Dary John Mizelle
Encyclopedia
Dary John Mizelle is an American composer
.
Mizelle studied trombone
as well as composition
and participated in the New Music Ensemble at the University of California, Davis
, where he participated in a course led by Karlheinz Stockhausen
. He also helped found SOURCE Magazine.
His music involves his own performance on several different instruments and he works in many different genres and media, including electronic and computer music. His SPANDA project involves thirteen days of music.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Mizelle studied trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
as well as composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
and participated in the New Music Ensemble at the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
, where he participated in a course led by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
. He also helped found SOURCE Magazine.
His music involves his own performance on several different instruments and he works in many different genres and media, including electronic and computer music. His SPANDA project involves thirteen days of music.
List of works
Piano Music- Variations on a Tone Row (1963)
- Piano Opus (1966)
- In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky (1971)
- TRANSFORMS 1-6 (1975-79)
- TRANSFORMS 1-34 (1975-95)
- Three Easy Pieces (1980-93)
- Sonata II—Polyvalence (1982-5)
- I Was Standing Quite Close to Process (1991-2)
- Sonata IV—Multidimensionality (1997)
- Autumnal Equinox (1998)
- ZNV (1998)
- Kitamidorigaoka (1999)
- Zach’s New Blues (2001)
- Fingers on Keys-New Music for Piano Students (2003)
- On Gaku (2005)
- Piano Concerto Number One—Winterscape
- Piano Concerto Number Two—Consciousness
Discography
- Dary John Mizelle: Soundscape: Collected Works Vol. 1 (2000). Furious Artisans FACD6801. Featuring:
- Metalsong II
- Soundscape
- Pi/Grace
- Samadhi
- Dary John Mizelle: SPANDA Symphonies of Sound (2006). Nataraja Records. Featuring:
- SPANDA Symphonies of Sound I : Transmutations and Metamorphoses
- SPANDA Symphonies of Sound IV : I Was Standing Close to Quiet Process