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Philip Schuessler received a PhD at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, his Masters Degree from the University of Miami, and his Bachelor Degree in music composition at Birmingham-Southern College. His teachers have included Charles Mason, Dorothy Hindman Dennis Kam, Keith Kothman, Dan Weymouth, Sheila Silver, and Daria Semegen. He has had works performed by notable artists such as the Goliard Ensemble, Time Table percussion trio, Ensemble, Inc., violinist Graeme Jennings, percussionist Daniel Kennedy, and cellist Craig Hultgren. He has had works performed at notable venues such as June in Buffalo, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga New Music Symposium, Birmingham City Stages Festival, Festival Miami, the Czech-American Summer Music Workshop, the Elliott Carter/Oliver Knussen Chamber Music Intensive Workshop at Carnegie Hall, the CCMIX in Paris, SEAMUS Conferences, ArtSounds in Kansas City, Artomatic in Arlington, Virginia, and the Spark Festival in Minneapolis. He has also been a participant at the MusicX Festival, the Ernst Bloch Music Festival, and the Oregon Bach Festival. His electro-acoustic music has most recently been recognized in France by Elektrophonie’s NuitBleue Music Festival, the Futura Festival, and the Bourges Residence. He attributes the work of New York School composers, particularly Morton Feldman, as having a profound influence upon his compositional output. Current compositional research involves the exploitation and emergence of silence as an inherently musical, timbral and structural device. The use of electronics as a resource of pure sound material is in the tradition of Luigi Nono and spectral music techniques.
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List of Major Works:
Chamber Music
- Hymn 320 (2008) for percussion duo and Max/MSP (10')
- Five (2007) for five improvising performers (variable length)
- Omega Loops (2006) for vln., gtr., and pn. (8’)
- Pylons (2006) for cl., tbn., and cb. (13’)
- Theater Piece No. 2 (2005) for lecturer/conductor 1-6 performers, Max/MSP (60’) [(rev. 2007) 20' version]
- Trio (2004-5) for percussion trio (13’)
- Splintered Refrains (2004) for vla. and pn. (9’)
- Roadside Picnic (2002) for two pianos (20’)
- Shadow Geometry (2002) for wind quintet and two violas (21’)
- One More Moment (2000) for piano trio (7’)
- Three (2000) for three improvising performers (18’)
- Reason (1999) 5 percussion players (8’)
- Food and Spirits (1999) for cl. and vlc. (12’)
- Four (1998) for four performers (4’)
- Infinity (1997) for flute, violoncello, and piano (3’)
Solo Instrument/Solo Instrument with Electronics
- Monochrome Variations II (2007) for Simplified Violin (6')
- Interruptions II (2007) for pn. (9')
- Preludes (2006) for pn. (4’)
- Micromovements: Book I (2006) for gtr. (8’)
- Micromovements: Book II (2006) for gtr. (7’)
- Supercell (2006) for percussion and Max/MSP (12’)
- What a Dream We Have In Jesus (2005) for tbn and Max/MSP (17’)
- Alu (2004) for cb. (15’)
- Cloud of Unknowing (2004) for vln. (12’)
- Solo (2004) for pn. (30’)
- Wisdom and Surprise (2003) for cb. and tape (12’)
- Eight Mystic Groundhogs (2002-2003) for pn. (8’)
- Asheville Prelude (1999) for banjo and tape (7’)
- Counterclockwise (1997) for vlc. (5’)
Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra
- Towers, Clocks, and Glass (2008) for orchestra (13')
- Etude No. 9: Pastourelle (2005) for orchestra (1’)
- Two Pianos by Morton Feldman (2002) orch. transcription (3’)
- “…still points ahead…” (2001) for ob., mandolin, and orch. (18’)
- Threadcraft (1999-2000) for chamber orchestra (30’)
- Thtopth (1998) for orchestra (10’)
Electroacoustic
- Bicycle Etude No. II (2007) for tape (1')
- Flicker-Poeme (2006) for Max/MSP (var. duration)
- Void Chapel (2004) for tape (8’)
- Fairfax (2000) for tape (12’)
- Peptyde Hallucination (2000) for tape (1’)
- Putty (1998) for tape (5’)
Vocal/Choral
- Two Possession Variations (2003) for tbn. and vox/percussion (3’)
- Ghost (1999) for unaccompanied mixed choir (5’)
- Soft Moon (1998) for mezzo-soprano and piano (5’)
Theater/Other
- Interruptions I (2006) script for 7 actors, singing bowl, & toy pn. (15’)
Works in Progress:
- piece for trombone & percussion
- piece for contrabass & percussion
- piece for solo harpsichord
- Brass Orchids for trombone, clarinet, and contrabass
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Downloadable PDF's of my C.V. and a complete list of works:
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