Lawrence Fritts
Lawrence Fritts (born December 31, 1952 in Richland , Washington ) is an American composer and music teacher .
Fritts studied at the University of Chicago with Shulamit Ran , John Eaton and Ralph Shapey . He is Professor of Composition at the University of Iowa , whose electronic music studio he has directed since 1994. Fritts' compositions for classical and electro-acoustic instruments have been performed at numerous international conferences and festivals and by ensembles such as the New Music Ensemble of New York University , the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago and soloists such as Matthew Sintchak , Melissa Reiser , Kara Brown , Karin de Fleyt , Michael Giles , Kristin Thelander , Christine Bellomy , Tadeu Coelho , Benjamin Coelho and Jeffrey Lyman .
He has lectured at international conferences on electronic and computer music and has published articles in journals and publications such as Music Theory Spectrum , Computer Music Journal , Array , Systems Research in the Arts , Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and Papers Presented to the American Mathematical Society . He has received awards from the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics , the Arts and Humanities Initiative, and the Iowa Informatics Initiative, and was a winner of the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition . In 2002 he hosted the National Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SAMUS) at the University of Iowa.
Works
- Intrada for wind quartet, 1978
- World Press in Review , Electronic TV Music, 1979
- String Quartet No. 1 , 1979
- The Veil for guitar and tape, 1980
- Music from Omelas for tape, 1980
- In hora ultima for orchestra, double choir and tape, 1981
- When a happy thing falls for string orchestra, 1981
- Music in State for tape, 1981
- Masque Electrique for tape, 1981
- Sirens for tape, 1982
- Male Lingua for tape, 1982
- American Lunch , electronic film score, 1982
- The Ranch , electronic score, 1982
- Songs from the Caucasion Chalk-Circle for guitar trio and voices, 1982
- Composition for Solo Clarinet , 1983
- Variations , tape, 1983
- Nyet, Nyet, Natasha for Toinband, 1984
- Composition for Synthesizer , 1984
- Subrisio Saltat for flute, 1985
- Moments for piano, 1985
- Duet for violin, viola and computer, 1986
- Metra for tape, 1986
- Composition for piano, 1988
- Tetraktys for tape, 1990
- Green Run for tape, 1994
- Minute Variations for tape, 1996
- Free Translations for horn and tape, 1997
- Thought-Forms for tape, 1997
- 4 mod 4 for flute, clarinet, violin and cello, 1998
- Eleatics for tape, 1998
- Forma Partis for clarinet, 1999
- Doctrine of Chances for tape, 1999
- Orthogonality for saxophone and tape, 1999
- Pre-images for bassoon and tape, 1999
- Mappaemundi , video (with Sue Hettmansperger ), 2001
- Life-Drawing for flute and tape, 2001
- Simple Matter for tape, 2002
- Natural Language for mezzo-soprano and video (with Sue Hettmansperger), 2003
- Musicometry I for clarinet and tape, 2004
- Monsterology for orchestra and tape, 2005
- The Boy Kicked the Ball for tape, 2005
- Imprimitivity for piano and tape, 2006
Web links
- Homepage of Lawrence Fritts
- Autobiographical text
- University of Iowa - Faculty profiles: Lawrence Fritts, professor
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fritts, Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richland (Washington) |