted from his study of nonlinear dynamics, scale-free networks, acoustics and perception. This information is often utilized in compositional settings that feature decoupled and scaled multidimensional phase spaces which attempt to heighten the inherent nonlinearities of instruments and voices.

Michael's catalogue lists over 70 compositions, which have been performed in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. These compositions have received prizes and recognition in: The Fifth Dutilleux International Composition Competition, The Sal Martirano Composition Award and The MacDowell Club among others. Since 2000, his compositions have been heard at Music for the Third Ear - April in Santa Cruz Festival of Contemporary Music, John Donald Robb Composers Symposium in Albuquerque and the Roy O. Disney Hall at CalArts, Unerh??rte mUsik: Luft (ex) wechselnd (Berlin), Borderl-ne (Malm??), 4+ (Leipzig), New Music Days (Istanbul), 18. Tage f?ºr Neue Musik Rottenburg_A Quattro!_Festival f?ºr Streichquartett, The 11th Annual International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival in Brooklyn, New York, RealTime & Presence - Composition of Virtual Environments, Generative Art 2001, CYNETART 2001, Reservoir V (Berlin), Synthese 2001 in Bourges, France, XIII CIM (L'Aqila, Italy), Musiques Nouvelles et 2000 Miniatures pour l'An 2000, among others. In addition, Michael's compositions have been broadcast on radio and television in Germany, South Korea, Australia, and the United States. He is the recipient of numerous grants, awards and recognition, including awards from the Paul Sacher Stiftung; the European Union; Meet-The-Composer/Arts Midwest; The American-Scandinavian Foundation; The Kittredge Fund; Akademie Schloss Solitude; The National Center for Voice and Speech; and others.

WORKS

Percussion
Songs of Vent (multiple percussion solo)