Jay Batzner

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J. C. Batzner is a composer primarily of electronic music and is a currently on the faculty of Central Michigan University. [1] Jay Batzner is also the programming director for Electronic Music Midwest [2] He ran a daily podcast about miniatures [3] He wrote the music for Carla Poindexter's Carnival Daring Do [4] [5] His 10-minute opera Secrets & Waffles debuted in Carnegie Hall with the Remarkable Theater Brigade's Opera Shorts in 2010. [6] [7] [8] Batzner's work was also part of several 60x60 mixes including the Sanguine Mix, Order of Magnitude Mix, 2009 International Mix, [9] Evolution Mix (part I), 2005 Midwest Mix. [10] [11] In 2012, Jay Batzner brought 60x60 Dance with his colleague Heather Trommer-Beardslee to Central Michigan University [12] [13]

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