Explore Piano/Composition with Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz came as a composer in 2011, and encouraged his daughter Nica to come intern - the rest is history! He has donated the following: 

A one-hour zoom piano, composition or music (theory or otherwise) lesson/consultation with composer Wayne Horvitz, plus a signed copy of "Little Pieces for Piano", a book of his compositions written for the piano students of all ages.

Recipient of the 2019 American Prize in Orchestral Composition, composer Wayne Horvitz performs extensively throughout Europe, Japan, and North America.  In addition to creating work for his own ensembles, he has created new work for The Kitchen, BAM, Seattle Symphony, Berlin Jazz, Nocco, Vienna Radio Orchestra, Centrum, and ACT among others. He has received awards from Doris Duke, MAP, McKnight Foundation, the NEA, Meet the Composer, and The Shifting Foundation. among others. Narrative works include pieces centered around the life of Joe Hill, the story of the Everett Massacre, and the poems of Richard Hugo. Installation work has been presented at Ft. Worden, SAM and Arizona State Museum of Art. He is the recipient of the 2016 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award.

Collaborators include Robin Holcomb, Bill Frisell, Reggie Watts, Butch Morris, Alex Guy, Ikue Mori, George Lewis, Yukio Suzuki, Frances McCue, Eyvind Kang, John Zorn (Naked City etc.), Beth Fleenor, Rinde Eckert, Yohei Saito, Barbara Earl Thomas, David Moss, Carey Perloff, Paul Taylor, Dayna Hanson, and Gus Van Sant.

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