Sleeping Muse - Music

Michael Pisaro Was Born In Buffalo In 1961. He Is A Composer And Guitarist And A Member Of The Wandelweiser Composers Ensemble. He Has Composed Over 80 Works For A Great Variety Of Instrumental Combinations Including Several Pieces For Variable Instrumentation. A Particularly Large Category Of His Works Is Solo Works Notably A Series Of 36 Pieces Grouped Into 6 Longer Works For The Three-Year 156-Concert Series Organized By Carlo Inderhees At The Zionskirche In Berlin-Mitte From 1997-1999. Another Solo Piece Pi 1-2594 Was Performed In Installments By The Composer On 15 Selected Days In February 1999 In Evanston Illinois And In Düsseldorf In 2000-2001. His Work Is Frequently Performed In The U.S. And In Europe In Music Festivals And In Many Smaller Venues. It Has Been Selected Twice By The ISCM Jury For Performance At World Music Days Festivals Copenhagen 1996 Manchester 1998 And Has Also Been Part Of Festivals In Hong Kong ICMC 1998 Vienna Wien Modern 1997 Aspen 1991 And Chicago New Music Chicago 1990 1991 . He Has Had Extended Composer Residencies In Germany Künstlerhof Schreyahn Switzerland Forumclaque/Baden Israel Miskenot Sha'ananmim Greece EarTalk And In The U.S. Birch Creek Music Festival/ Wisconsin . Concert Length Portraits Of His Music Have Been Given In Munich Jerusalem Los Angeles Vienna Brussels Curitiba Brazil Berlin Chicago Düsseldorf Zürich Cologne Aarau And Elsewhere. Most Of His Music Of The Last Several Years Is Published By Timescaper Music Germany . Two CDs Of His Work Have Been Released By Edition Wandelweiser Records. He Has Performed Many Of His Own Works And Those Of Close Associates Antoine Beuger Kunsu Shim Jürg Frey And Manfred Werder And Works From The Experimental Tradition Especially John Cage Christian Wolff Robert Ashley And George Brecht. Before Joining The Composition Faculty At CalArts He Taught Music Composition And Theory At Northwestern University From 1986 To 2000. read less