Lois V Vierk

Lois V Vierk

Lois V Vierk (born August 4, 1951, Hammond, Indiana) is a "post-minimalist" or "totalist" composer who lives in New York City.

She received a B.A. degree in piano and ethnomusicology from UCLA in 1974. She then attended Cal Arts, studying composition with Mel Powell, Leonard Stein, and Morton Subotnick, receiving her M.F.A. in 1978. She has conducted extensive study of "gagaku" music, studying for ten years with Suenobu Togi in Los Angeles, and for two years in Tokyo with Sukeyasu Shiba (the lead "ryūteki" player in Japan's Imperial Court Orchestra).

She has written many chamber works for different ensembles which are multiples of the same instrument. Her work uses glissando prominently and builds exponentially in level of activity. More recently she has exampled to mixed instrument ensembles, such as in her piece "Timberline (music)" commissioned by the Relâche Ensemble, and "Red Shift" which appeared on the CD "Bang on a Can Live Vol. 2".

She has also composed for "gagaku" ensemble.

Films

* "New York Composers: Searching for a New Music" (1997). Directed by Michael Blackwood. Produced by Michael Blackwood Productions, in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

Further reading

*Zorn, John, ed. (2000). "Arcana: Musicians on Music". New York: Granary Books/Hips Road. ISBN 188712327X.

External links

* [http://www.webcom.com/jimp/vierk.html The Noise Bar: Lois V Vierk] by Jim Pugliese
* [http://composers21.com/compdocs/vierklv.htm Living Composers Project: Lois Vierk]
* [http://www.starkland.com/st209/index.htm recording of Blue Jets Red Sprites]
* [http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=5391 Lois V Vierk: Slideways] Published: January 1, 2008. In conversation with Frank J. Oteri

Listening

* [http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=other_minds&collectionid=LoisVVierkSOM Lois V Vierk interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's "Speaking of Music" series in San Francisco, 23 April 1987)]


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