Stephen "Lucky" Mosko | |
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| Born | December 7, 1947 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 2005 Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California |
| Genres | Contemporary classical, world |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, music director, teacher |
Stephen L. (Lucky) Mosko [1] [2] (December 7, 1947 - December 5, 2005) was an American composer. His music blended high modernism (including serialism) with world music, [3] and he was an expert in Icelandic folk music. [4] His, "seemingly contradictory," influences include uptown, downtown, and the West Coast school; including John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, and Mel Powell. [5]
Mosko studied with Antonia Brico, Donald Martino, Gustav Meier, Mel Powell, Leonard Stein, and Morton Subotnick. [6] [7] [8]
He was the music director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players from 1988 to 1997 [9] and of the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival's Contemporary Music Festival in 1984. [10] He was the director of the Ojai Music Festival in 1986[ citation needed ] and 1990. [11] He was married to Dorothy Stone, founding flutist of California EAR Unit. [8] [12]
Notable students include composers Ann Millikan and Nicholas Frances Chase.
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