Wesleyan Music Graduate Students

Eoin Callery

ecallery_at_wesleyan.edu

Andrew Greenwald

agreenwald_at_wesleyan.edu

Andrew Greenwald (born 1980, Queens N.Y), produces work which satisfies his fascination with the extremes of duration, density, texture, and their collective absence. His compositions have been programed by The Vancouver Jazz Festival, Festival of New Trumpet Music, Nebraska Noise Fest., DUMBO art Under the Bridge, SoundBubbles (for emerging NYC artists), Darrmstadt ‘Essential Repertoire of the Avant-Garde’ at Issue Project Room, HI-Fi New Music, the International Supercollider Symposium, and the 2010 MATA Festival. His past residencies include The Banff Centre, Western Front (Vancouver, BC), Harold Arts, Pamplemousse Seedlot, and Soaring Gardens. Andrew’s works have been commissioned by Ensemble Pamplemousse, On Structure, Tall Brown Boots, and the Flux Quartet. They have also been supported by NYSCA, The Argosy Foundation, the A.Lindsay and Olive B. O’connor Foundation, Wesleyan University, and the Ora Lerman Trust. An active educator, Andrew has been an invited lecturer at the Manhattan School of Music, the School at the Art Institute of Chicago, Hartwick College, and he has taught classes at The Banff Centre and Wesleyan University. He holds a BM in music from New York University (cum laude) and is currently a graduate fellow in the composition program at Wesleyan University, working with adviser Alvin Lucier.

personal site: www.andrewgreenwald.net

www.ensemblepamplemousse.org/ppi/andrew.html

Benjamin J Mansavage Klein

bjklein_at_wesleyan.edu

Benjamin J Mansavage Klein is a tuba player, improviser and composer.  He explores new ways to use the tuba, including its implementation with electronics and theater.  Benjamin completed his undergraduate work at Lawrence University receiving a combined degree in music theory/composition and tuba performance. In 2005 and 2006, he was able to undertake projects in Amsterdam, London, Sydney, and Tokyo through the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.  At Wesleyan University, Benjamin is involved in the Anthony Braxton Ensemble, Balinese Gamelan, and the Wesleyan Composers’ Workshop.
personal website:  www.bjmklein.com

Marcello Rilla

mrilla_at_wesleyan.edu

Dan St. Clair

dstclair_at_wesleyan.edu

Olga Virezoub

ovirezoub_at_wesleyan.edu

Olga Virezoub is a Russian composer and pianist currently pursuing her graduate degree in Experimental music/Composition at Wesleyan University.  She is studying with Alvin Lucier.  Olga additionally holds diplomas in composition and piano from the Rimskii-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory  in Russia and the Hochschüle für Musik und Theater Hannover in Germany. She has been awarded several prizes and scholarships in Russia, Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy for her work. Please refer to the Olga’s homepage for more information: http://www.freenet-homepage.de/olgavirezoub/