William C. Bradbury
William C. "Bill" Bradbury is an American composer, music teacher, and mandolin player.
Bradbury studied composition with Karel Husa , Steven Stucky and Yehudi Wyner at Cornell University , as well as Indonesian gamelan music with Sumarsam and Martin Hutch and music theory with William Austin and Roger Parker . He taught electronic music at Miami University (1979-81), ear training, keyboard and computer-based instruction at Cornell University (1991-93), computer music and keyboard at the University of California (1991-93) and computer music ( MIDI9 ) at the Palomar College . Since 1998 he has worked at California State University , where he teaches world music, American music and computer music technology and has headed the Visual and Performing Arts Department twice (1998–2002 and 2005–06) .
In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensemble and electronic media, Bradbury also composed film scores. He received an Emmy Award for the music for Anza Borrego: Seasons in the Desert . On the computer-based multimedia project SITE97 he worked with the visual artist Deborah Small and the actress Dana Case . LEAVES for narrator, piano and orchestra was performed on the 50th anniversary of the founding of Palomar College with pianist Peter Gach .
As a musician, Bradbury has worked in various improvisation groups for electronic music, played the banjo with Stoney Point , a group specializing in Appalachian and Irish folk music, was a member of the Cornell Javanese Gamelan group and conductor of the Cornell University wind orchestra.
Works
- Suite from Antigone for tape
- Tape and actor restaurant
- Quartet for flute, trumpet, vibraphone and piano
- Cetacea for tape and dancers
- Mood Variations for Fantasy Violin
- The Falling for flute, viola, cello, harp and piano
- November Music for percussion and tape
- Network Music , tape installation
- Groundwork for tape, with Ed Henry and Dancers
- Summer Music , tape installation
- GATES for string orchestra
- DOJOJI for chamber ensemble and slide projections
- Three Movements for Chamber Orchestra
- Incidental music for The Jero Plays and A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Three pieces for marimba and vibraphone
- Dreams of the Open Sea for vibraphone
- Huracan for wind ensemble
- Five Preludes for piano
- Midsummer Music for harp
- Tawantinsuyo for musical instruments from the Andes and electronics (with Don Funes )
- Earth Prayer I for tape
- Earth Prayer II for baritone and piano
- ChasePlay for piano
- Metamorphosis , tape installation (with Deborah Small )
- multimedia mis ● ce ● ge ● NATION , multimedia work with David Avalos , Deborah Small and Stuart Bender
- Dark Earth for wind quintet
- LEAVES for piano, narrator and orchestra
- Rowing in Eden , multimedia work (with Deborah Small and Dana Case)
- 5-4-3 (Five Notes for Three Players) for flute, piano and bass
- The Primary Colors Performance with projections by Deborah Small for saxophone, percussion and synthesizer
- Chaosmos , internet artwork (with Deborah Small)
- Thunder: Perfect Mind interactive sound installation
- Soundtrack for Chris Pyle's film San Diego's Coastal Wonder
- Downstream , music for an interactive multimedia performance
- Music for the film Anza-Borrego: Seasons in the Desert
Web link
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- California State University San Marcos - CSUSM Foundation Board - Bill Bradbury
- california foundation fund, December 9, 2017 - Cultural Diplomacy through Music: A Meet & Greet with Wu Man and followed by a concert showcasing Wu Man and Bill Bradbury at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad
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| SURNAME | Bradbury, William C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bradbury, William; Bradbury, Bill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, music teacher and mandolinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |