Philip Schuessler

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Philip Schuessler (born September 17, 1976 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is an American composer .

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Schuessler studied composition at Birmingham-Southern College (1997–1999), the University of Miami (until 2001) and the State University of New York (until 2008). His teachers were Charles Mason , Dorothy Hindman , Dennis Kam , Keith Kothman , Dan Weymouth , Sheila Silver and Daria Semegen .

His compositions were u. a. performed at the June Festival in Buffalo , the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga New Music Symposium , the Birmingham City Stages Festival , the Festival Miami , the Artomatic Festival in Arlington, Virginia, the New Music Forum in San Francisco, and the Spark Festival in Minneapolis Played with musicians and ensembles such as the Goliard Ensemble , the Dither Guitar Quartet , the Mantra Percussion Ensemble , the violinist Graeme Jennings , the TimeTable Percussion Trio , the percussionist Daniel Kennedy , the soprano Tony Arnold and the cellist Craig Hultgren .

Works

  • Interruptions III for alto saxophone and tape (2011)
  • Pendula for amplified trombone (2011)
  • Four (Inter) Ludes , incidental music for two melodic instruments and percussion (2010)
  • Ripple for guitar and percussion quartet (2010)
  • Tracers for saxophone quartet, piano and electronics (2010)
  • Intervals I for alto saxophone and piano (2010)
  • Glass Abattoir for percussion trio (2009)
  • Tiamat for tenor solo (2009)
  • Looking-Glass House for soprano and ensemble (2009)
  • Abstractions I for violin and piano (2008)
  • Towers, Clocks and Glass for orchestra (2007-2008)
  • Hymn 320 for percussion duo (2008)
  • Monochrome Variations II for violin (2007)
  • Bicycle Etude No. 2 for two-channel digital audio (2007)
  • Five for five improvisation musicians (2007)
  • Interruptions II for piano (2007)
  • Flicker Poems for Electronics (2006)
  • Interruptions I for seven actors, singing bowl and toy piano (2006)
  • Preludes for piano (2006)
  • Micromovements: Book I for guitar (2006)
  • Micromovements: Book II for guitar (2006)
  • Supercell for percussion and electronics (2006)
  • Omega Loops for violin, guitar and piano (2006)
  • Pylons for clarinet, trombone and double bass (2006)
  • Theater Piece No. 2 for reader / conductor, 1–6 actors and electronics (2005)
  • Etude No. 9: Pastourelle for orchestra (2005)
  • What a Dream We Have in Jesus for trombone and electronics (2005)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philip Schuessler on: musicalics.com
personal data
SURNAME Schuessler, Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham, Alabama