Franklin Cox is an American composer and cellist. He composes music in the school of New Complexity

New Complexity

In music, the New Complexity is a term dating from the 1980s, principally applied to composers seeking a "complex, multi-layered interplay of evolutionary processes occurring simultaneously within every dimension of the musical material" ....

 and his performances range from new music to classical chamber works.
Cox studied with Brian Ferneyhough

Brian Ferneyhough

Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...

 at the University of California San Diego, and at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse (Pace 1995, 37).

He is currently an Assistant Professor at Wright State University

Wright State University

Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...

, heading Music Theory classes and the cello studio in the Department of Music.