Kyle Gann

Kyle Gann

male, 54 years old
Kyle Gann (born November 21, 1955) is an American composer and music critic born in Dallas, Texas. As a critic for "The Village Voice" (from...
Harry Partch

Harry Partch

male, deceased (1974)
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974) was an American composer and instrument builder. He was one of the first twentieth-century...
Lou Harrison

Lou Harrison

male, deceased (2003)
Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 - February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K.R.T....
Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros

female, 77 years old (Kingston, New York, United States)
Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an accordionist and composer who currently resides in Kingston, New York. Her instrument...
Ben Johnston

Ben Johnston

male, 83 years old
Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Junior (born March 15, 1926 in Macon, Georgia) is a composer of contemporary music in the just intonation system.
Erling Wold

Erling Wold

male, 51 years old
Erling Wold (b. January 30, 1958) is a San Francisco based composer of opera and contemporary classical music. He is best known for his later...
James Tenney

James Tenney

male, deceased (2006)
James Tenney (August 10, 1934 - August 24, 2006) was an American composer and influential music theorist. Tenney was born in Silver City, New...
Kraig Grady

Kraig Grady

male
Kraig Grady is a composer who uses microtonal just intonation. Kraig Grady has presented his work at the Norton Simon Museum of Art, the UCLA...
Ellen Fullman

Ellen Fullman

female, 52 years old
Ellen Fullman (b. Memphis, Tennessee, 1957) is a composer. Known principally for music she has written for an instrument she invented, the long...

Michael Harrison

male
Michael Harrison, following a lifelong study of both Western classical and North Indian classical music, has forged “a new harmonic world” (New York...