Scott Wollschleger

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Scott Wollschleger
Born1980 (age 42–43)
Erie, PA
Education Manhattan School of Music, 2005
Occupation Composer
EmployerString Orchestra of Brooklyn

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]

Discography

Solo albums

Works Appear On

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