Suggested Topics
Music 8
Spring 2007

as of 3/3007

(suggest your own...)
(with contributions from any number of people...)

composers/artists
ablinger, peter
abrams, muhal richard
adams, john
ades, thomas
albini, steve
allen, geri
amacher, maryann
amirhkanian, charles
AMM
anderson, laurie
andriessen, louis (netherlands composer)
aphex twin
Art Ensemble of Chicago
ashley, robert
babbitt, milton
barlow, clarence
barrett, richard
beeferman, gordon
beglarian, eve
behrman, david
benary, barbara
bischoff, john
bittova, eva
Black Dice
bley, carla
body, jack (new zealand composer)
boulez, pierre
brant, henry
braxton, anthony
bresnick, martin
brower, leo
brün, herbert
bryars, gavin
budd, harold
burt, warren (australian composer)
byron, michael
caine, uri
carlos, warren
haden, charlie
Charlie Haden's Not in Our Name
chen, yi
coates, gloria
coleman, anthony
coleman, ornette
collins, nicolas
composers/artists
cooder, ry
corner, philip
dal farra, ricardo
davis, anthony
Dearhoof
del tredici, david
didkovsky, nick (and dr. nerve)
douglas, dave
d'our, yousson
Dreamers
dunn, david
eastman, julius   
farhang-far, nasser
Fischerspooner
fleck, bela
frisell, bill
frith, fred
fullman, ellen
gibaidulina, sofia
galas, diamanda
gann. kyle
garland, peter
Ghazal
glass, philip
goldstein, malcolm
goode, daniel
hadadi, peman
harrison, lou
harvey, p.j.
holland, dave
hostetler, randy
hutchinson, brenda
hykes, david
ibarra, susie
illegal art
jandek
johnson, tom
kitsz, dennis
klein, phil
klucevsek, guy
laberge, anne
lam, bun-ching
lancaster, margaret
lang, david
lansky, paul
larsen, libby
leach, mary jane
leBaron, anne
leon, tania
lerman, richard
lewis, george
Liberation Music Orchestra
ligeti, gyorgy
lockwood, annea
lucier, alvin
maceda, jose (phillipines composer)
mahler, david
mamoru fujeida (japanese composer)
manieri, joe
mann, chris (australian composer)
maroney, denman
MEV
monk, meredith
mori, ikue
morris, robert
Multiphonic Ensemble
murphy, dennis
niblock, phill
neuberg, amy x.
nyman, michael
oliveros, pauline
oswald, john
part, arvo
parker, evan
parkins, zeena
parsons, gram
payne, maggi
pioulard, benoît
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rahayu supanggah (indonesian composer)
ran, shulamit
reich, steve
reid, wendy
repetto, douglas
reynolds, belinda
ricardo dal farra
richards, eric
rihm, wolfgang
riley, terry
rosenboom, david
rowe, keith
rzewski, frederic
sadra, i wayan (indonesian composer)
scarborough, laura
schaefer, r. murray
sculthorpe, peter (australian composer)
sharp, elliott
shatin, judith
shields, alice
sims, ezra
skempton, howard
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
smith, leo
smith, patti
sondheim, stephen
Sonic Youth
speigel, laurie
spooky, dj (paul miller)
staebler, gerhard
Stelarc
stockhausen, karlheinz
stone, carl
subotnick, mort
takemitsu, toru (japanese composer)
tenney, james
The Hub
thile, chris
thompson, richard
threadgill, henry
trayle, mark
trubee, john
twining, toby
tyranny, "blue" gene
valkenburg, e.a.
van Appledorn, Mary Jeanne
veloso, caetano
vierk, lois v
von stroke, claudia
waits, tom
walker, gwyneth
westerkamp, hildegard
wolff, christian
wolff, julia
yanqui, daddy
young, gayle
young, la monte
yuasa, joji (japanese composer)
z., pamela
Zero 7
zhou, long
ziporyn, evan
zorn, john (and associated world)
zummo, peter


musical styles, ideas (pick some subset of one of these)

"new mysticism" (gorecki, part, et al)
reggaeton
laptop performance
contemporary jazz
the art of musical piracy
music and mathematics
political music (anti-, pro- anything)
new music software
new issues of music theory
improvisation (any subculture: free, jazz, electronic, cross-cultural)
new musical theatre
no core
psy-trance
trip-hop
world groove
mixed media (video) work (real-time mixed media electronic work, installations)
sound art
no-imput mixer music
post-minimalism
narcos corridos
"new" consonance
turntablism, scratch, post-hip-hop
cross-cultural
the Vandelweiser group
new music from [Latin America, Indonesia, Iran, Norway, Des Moines, San Francisco .... (country/region/cultural group)....]
electronica (various genres:  ambient, lofi, etc.)
musique concrete
idm
microsoun
algorithmic composition
pirate radio
music for video  games