Mark Applebaum
Encyclopedia
Mark Applebaum is an American
composer
and professor teaching at Stanford University
. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of California
at San Diego where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough
, Joji Yuasa
, Rand Steiger
, and Roger Reynolds
. He received his bachelors degree from Carleton College
where he studied composition with Phillip Rhodes and completed a senior thesis where he interviewed Conlon Nancarrow
in Mexico City
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composer
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 professor teaching at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
at San Diego where he 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...
, Joji Yuasa
Joji Yuasa
is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Kōriyama, Fukushima, he is self-taught as a composer.In 1951 or 1952, together with the composer Tōru Takemitsu and other contemporary artists and musicians, he founded Jikken Kobo , an organization dedicated to the...
, Rand Steiger
Rand Steiger
Rand Steiger is an American composer, conductor, and pedagogue.Steiger became a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts in 1982, remaining there until 1987...
, and Roger Reynolds
Roger Reynolds
Roger Reynolds is an American composer born July 18, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. He is a professor at the University of California at San Diego. He received an undergraduate degree in engineering physics from the University of Michigan where he later studied composition with Ross Lee Finney...
. He received his bachelors degree from Carleton College
Carleton College
Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
where he studied composition with Phillip Rhodes and completed a senior thesis where he interviewed Conlon Nancarrow
Conlon Nancarrow
Conlon Nancarrow was a United States-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. He became a Mexican citizen in 1955.Nancarrow is best remembered for the pieces he wrote for the player piano...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
.
Discography
- 1996 "Mousetrap Music" [Innova]
- 1999 The Janus ReMixes [Innova]
- 1999 "Sonic Circuits VII" [Innova]
- 2002 "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree" [Innova]
- 2003 "Cornucopia" [Capstone]
- 2003 "Mark Applebaum: Intellectual Property" [Innova]
- 2003 "Catfish" [Tzadik]
- 2004 "Oni Buchanan: Solo Piano" [Velvet Ear Records]
- 2004 "Martian Anthropology" [Innova]
- 2004 "Disciplines" [Innova]
- 2005 "56 1/2 ft." [Innova]
- 2005 "The Bible Without God" [Innova]
- 2006 "Asylum" [Innova]
- 2006 "[re]" [Everglade]
- 2008 "Sock Monkey" [Innova]
- 2008 "Escapement" [Everglade]
- 2010 "The Metaphysics of Notation" [Innova]