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'''Mark Alburger''' (born April 2, 1957 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is a San Francisco Bay Area composer and conductor. He is the founder and music director of the [[San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra]], as well as the music director of [[Goat Hall Productions]] / San Francisco Cabaret Opera.<ref>[http://www.goathall.org/] San Francisco Cabaret Opera website.</ref> Alburger is also the editor-publisher of ''21st-Century Music Journal'',<ref name="st-centurymusic1">[http://www.21st-centurymusic.com/] 21st-Century Music Journal website.</ref> which he founded in 1994 as ''20th-Century Music''.<ref>Music Library Association Notes, Volume 52, No. 4, page 1230.</ref> |
'''Mark Alburger''' (born April 2, 1957 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is a [[San Francisco]] Bay Area [[composer]] and conductor. He is the founder and music director of the [[San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra]], as well as the music director of [[Goat Hall Productions]] / San Francisco Cabaret Opera.<ref>[http://www.goathall.org/] San Francisco Cabaret Opera website.</ref> Alburger is also the editor-publisher of ''21st-Century Music Journal'',<ref name="st-centurymusic1">[http://www.21st-centurymusic.com/] 21st-Century Music Journal website.</ref> which he founded in 1994 as ''20th-Century Music''.<ref>Music Library Association Notes, Volume 52, No. 4, page 1230.</ref> |
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==Biography== |
== Biography == |
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Alburger studied composition with [[Gerald Levinson]] and Joan Panetti at [[Swarthmore College]]; Jules Langert at [[Dominican University of California]]; and Roland Jackson, Thomas Flaherty, and [[Christopher Yavelow]] at [[Claremont Graduate University]], where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Musicology in 1996. He also studied privately thereafter with [[Terry Riley]]. Alburger is best known for his use of [[trope (music)|troping]] techniques, combining structures and musical passages from a wide variety of pre-existing works across cultures and eras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcv.org/main/mainarchives/main_3_7_06.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307122309/http://www.sfcv.org/main/mainarchives/main_3_7_06.php |archivedate=2012-03-07 }} San Francisco Classical Voice Interview with Jeff Dunn.</ref> He has a large opus list, including many concerti, operas, song cycles, symphonies, and a ten-hour theatrical setting of the Bible.<ref>[http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/] List of works.</ref> |
Alburger studied composition with [[Gerald Levinson]] and Joan Panetti at [[Swarthmore College]]; Jules Langert at [[Dominican University of California]]; and Roland Jackson, Thomas Flaherty, and [[Christopher Yavelow]] at [[Claremont Graduate University]], where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Musicology in 1996. He also studied privately thereafter with [[Terry Riley]]. Alburger is best known for his use of [[trope (music)|troping]] techniques, combining structures and musical passages from a wide variety of pre-existing works across cultures and eras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcv.org/main/mainarchives/main_3_7_06.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307122309/http://www.sfcv.org/main/mainarchives/main_3_7_06.php |archivedate=2012-03-07 }} San Francisco Classical Voice Interview with Jeff Dunn.</ref> He has a large opus list, including many concerti, operas, song cycles, symphonies, and a ten-hour theatrical setting of the Bible.<ref>[http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/] List of works.</ref> |
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Dr. Alburger currently resides in northern [[California]] with his partner Harriet March Page, a mezzo-soprano and artistic director of Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera.<ref>[http://markalburger.blogspot.com/] Mark Alburger personal website.</ref> |
Dr. Alburger currently resides in northern [[California]] with his partner Harriet March Page, a mezzo-soprano and artistic director of Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera.<ref>[http://markalburger.blogspot.com/] Mark Alburger personal website.</ref> |
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Mark Alburger (born April 2, 1957 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is a San Francisco Bay Area composer and conductor. He is the founder and music director of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, as well as the music director of Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera.[1] Alburger is also the editor-publisher of 21st-Century Music Journal,[2] which he founded in 1994 as 20th-Century Music.[3]
Biography
Alburger studied composition with Gerald Levinson and Joan Panetti at Swarthmore College; Jules Langert at Dominican University of California; and Roland Jackson, Thomas Flaherty, and Christopher Yavelow at Claremont Graduate University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Musicology in 1996. He also studied privately thereafter with Terry Riley. Alburger is best known for his use of troping techniques, combining structures and musical passages from a wide variety of pre-existing works across cultures and eras.[4] He has a large opus list, including many concerti, operas, song cycles, symphonies, and a ten-hour theatrical setting of the Bible.[5]
As a music journalist, he has published interviews with many notable composers across the new music scene, including Henry Brant, Earle Brown, George Crumb, Anthony Davis, Paul Dresher, Philip Glass, Ali Akbar Khan, Joan La Barbara, Steve Mackey, Tod Machover, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Erling Wold, Christian Wolff, and Pamela Z, and is a contributor to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.[2]
Dr. Alburger currently resides in northern California with his partner Harriet March Page, a mezzo-soprano and artistic director of Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera.[6]
References
- ^ [1] San Francisco Cabaret Opera website.
- ^ a b [2] 21st-Century Music Journal website.
- ^ Music Library Association Notes, Volume 52, No. 4, page 1230.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) San Francisco Classical Voice Interview with Jeff Dunn. - ^ [3] List of works.
- ^ [4] Mark Alburger personal website.
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