Jay Batzner
Jay Batzner (born April 6, 1974 ) is an American composer and music teacher.
Batzner studied music theory and composition at the University of Louisville and the University of Kansas, and earned a PhD from the University of Missouri . He has taught at the University of Central Florida , Kansas City Kansas Community College , Metropolitan Community Colleges (Kansas City area), and Indiana University, and teaches courses in music technology, electronic music composition, and music theory at Central Michigan University .
In addition to instrumental chamber music, electroacoustic music is at the center of Batzner's compositional work. He received prizes and awards from the Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (2008), the Areon Flutes International Composition Competition (2009), the VI. Concurso Internacional de Miniaturas Electroacusticas (2008), the London International Film Festival (2008) and the UK Percussion Ensemble Composition Contest (2007). The video Carnival Daring-Do was created in collaboration with Carla Poindexter and was shown at several multimedia festivals.
Works
- Toccata for piano, 1994
- Inventions for flute and clarinet, 1995
- Sonatina for clarinet and piano, 1997
- Pioneer X for trumpet, 2003
- Deconstructionist Preludes for piano, 2003
- Concerto for Timpani , 2003
- Quartet 10 for string quartet, 2003
- HBMD for horn, trombone and strings, 2004
- Ashamed / Unabashed for two pianos and chamber orchestra, 2004
- Near Burning , digital audio file, 2005
- Quills and Jacks of Outrageous Fortune , digital audio file, 2005
- Miniatures for piano and tape, 2006
- Throb for marimba duo, 2006
- Illuminations for wind ensemble, 2006
- unHandel for organ, 2007
- [untitled] for six players, 2007
- Carnival Daring-Do , video, 2007
- Blue Jaunte , digital audio file, 2007
- Bad Villager , digital audio file, 2007
- Songs my Radio Taught Me for Marimba, 2008
- Mercurial for flute and tape, 2008
- Slumber Music for cello and piano, 2008
- Passacaglia Variations for Cell Duet, 2008
- March for wind octet, 2008
- Goodnight, Nobody for flute, vibraphone, violin and cello, 2008
- Shiny , digital audio file, 2008
- Almost Shiny , digital audio file, 2008
- Mancala Variations , digital audio file, 2008
- Those Rejection Letters are Piling Up Again , digital audio file, 2008
- Voiseynvention for piano, 2009
- Sonatina Natalina for piano, 2009
- Calling for tenor saxophone and tape, 2009
- Not Cool for two tenor saxophones and tape, 2009
- Elementals for tuba, euphonium and tape, 2009
- Oblique Variations for flute and cello, 2009
- Cursed Motives for Open Instrumentation, 2009
- Falcon for tape, 2009
- Secrets and Waffles for mezzo-soprano, baritone, string quartet and piano, 2009
- false for percussion quartet, 2010
- Sonatiny for horn, 2010
- All My Dreams are Silent for flutes and tape, 2010
- Oblique Extensions for flute, cello and tape, 2010
- ALEX Modes for piano, 2011
- Number Station for acoustic guitar, 2011
- Twitch for violin, 2011
- .000001% for harp, 2011
- No Disintergrations for saxophone and electronics, 2011
- Real Me for alto flute and marimba, 2011
- No. for violin and cello, 2011
- Zymurgic Landscape for tape, 2011
Web link
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- Vox Novus - Jay Batzner
- Sequence 21, The Contemporary Classical Music Portal - Jay C. Batzner
- Central Michigan University - Jay Batzner
- World Press - Jay Batzner
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Batzner, Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1974 |