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Scott Wollschleger

Scott Wollschleger

American composer based in New York City (born 1980)

Scott Wollschleger (born 1980) is an American composer based in New York City.

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Biography

Wollschleger was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He studied with Nils Vigeland at the Manhattan School of Music,[1] earning a Masters of Music in 2005. He was a co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Red Light New Music, a new music ensemble based in New York, with Christopher Cerrone, Vincent Raikhel, and Liam Robertson.[2][3]

His music has been recorded by pianist Ivan Ilić and released on Heresy Records,[4][5][6] New Focus Recordings,[7] and Cantaloupe Music.[8] Wollschleger has been commissioned by and worked with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn,[9][10] Longleash,[11] loadbang,[12] Mivos Quartet,[13][14] and with soloists Anne Lanzilotti, Karl Larson, Rachel Lee Priday.

Wollschleger's music has been supported by grants and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts,[15] the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music,[16] BMI,[17] New Music USA,[18] and the Society for New Music. He is published by Project Schott New York.[19]

Music

Wollschleger calls much of his music "brontal", an idiosyncratic adjective invented by the composer to describe the paradoxes inherent in his work, which stems from his deep involvement with the works of philosopher Gilles Deleuze.[20][21][22] His music has been compared to that of Morton Feldman by Ethan Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus,[23] and has been described as "apocalyptic,"[24] "distinctive and magnetic," and possessing a "hushed, cryptic beauty"[25] by Alex Ross.

Works published by Project Schott New York include:[26]

  • America for cello (2013) (version for viola 2018)
  • American Dream for piano, contrabass, and percussion (2017)[27]
  • Blue Inscription for piano (2010)
  • Bring Something Incomprehensible into This World for piano and trumpet in C (2015)
  • Brontal No. 3 for flute (piccolo), clarinet, horn, percussion (3 drums, water gongs, 2 cymbals, vibraphone, wood blocks), piano, violin, viola, cello (2012)
  • Brontal No. 6 for piano (2013)
  • Brontal No. 11 for piano (2020)
  • Brontal Symmetry for violin, cello, and piano (2015)
  • Dark Days for piano (2017)
  • Gas Station Canon-Song for piano (2017/2018)
  • The Heart is No Place for War for two vibraphones and two pianos (2016)[28]
  • I is Not Me for solo percussion (2013)
  • In Search of Lost Color for piano (2010)
  • Lost Anthems for viola and piano (2019)
  • Lyric-Fragment for piano (2019)
  • Meditation on Dust, concerto for piano and string orchestra (2015)
  • Music without Metaphor for solo piano (2013)
  • Outside Only Sound for string orchestra, percussion, and anyone (2020)
  • Secret Machine No. 6 for solo piano (2012)
  • Soft Aberration no. 2 for piano and viola (2015)
  • String Quartet No. 2 "White Wall" for string quartet (2013)
  • That Which Pushes Back is its Force for saxophone and piano (2016)
  • Tiny Oblivion for piano (2016)
  • Violain for violin and viola (2017)
  • We Haven Taken and Eaten, a monodrama for solo percussionist (2015)[29]
  • We See Things That Are Not There for piano and vibraphone with crotale (2016)
  • Without World for saxophone quartet (2016)

Discography

Solo albums

Works Appear On

  • Loadbang, Plays Well With Others (New Focus Recordings, 2021): CVS for baritone, trumpet, bass clarinet, trombone, piano and strings (2020)
  • Loadbang, old fires catch buildings (New Focus Recordings, 2018): What is the Word for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet and trombone (2014)
  • String Orchestra of Brooklyn, enfolding (New Focus Recordings, 2022): Outside Only Sound for string orchestra and percussion (2020)

References

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    Kozinn, Allan (May 5, 2010). "Honoring Nils Vigeland at Symphony Space". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
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    Kozinn, Allan (October 7, 2011). "Musical Themes, Covering Landscapes". The New York Times.
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    Koteen, Adrianne (May 29, 2012). "Red Light New Music at Symphony Space". I Care If You Listen.
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    "August 2014 – HERESY RECORDS". heresyrecords.com. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "CD Review: Ivan Ilić's "The Transcendentalist"". Soundproof Room. September 3, 2014.
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    "Red Light New Music: Barbary Coast | Catalogue | New Focus Recordings". New Focus Recordings. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "American Dream". Cantaloupe Music. December 11, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
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    Schweitzer, Vivien (June 26, 2015). "Review: String Orchestra of Brooklyn Plays a Program of Spare Works at Roulette". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "Meditations: An Evening with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. July 17, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    Popham, John. "4 Questions for Scott Wollschleger | LONGLEASH". Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "Events". loadbang. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "Mivos Quartet". Mivos Quartet. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2016 Artists' Fellowship Program". NYFA Current. July 8, 2016.
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    "Past Awards | Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music". www.mikhashofftrust.org. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "52nd Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced". BMI.com. June 20, 2004. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "April 2013 Composer Assistance Program Awardees". Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    KettleCornNewMusic (February 2, 2017), Composers Eating Kettle Corn – Scott Wollschleger, retrieved February 28, 2017
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    Shores, Corry (December 21, 2011). "Rhythm without Time: Difference & Phenomena". Pirates & Revolutionaries. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    "Scott Wollschleger: Bringing Something Incomprehensible Into This World". National Sawdust Log. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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    Iverson, Ethan (October 13, 2015). "Red Light New Music + Scott Wollschleger". DO THE M@TH. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    Ross, Alex (May 9, 2004). "Ignore the Conductor". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
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    Ross, Alex (October 25, 2017). "What We're Listening to This Week: Music from SZA, Blonde Redhead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Scott Wollschleger". The New Yorker.
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    Barbiero, Daniel (January 28, 2019). "AMN Reviews: Bearthoven / Scott Wollschleger – American Dream [Cantaloupe CA21145]". Avant Music News. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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    "A Wollschleger moment". Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  29. [29]
    Minnick, J. Bradley (June 23, 2016). "We Have Taken And Eaten". UA Little Rock Public Radio.
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