stefan weisman
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SOME RANDOM THINGS:


COMPOSER'S VOICES:

I am co-producer of the compact discs included the Yale University Press book
"Composers Voices from Ives to Ellington: An Oral History of American Music"
by Vivian Perlis and Libby Van Cleve. Winner of a 2006 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.
Click here to check out a podcast.  And look for more volumes in the future!

     An enthralling new book…but it is also a symphony of voices, and one of the best
     things is that the CDs that come with it allow the reader to hear the voices and
     unedited words of all these people, to feel the force of their personalities.
     Richard Dyer, Chicago Tribune


MORE MUSIC INFO and COLLABORATIONS:

RAM (Random Access Music) an eclectic collection of composers

Darkling commissioned by the American Opera Projects

"David and Jonathan" in the Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture

From Frankenstein collaboration with visual artist Mark Leibert

"Line Drawing: Portrait with Missing Rib"  collaboration with video artist Jillian McDonald


WRITING:

"What American Conservatories Do To Spark Interest in New American Music,"
an article I wrote for the American Music Center's NewMusicBox.org

My dissertation will be about the music of Yoko Ono


MY ALMA MATER:

Making Music at Bard College

Bard College Alumni Article, "The Cutting Edge" (pdf)


LINKS:

American Opera Projects
Jonathan Babcock
Bang on a Can
Betsey Biggs
Martin Bresnick
Bucko
David Cote
Brian DeMaris
Emily Doolittle

Judd Greenstein
J David Jackson
Kyle Kindred
Heather Klinkhamer
David Lang
Paul Lansky
Steve Mackey

Sean Mills
Minimum Security
Lisa Moore
Moosh
Newspeak
Now Ensemble
Odd Appetite
Princeton Composers
Anna Rabinowitz
RAM (Random Access Music)
Jody Redhage
B Allen Schulz
Second Movement Opera
Daniel Sonenberg
Susanna Speier

Joan Tower
Barbara White


 
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