Everything about Lois V Vierk totally explained
Lois V Vierk (born
August 4,
1951,
Hammond, Indiana) is a "
post-minimalist" or "
totalist" composer who lives in
New York City.
She received a B.A. degree in piano and ethnomusicology from
UCLA in 1974. She then attended
Cal Arts, studying composition with
Mel Powell,
Leonard Stein, and
Morton Subotnick, receiving her M.F.A. in
1978. She has conducted extensive study of
gagaku music, studying for ten years with Suenobu Togi in Los Angeles, and for two years in Tokyo with
Sukeyasu Shiba (the lead
ryūteki player in Japan's Imperial Court Orchestra).
She has written many chamber works for different ensembles which are multiples of the same instrument. Her work uses
glissando prominently and builds
exponentially in level of activity. More recently she's exampled to mixed instrument ensembles, such as in her piece
Timberline (music) commissioned by the
Relâche Ensemble, and
Red Shift which appeared on the CD
Bang on a Can Live Vol. 2.
She has also composed for
gagaku ensemble.
Films
- New York Composers: Searching for a New Music (1997). Directed by Michael Blackwood. Produced by Michael Blackwood Productions, in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
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