Paul Reller
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Paul Reller is composer of contemporary classical music (including a large output of electro-acoustic works) and experimental rock musician. He is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of South Florida
since 1990, where he is the director of SYCOM, the USF School of Music's suite of electronic music studios. His education includes undergraduate study at University of Minnesota
and graduate study at Eastman School of Music
. He is one of the progenitors of the BONK festival of new music in the Tampa Bay Area and has pieces recorded by Bang on a Can
.
His major teachers include Samuel Adler
, Dominick Argento
, Paul Fetler, David Liptak
, Robert Morris
, Allan Schindler and Joseph Schwantner
. Reller has received many awards for his compositions, among them the Bearns Prize, a BMI
award, and two ASCAP awards.
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
since 1990, where he is the director of SYCOM, the USF School of Music's suite of electronic music studios. His education includes undergraduate study at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
and graduate study at Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
. He is one of the progenitors of the BONK festival of new music in the Tampa Bay Area and has pieces recorded by Bang on a Can
Bang on a Can
Bang on a Can is a multi-faceted classical music organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1987 by three American composers who remain its artistic directors: Julia Wolfe, David Lang, and Michael Gordon...
.
His major teachers include Samuel Adler
Samuel Adler (composer)
Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
, Dominick Argento
Dominick Argento
Dominick Argento is an American composer, best known as a leading composer of lyric opera and choral music...
, Paul Fetler, David Liptak
David Liptak
David Liptak is a composer and music teacher living in Rochester, New York.-Music career:...
, Robert Morris
Robert Morris (composer)
Robert Morris is an American composer and music theorist.-Work in music theory:As a music theorist, Morris' work has bridged an important gap between the rigorously academic and the highly experimental. Born in Cheltenham, England in 1943, Morris received his musical education at the Eastman...
, Allan Schindler and Joseph Schwantner
Joseph Schwantner
Joseph C. Schwantner is a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer and educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize....
. Reller has received many awards for his compositions, among them the Bearns Prize, a BMI
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
award, and two ASCAP awards.