Pozzi Escot
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Pozzi Escot is an American composer and faculty member at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts.http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/faculty/escotP.html
Escot was born in Lima, Peru, of a French diplomat. She lived in Peru for five years, then returned to France. At the age of 17 she emigrated to the United States to attend Reed College in Portland, Oregan, becoming a citizen three years later. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School
and the Musikhochschule-Hamburg
.
She is author of The Poetics of Simple Mathematics in Music, co-author of Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music and since 1980, Editor-in-Chief of the self-published music journal Sonus
.http://www.sonicdesign.org/escot.htm She has written over thirty articles (mostly published in her own journal) developing and discussing the relationship between music and mathematics. Her works are recorded on Delos
, Neuma, Spectrum, Leo, Music & Arts and Centaur labels and published by Publication Contact International.
Escot was born in Lima, Peru, of a French diplomat. She lived in Peru for five years, then returned to France. At the age of 17 she emigrated to the United States to attend Reed College in Portland, Oregan, becoming a citizen three years later. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
and the Musikhochschule-Hamburg
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger universities of music in Germany.It was founded 1950 as Staatliche Hochschule für Musik on the base of the former private acting school of Annemarie Marks-Rocke and Eduard Marks.Studies include various music types from church music...
.
She is author of The Poetics of Simple Mathematics in Music, co-author of Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music and since 1980, Editor-in-Chief of the self-published music journal Sonus
Sonus
Sonus is a Latin word, derived from the Greek “tonos” that means “noise, sound” or “tone, character, style.” It is also the root word for sonic and sound and was included in the names of well known companies including Sonus Networks, Sony and Panasonic, among others.The name may also refer...
.http://www.sonicdesign.org/escot.htm She has written over thirty articles (mostly published in her own journal) developing and discussing the relationship between music and mathematics. Her works are recorded on Delos
Delos International
Delos International is an American record label. Based in Hollywood, California, it specializes in publishing classical music. The Delos recording label was founded in 1973 by Amelia S. Haygood , one of the most prominent figures in the classical recording industry...
, Neuma, Spectrum, Leo, Music & Arts and Centaur labels and published by Publication Contact International.
External links
- Pozzi Escot interview by Bruce Duffie