Mark Alburger
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Mark Alburger(born April 2, 1957 inUpper Darby Township, Pennsylvania;died June 20, 2023 inVacaville, California) was aSan FranciscoBay areacomposerand conductor. He was the founder and music director of theSan Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra,as well as the music director ofGoat Hall Productions/ San Francisco Cabaret Opera.[1]Alburger was also the editor-publisher of21st-Century Music Journal,[2]which he founded in 1994 as20th-Century Music.[3]
Biography
[edit]Alburger studied composition withGerald Levinsonand Joan Panetti atSwarthmore College;Jules Langert at theDominican University of California;and Roland Jackson, Thomas Flaherty, andChristopher YavelowatClaremont Graduate University,where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Musicology in 1996. He also studied privately thereafter withTerry Riley.Alburger was best known for his use oftropingtechniques, combining structures and musical passages from a wide variety of pre-existing works across cultures and eras.[4]He has a large opus list, including many concerti, operas, song cycles, symphonies, and a thirteen-hour theatrical setting of the Bible.[5]
As a music journalist, he has published interviews with many notable composers across the new music scene, includingHenry Brant,Earle Brown,George Crumb,Anthony Davis,Paul Dresher,Philip Glass,Ali Akbar Khan,Joan La Barbara,Steve Mackey,Tod Machover,Meredith Monk,Pauline Oliveros,Steve Reich,Erling Wold,Christian Wolff,andPamela Z,and was a contributor toThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.[2]
Dr. Alburger passed away on June 20, 2023 in Vacaville, California, and is survived by his partner Harriet March Page, a mezzo-soprano and artistic director ofGoat Hall Productions/ San Francisco Cabaret Opera.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"HOME PAGE".Goat-hall.org.Retrieved6 March2023.
- ^ab"21st Century Music - a Journal of New Music".21st-centurymusic.com.Retrieved6 March2023.
- ^Music Library Association Notes, Volume 52, No. 4, p. 1230
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-07.Retrieved2010-12-12.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)San Francisco Classical Voice Interview with Jeff Dunn. - ^"Works (1974-Present)".Markalburger.blogspot.com.Retrieved6 March2023.
- ^"Mark Alburger".Markalburger.blogspot.com.Retrieved6 March2023.
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