Robert Carl
Robert Carl (born 1954 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American composer and writer based in Hartford, Connecticut. He chaired the composition department of the Hartt School at the University of Hartford until 2022. His music ranges from chamber and orchestral works to electroacoustic pieces and music in precise tunings, and he often plays the Japanese shakuhachi in his own work. Carl studied with George Rochberg, Ralph Shapey, Iannis Xenakis and Jonathan Kramer, and received a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The Night Shall Break
Violinist, Hanna Hurwitz, is a musician who champions the very latest contemporary classical works – she is a member of Chicago’s cutting-edge Grossman Ensemble and Ensemble Dal Niente after all – but she is equally at home among solo and chamber wor…
Infinity Avenue
Robert Carl is no stranger to space. Standing on the shoulders of such visionaries as Charles Ives, Carl’s early compositions ranged far and wide through musical history, the “ultramoderns,” and beyond. Recently, however, his works have forged a new …
From Japan
Robert Carl (b 1954) has long been interested in Japanese music and culture, and in the spring of 2007 he received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council to travel to Japan to interview Japanese composers between the ages of thirty and sixty—his con…
Terry Riley's in C (Book)
Unquestionably the founding work of minimalism in musical composition, Terry Riley's In C (1964) challenges the standards of imagination, intellect, and musical ingenuity to which "classical" music is held. Only one page of score in length, it contai…
Music Composition in the 21st Century: A Practical Guide for the New Common Practice
The state of contemporary music is dizzyingly diverse in terms of style, media, traditions, and techniques. How have trends in music developed over the past decades? Music Composition in the 21st Century is a guide for composers and students that hel…