Christopher Adler

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Christopher Adler (* 1972 ) is an American composer, pianist and improvisation musician.

biography

Adler studied composition with Scott Lindroth , Stephen Jaffe , Sidney Corbett and Evan Ziporyn , Thai music with Panya Roongruang and organ with James David Christie and Haig Mardirosian . He earned a bachelor's degree in composition and mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's and doctoral degree in composition from Duke University, and is an Associated Professor teaching composition, sound art, music theory, 20th century music, and world music at the University of San Diego .

As an improvisation musician, Adler has worked with Mark Dresser , George Lewis , Anthony Davis , Vinny Golia , Michael Vlatkovich , Christopher Garcia and Gustavo Aguilar , among others . With Alan Lechusza and Vikas Srivastava he forms the Christopher Adler Trio , with whom he recorded several albums. As a pianist he has performed with the ensemble for new music NOISE and has recorded compositions by Derek Keller , Nathan Hubbard , Stuart Saunders Smith and Christopher Burns .

He has also performed with Yo-Yo Mas Silk Road Ensemble , the group red fish blue fish , the Ensemble ACJW and Ensemble 64.8 , the Van Buren String Quartet , the Pangea Quartet and the Seattle Creative Orchestra . In 2007 he was one of the founders of the soundON Festival of Modern Music , which takes place annually in La Jolla, California.

Works

  • Four Piano Sketches for piano, 1992–95
  • Motetus for glockenspiel, 1995
  • Truisms for Readers and Computers, 1995
  • String Quartet , 1995
  • Motetus for glockenspiel, 1995–2009
  • Three Lai for khaen, violin and viola, 1996
  • things that flow for harpsichord, 1996
  • After This, Nothing for bass clarinet and viola, 1997
  • Traces for two violas, 1997
  • the wind blows inside for Khaen solo, 1997
  • Thao for flute, oboe, marimba, vibraphone, violin, double bass and ching, 1997
  • wind-chime for Sheng, 1997
  • Pan-lom for large Thai ensemble and western instruments, 1998
  • Tashi Delek for Khaen solo, 1998
  • Telemetry Lock for Khaen solo, 1999
  • Three Body Problem for Khaen and Cello, 1999
  • Lineamenta for chamber orchestra and Thai instruments, 2000
  • Epilogue for a Dark Day for Khaen solo, 2001
  • Song for a Form Carved by Water for saxophone with hum accompaniment, 2001
  • Bear Woman Dances for piano, 2001
  • Signals Intelligence for percussion ensemble, 2002
  • Five Cycles for Khaen solo, 2002
  • Signals Intelligence for Percussion, 2002
  • First Spectrum of the Contrabass for double bass, 2002
  • Song for a Glacial Boulder for soprano or tenor and saxophone quartet, 2002
  • I Want to Believe for soprano saxophone and piano or trio with vibraphone, 2002–04
  • Iris for flute, guitar, cello and marimba, 2003
  • Repudiation and Sacrifice (Music in Service of Revolution) for voice, woodwinds, percussion, computers and electronics, 2004
  • Hector Mine for Electronics, 2004
  • Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze for oboe, bassoon, acoustic guitar, piano and percussion, 2005
  • Liber Pulveris for acoustic guitar, 2005
  • Music for a Royal Palace for sheng , viola, marimba and overcussion, 2006
  • Telemetry Lock II for electric violin, 2006
  • Petit Hommage à Jehan Alain for alto flute and cello, 2007
  • In Daylight and Cool White (to Dan Flavin) for flute ensemble, 2008
  • Pines Long Slept in Sunshine for percussion ensemble, 2009
  • In tall and tufted reeds for alto flute, cello and accordion, 2009
  • Serpent of Five Tongues for Guanzi and Cheng, 2009
  • Mastodon for bass clarinet, guitar and piano, 2009
  • Plenary Vortices for Percussion, 2009
  • Jolie Sphinx for violin, 2009
  • Cleopatra for tenor saxophone, guitar and piano, 2010
  • 11 Sequences for Tom Johnson for organ, 2010

Discography

  • Pleistocene by Alan Lechusza, 2000
  • Christopher Adler Trio: Live in Los Angeles , 2001
  • Solo khaen improvisation aboard the ArtShip , 2002
  • Christopher Adler Trio: Transcontinental , 2002
  • Nathan Hubbard , Skeleton Key Orchestra with C. Adler as pianist and conductor, 2003
  • Epilogue for a Dark Day (compositions by C. Adler), 2004
  • Nathan Hubbard, (compositions 1998-2005) with C. Adler, piano and Khaen, 2006
  • Rubble 2, a compilation by the Trummerflora Collective with Marcelo Radulovich , Drehleier and C. Adler, Khaen, 2006
  • Mineralia by Alan Lechusza, 2006
  • Derek Keller, Impositions and Consequences with C. Adler, piano and Mellotron , 2007
  • Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze (compositions by C. Adler), 2008

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SURNAME Adler, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, pianist and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1972