Profile Category: Composer

Composer
Los Angeles, CA
Isaku Kageyama is an eclectic music composer and producer.  His music has been broadcast in countries such as the United States, UK, Italy, South Korea, and Norway. 

Composer
San Francisco, CA
After studying piano and composition in her native Korea, Hyo-shin Na came to the U.S. in 1983 to do graduate work at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Colorado, where she received her doctorate. After moving to San Francisco in 1988, she met Cage, Rzewski, Wolff and Takahashi, and encountered the music of Nancarrow.

Composer
Princeton, NJ
Frances White composes instrumental and electronic music. She is particularly known for her works combining live instruments and computer-generated electronic sound spaces.

Composer
Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Brown combines a successful composing career with an extremely diverse performing life, playing flute, shakuhachi, and theremin in a wide variety of musical circles.

Composer
Brooklyn, NY
James Nyoraku Schlefer holds advanced degrees, and has years of performing experience, in two musical traditions.

Composer
Boston, MA
Takashi Koto, composition: received his Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University, his M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and his B.M. from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo.

Composer
Boston, MA
Martin Schreiner is a composer with a broad range of musical experience and interests. His catalog has more than 80 compositions including: concert music for traditional symphonic instruments, jazz ensemble, chamber groups, choral music and solo vocal works.

Composer
Detroit, MI
John Chow Seymour, originally from Michigan and now residing there again, received a B.Mus. from the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, an M.Mus. from the University of North Texas College of Music, and a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai'i, all in music composition.

Composer
Nashville, TN
Australian-born composer and tenor Matthew Shorten is a passionate exponent of Baroque music, art song, and the contemporary choral repertoire.

Composer
Houston, TX
As a composer, Shawn has made a substantial output of music that reflects the complex aesthetics of Japanese Music.