Present Music, founded in Milwaukee in 1982, is one of the nation's leading ensembles specializing in commissioning and performing new music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ryan Carter's music is characterized by its sensitivity to the sound world of electronics, even when he writes for acoustic instruments.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carter's compositions on this album take up technological themes in the spirit of sublimation and resolution, inviting listeners to consider the continuity between digital and musical technologies.
Composer Biography
Ryan Carter is also an avid computer musician, programmer, and performer, having released an iOS app album of algorithmically generated, listener-interactive electronica.
Compositional Technique
Ryan Carter's writing is polyphonic and rigorously contrapuntal, featuring startling moments of lyricism but no properly melodic lines.
Performer Biography
Present Music has commissioned and premiered over 70 new works from composers worldwide, including Pulitzer Prize-winning composers like John Adams and Caroline Shaw.
Composer Biography
Ryan Carter composes for instruments, voices, and computers, often exploring new musical possibilities presented by emerging technologies.
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