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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7/17/2008
Dr. Horrible
This week only, you can watch Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog, a web-only musical written by Joss Whedon. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day, and Nathan Fillion and it is woderfully entertaining. Acts I and II are out now with Act III to follow on Saturday. Sunday it goes offline (but will be for sale on iTunes and will eventually come out on DVD).
It is the only super-villain musical you will ever need. Until I write one, of course.
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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