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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5/25/2007
Updates and updates
Yes, sure, there is an Unsafe Bull Podcast. Watch for a Holiday Edition of the brand-spanking-new The Collected Podcast on Monday.
Otherwise, life in the Batz lane is moving quickly. The pLAy Ensemble is giving the premiere of my new piece this weekend, actually I think it might be today. Cool. So any of you that are worried that I'm getting too many performances on the East Coast and not enough on the West Coast can rest easy. There is enough of me to go around.
I have two main projects ahead of me this summer (compositionally-wise-speaking). One is a piece for voice and tape, the other for harp and tape/electronics. I've been wanting to write for harp and electronics for a long time and now I think I'm getting my chance. I love harp. I played it for a semester to learn more about it and I wish I still played it. I love writing for it but I always end up in places that have a paucity of harpists. I have found an opportunity for a harp/electronics piece and I'm jumping on it like a rabid weasel.
Sorry, I've been reading The Stand and I read about the rabid weasels the other night.
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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