Julia Wolfe


Julia Wolfe
Nationality: American
Born: b. 1958
Education/Training:
graduate of the University of Michigan

Best Known For:
drawing inspiration from folk, classical and rock genres

Notable Compositions:
Cruel Sister, My Beautiful Scream, The Vermeer Room, Girlfriend, Window of Vulnerability, Lick, riSE and fLY

Assignments:
co-founder and co-artistic director of New York's legendary music collective Bang on a Can; currently Director of Composition at NYU's Steinhardt School

Curious Facts:
has collaborated with theater artist Anna Deveare Smith, architects DillerScofidio+Renfro, filmmaker Bill Morrison, Ridge Theater, director Francois Girard, Jim Findlay, and choreographer Susan Marshall, among others

Notable Recordings:
Dark Full Ride (music for multiples) and Julia Wolfe - The String Quartets on Cantaloupe Records; other recordings on Teldec, Point/Universal, Sony Classical, and Argo/Decca labels

REPERTOIRE: Anthracite Fields

Concert Details Date
Anthracite Fields: Music of the Coal Miner Mar 6, 2016

REPERTOIRE: I. Foundation

Concert Details Date
Anthracite Fields: Music of the Coal Miner Mar 6, 2016

REPERTOIRE: II. Breaker Boys

Concert Details Date
Anthracite Fields: Music of the Coal Miner Mar 6, 2016

REPERTOIRE: III. Speech

Concert Details Date
Anthracite Fields: Music of the Coal Miner Mar 6, 2016

REPERTOIRE: IV. Flowers

Concert Details Date
Anthracite Fields: Music of the Coal Miner Mar 6, 2016

REPERTOIRE: V. Appliances

Concert Details Date
Anthracite Fields: Music of the Coal Miner Mar 6, 2016