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from "the green is either" (2003-4) |
short biography |
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Aaron Cassidy (b. Illinois, USA, 1976) is a composer with a
growing international presence. His work has been performed by some of the
world’s premier contemporary music specialists, including Ensemble SurPlus,
Ictus Ensemble, ensemble recherche, 175 East, ELISION, Kairos Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, Mieko Kanno, Garth Knox, Ian
Pace, Christopher Redgate, and Carl Rosman, at such venues as
the Gaudeamus International Music Week (Jurors Prize nominee, 2002 & 2004),
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Warsaw Autumn, Bludenzer
tage zeitgemäßer musik, Abbaye Royaumont, Bienal Internacional de Musica Y Tecnologia (Mexico City), June In
Buffalo, and the ISCM World Music Days (2005). He has
received grants, stipends, and commissions from allerArt Bludenz, the Yvar
Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, Haupstadtkulturfonds Berlin, New York
Foundation for the Arts, Schloss Solitude Sommerakademie, and the American
Music Center.
In 2003, he completed a Ph.D. in Composition as a Presidential Fellowship recipient at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) under the guidance of David Felder, where he was awarded a Dissertation Fellowship award for advanced research. He has studied additionally in masterclass and lesson settings with such composers as Richard Barrett, Chaya Czernowin, Brian Ferneyhough, and Jonathan Harvey, among others. Cassidy serves as Senior Lecturer in Composition at the University of Huddersfield. He previously held positions on the faculties of Northwestern University and Buffalo State College. He is also regularly active as a conductor, organist, and CD producer. |
