Virgil Moorefield
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Virgil Moorefield is a composer
and intermedia artist. Moorefield's work focuses primarily on live acoustic performance, electronic processing of acoustic signals, and live visual music ("Five Ideas About the Relation of Sight and Sound"). CDs of his composer-led ensembles have been released on several labels, including Tzadik, Cuneiform, and Innova. His music is informed by his identity as a drummer and percussionist. He is also the author of "The Producer As Composer" (MIT Press, 2005; paperback, 2010).
Moorefield holds an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University
as well as a B.A. and M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy from Columbia University, and studied at the Juilliard School. He was formerly a professor at Northwestern University, and a tenured professor at the University of Michigan
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As a drummer he has performed with Glenn Branca
, Swans
, and Elliott Sharp
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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...
and intermedia artist. Moorefield's work focuses primarily on live acoustic performance, electronic processing of acoustic signals, and live visual music ("Five Ideas About the Relation of Sight and Sound"). CDs of his composer-led ensembles have been released on several labels, including Tzadik, Cuneiform, and Innova. His music is informed by his identity as a drummer and percussionist. He is also the author of "The Producer As Composer" (MIT Press, 2005; paperback, 2010).
Moorefield holds an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
as well as a B.A. and M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy from Columbia University, and studied at the Juilliard School. He was formerly a professor at Northwestern University, and a tenured professor at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
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As a drummer he has performed with Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca is an American avant-garde composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series. In 2008 he was awarded an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.-Beginnings: 1960s and early 1970s:Branca...
, Swans
Swans
Swans can refer to:*Swan, the birdMusic*Swans , an American band formed in 1982*Swans , an EP by the above band*Swans, an EP by the Filipino electronic act Names Are For Tombstones...
, and Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock,...
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Albums
- Transformations (Slipped Disc)
- Distractions on the Way to The King's Party (Cuneiform RecordsCuneiform RecordsCuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
) - The Temperature in Hell Is Over Three Thousand Degrees (Tzadik)
- Things You Must Do to Get to Heaven (Innova)