Talk:Bruce Wolosoff

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Education

At Bard College, Wolosoff studied with composer Joan Tower, and studied theory with Benjamin Boretz, poetry with Robert Kelly, and improvisation with Roswell Rudd.

Classical piano studies with Richard Goode, Evelyne Crochet, and German Diez (who teaches the technique of Claudio Arrau) with whom he studied for 16 years. He also participated in master classes at the University of Indiana with Jorge Bolet and at the Lucerne Conservatory with Malcom Frager.

Jazz piano, composition, and arranging with Jaki Byard, jazz harmony with Charlie Banacos. Principal composition studies with Lawrence Widdoes.

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Wolosoff has written for, among others, The Columbus Symphony, The Minnesota Ballet, recorder virtuoso Michala Petri, oboist Rudolph Vrbsky, violinist Chas Wetherbee, The Carpe Diem String Quartet, The Lark Quartet, and the 21st Century Consort in Washington, who have commissioned numerous works from the composer under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. Other groups to perform his works include the NY Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Alan R. Kay, The Da Capo Chamber Players, Opus 3 Piano Trio.

“The Passions", with a set by the composer's wife painter Margaret Garrett, was commissioned by the Minnesota Ballet.

Choreographer Ann Reinking created a ballet for Thodos Dance Chicago based on Wolosoff’s music called “White City”

“Songs without Words (18 divertimenti for string quartet)”, composed for the Carpe Diem String Quartet, were released on Naxos Records.

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