Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974) is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches music composition and technology courses as well as coordinates the composition program. In his first year, Jay received two prestigious grants: one to create collaborative works with visual artist Carla Poindexter and the second to initiate electroacoustic music concerts in Orlando. Prior to this position, Jay was an active adjunct professor at several colleges in the Kansas City area while he completed his D.M.A. in Composition at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory. While at UMKC, Jay received honors including a Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship and a Dean's Doctoral Scholar Fellowship.
Jay's music ranges from instrumental chamber works to electroacoustic compositions. He has participated in numerous national and international festivals including the Wellesley Composers Conference and the International Young Composers' Meeting in the Netherlands. His music is published by Unsafe Bull Music and has been recorded on the Capstone and Vox Novus labels. Jay is a frequent contributor to the new music website Sequenza21.com and a founding member of the composers organization The Collected.
Jay is a sci-fi geek, an amateur banjoist, a home brewer, and juggler.
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9/14/2006
I am Sitting in an Airport
(insert Lucier joke here)
Anyhow, I am off to Conference Country USA (San Antonio) for the big CMS/SCI shootout. My solo piano piece was selected for a CD project and the program for the CD is being done at one of the concerts. Plus, since I have a shiny new faculty gig I thought it would be a good thing to make some contacts with the academic world at large. I'll spend most of my time in the ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) room.
Music tech is the "money" side of my job. That means that it is the side of the job they pay me for. Any of the composition stuff I do I would pretty much do for free. But don't let that circulate too much, okay? It will be our little secret.
I'm creating the final versions of my miniatures. Now that I have Logic I can retool all those Garageband files that I made. I only hope the music sounds better that way. Sometimes the best stuff is the cheap/free stuff.
Anyhow, it is time to board.
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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