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BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON CONCERT MUSIC

Paul Moravec
2004 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, composer Paul Moravec is Chairman of the Music Department at Adelphi University on Long Island. He is a graduate of both Harvard and Columbia, and has over 90 compositions to his credit.




Frank J. Oteri
Editor of the American Music Center's www.newmusicbox.com, Frank J. Oteri is a composer of operas, chamber music and songs for his own band, The String Messengers. He is also a past Deems Taylor Award Recipient.




Daniel Felsenfeld
Daniel Felsenfeld is a composer whose works have been performed at The Kitchen, on the New York City Opera Vox Festival, in Carnegie Hall, and through the auspices of the American Opera Projects. His music has been recorded on both the Endeavor Classics and Koch labels. He is also an author of eight books, and a regular contributor to Time Out, New Music Box, Playbill, Symphony and Strings, among others.


BOOKS ON POPULAR MUSIC

Richard Miller
A jazz pianist, composer and former professor of English, Dick Miller is a leading figure in the Cape Cod music scene and is the subject of a recent film titled, Cape Song. Miller was pianist in Woody Allen's Dixieland combo that performed for many years at Michael's Pub in Manhattan. He also led the all-star National Pastime Orchestra on a recording titled A Century of Baseball in Song.


Julie Flanders
Songwriter and vocalist Julie Flanders is a member of the New York based pop-rock band, The October Project. Her resume includes work in poetry and theater. The October Project gave its first performance in New York in 1991. The October Project's self-titled major label debut was issued in 1993. Their latest recording is Different Eyes.



David Massengill
Virginia- born, New York-based singer, songwriter, recording artist and storyteller. Massengill is a protégé of the late Dave Van Ronk. Generally accompanies himself on the mountain dulcimer. His latest recording is When Will Be Together.




ARTICLES AND LINER NOTES ON POPULAR MUSIC

Pat Irwin
Composer, guitarist and keyboard player, Pat Irwin was a member of the B-52s for many years. He was a founding member of the surf-punk band, The Raybeats, in the late 1970s. Composer for animated TV programs Rocko's Modern Life and Class of 3000.




John Wesley Harding
A native of Sussex, England, John Wesley Harding is a singer/songwriter and recording artist now living in New York. With about fifteen albums to his credit, Harding is also a published novelist undr the name, Wesley Stace. His second book, By George, was published in the summer of 2007.



Matthew Shipp
Delaware-born jazz composer and pianist Matthew Shipp is a prolific recording artist. Currently creative director of the Thirsty Ear label's Blue Series, Shipp has just completed the new album, Piano Vortex. Shipp was the first recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Jazz Vanguard Award in 2004.