Eric Chasalow is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music. He is Professor of Composition at Brandeis University

Brandeis University

Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...

, and Director of BEAMS, the Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio. He holds the D.M.A. from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 where his principal teacher was Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky is an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today...

 and where he studied flute with Harvey Sollberger

Harvey Sollberger

Harvey Sollberger is an American composer, flutist, and conductor specializing in contemporary classical music.-Life:...

. He holds awards from, among others, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, with particular recognition for his works that combine live soloist with electronic sounds.His music is published by G. Schirmer, McGinnis & Marx (New York) and Edition Bim (Bulle, Switzerland) and appears on CDs from New World Records, ICMC.

Selected works

• -Orchestra

• Concerning Sunspots (2004)
• Dream Songs (2000–01)
• Leaping to Conclusions (1987)

• -Solo
• Winding Up (1990) — horn
• Falling Forward (1980) — flute
• Anti-Chambers (1979) — flute

• -One to Four Instruments with Electronic Sound
• The Fundamental Object (2004–05) — viola
• Trois Espaces du Son (2004) — piano, percussion
• Due (Cinta)mani (2002) — piano
• What is Danced…(and what is not) (2002) — harp
• In a Manner of Speaking (2000) — bass clarinet
• Suspicious Motives (1999) — flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello
• 'Scuse Me (1998) — electric guitar
• Out of Joint (1994) — trumpet
• Fast Forward (1988) — percussion
• Over The Edge (1986) — flute
• The Furies (1984) — soprano
• Hanging in the Balance (1983) — 'cello
• Reverses (1980) — improvisers (any instruments)
• Verses and Fragments (1979) — horn, percussion

• -Chamber Ensemble

• Fourth of Nature (2004) — marimba duo
• Lo Schermo (2002) — flute, violin, piano
• Yes, I Really Did (1998) — piano trio
• Five Simic Songs (1998) — soprano and string quartet
• To The Edge And Back (1997) — flute and piano
• In The Works (1993) — flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello, percussion, piano
• First Quartet (1989–90) — string quartet
• Returning to the Point (1982) — flute, violin, viola, 'cello
• Two From Three (1980) — violin, cello, piano

• -Vocal

• Huffy Henry (2001) — tenor and piano
• Five Simic Songs (1998) — soprano and string quartet
• Pass it On (1995) — soprano and piano
• The Shampoo (1989) — soprano and piano
• The Furies (1984) — soprano and electronic sound
• Triptych (1984) — soprano and piano
• Rain Towards Morning
• The Central Cameo
• Late Air
• Words (1980)— a cappella chorus

• -Piano

• Due (Cinta)mani (2002)
• A Loose Translation (1995–96)
• Little Word (1991)
• Groundwork (1986)

-Electronic (Tape Pieces)

• Into Your Ears (2004)
• Museum in D (2004)
• Wolpe Variations (2003)
• Clapping Game (2002)
• Crossing Boundaries (2000)
• Seven Variations on Three Spaces (1998)
• Portrait of The Artist (1997)
• Left to His Own Devices (1996)
• And it flew upside-down (1994)
• The Fury of Rainstorms (1992)
• This Way Out (1991)