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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3/23/2007
The week so far
So far, this week has been hectic, chaotic, and generally good. Only 4 more until the end of the semester. Yipes.
Anyhow, I meant to post this before, but you NYC folks can now add yet another concert series to your Thursday night litany of events. I'm part of an upstart composer group called The Collected and we have started a concert series at the Seaport District every Thursday night at 7:30 PM. We are wrangling various performers to come and play contemporary music, including our own (of course), and have had 2 successful concerts so far (0 unsuccessful concerts, that is). If you are in the area, and you probably are, come check it out.
Also, as you might have guessed, the latest installment of the The Unsafe Bull Podcast is up for your dancing pleasure. The iTunes direct link is right here.
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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