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Mark Engebretson, DMA, Northwestern University (born 1964, California) is a saxophonist and composer. His music combines computer music and live performance, the latter usually performed on saxophone.
Biography edit
Engebretson was born in California and raised in Alexandria, Minnesota. His family later moved to North St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, a retired doctor, is also a saxophonist as well as a clarinettist. Engbretson attended St. Olaf College for a year before transferring to the University of Minnesota.[1] He is currently Associate Professor of Composition and Electronic Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and director of the Alice Virginia Poe Williams Electronic Music Studio at that university. He is a member of Red Clay Saxophone Quartet and was formerly a member of the Vienna Saxophone Quartet. Aside from Northwestern University, he also studied at the University of Minnesota and the Conservatoire de Bordeaux. His teachers have included Frederick Hemke, Jean-Marie Londeix, M. William Karlins, Pauline Oliveros, Marta Ptaszynska, Michael Pisaro and Jay Alan Yim.
Music edit
As a composer his influences include Eugène Bozza and Paule Maurice. Eric Stokes introduced him to experimental music and found sound (i.e. Found art using sounds as its material).[1] Engebretson has received commissions from Harvard University's Fromm Music Foundation (2007) and the Thomas S. Kenan Center for the Arts (2008). His compositions have been performed at Indiana State University New Music Festival (Terre Haute, Indiana) and International Society for Contemporary Music Festivals (Tirana, Albania and Baku, Azerbaijan) as well as several lesser known contemporary music festivals such as Wien Modern (Vienna), Gaida Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania), Ny Musikk (Bergen, Norway) and the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival. The world premiere of SaxMax was given at the 14th World Saxophone Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia by James Romain.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Moore, Tom (3 October 2008). "Tom Moore Interviews Mark Engebretson". Opera Today website. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "James Romain". Henri Selmer Paris website. Conn-Selmer, Inc. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
External links edit
- Official website
- home
.earthlink .net /~mark .engebretson - Publisher Effiny Music
- Publisher Apoll Edition, Vienna
- Mark Engebretson member page on Society of Composers
- Faculty Profile University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Music
- Profile on Hartwick College Music Festival website
- Innova Records listing for recordings on Innova label'
- Profile on World Saxophone Congress website
- Red Clay Saxophone Quartet - Mark Engebretson profile on Steve Stusek personal website
- Programme notes with biography and profile for the North American Saxophone Alliance 2004 biennial conference