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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2/13/2008
Party hats
Okay, on this date in 2005, I started blogging. Originally, I used iBlog and published all kinds of meaningless drivel to my own website. After a while, though, I turned pro. Now I put meaningless drivel where unsuspecting readers might actually find it.
Hoo-ray!
Life has been way to busy to describe, lately, which I find peculiarly ironic. When I started blogging, I really had nothing to say. And I would do so three times a day, in some cases. Now that I'm busy as hell, running around like a madman, and have more things going on than I can count, I rarely report on them. There should be something profound there, but there isn't.
Tonight is my second electroacoustic concert series of the academic year. Here is the lineup (if you are in Orlando, come check it out). Everything is voice/text/word based. I think it is going to be a hoot, but I am pretty easy to entertain.
The Temptation in the Wilderness by David D. McIntire
Speech Songs by Charles Dodge
Love Song by Paul Rudy
Notjustmoreidlechatter by Paul Lansky
Song Cycle for Haruki Murakami by Matt Dotson (music) and Bart Woodstrup (video)
Mouth by Patrick Peringer and Josh Kalichman
I deliberately didn't put anything by myself on there, even though I have 2 pieces that fit. I'll save that stuff for my own recital on March 4. I think I'll do the premiere of the Mancala Variations then. Again, if you are in town, stop by. And you don't have to sleep on the futon anymore. We have a twin bed and a comfy pop-up now.
Next post: My 60x60 project piece is too creepy for me to handle. Is that good or bad?
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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