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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2/26/2008
I love it when this happens - Updated!
So I got an email out of the blue from an old buddy from my University of Louisville days (1998-2000, aka The Bourbon Years). He told me that he saw a flyer for a concert featuring percussion music "by Russell Peck, Lou Harrison, Kyle Gann, and Jay Batzner."
This is news to me, and in a good way. Not too sure what piece they are talking about and I'm rather stunned at the company my music is keeping. For a second there, I seem like a Real Composer instead of a hideous impostor lurking in the nether regions of the United States.
If any of you know more about this concert, I'd love to hear it. In the mean time, I'm going to work in my office and pretend I'm famous for the next hour or so. UPDATE: it is the performance of my Concerto for Timpani by the University of Kentucky Percussion Ensemble. I did know about that one. Cool stuff!
And, okay, who are we kidding, as far as I'm concerned The Bourbon Years haven't stopped yet. I'll let a musicologist determine when it's over.
Last thing: new Mancala Guest! Jason Bolte puts the Comb Filter of Love (TM) on the samples.
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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