Michael Horwood
Retired American born composer, now residing in Alberta Canada. Taught by Lukas Foss & Lejarin Hiller. Diverse Composer of Orchestral, chamber, brass, percussion & tape music.
Retired American born composer, now residing in Alberta Canada. Taught by Lukas Foss & Lejarin Hiller. Diverse Composer of Orchestral, chamber, brass, percussion & tape music.
Cader Idris / Pièce Percussionique Number Five / Sonata (LP)
1982 LP on Max Schubel’s Opus One label with three compositions dating from the 1970's respectively for brass quintet, for percussion and for piano.
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Michael Horwoods audio work during his academic period at the University of Buffalo comes from one of the most optimistic periods in American 20th century avant-garde music. The mere spill over of interest in composition from the New York City schools brought state of the art facilities and faculty to UB in 1968 Incidentally new professors Lejarin Hiller, Lukas Foss and poet Robert Creeley were key in developing students keenness into radical new music. In early 1968, Michael obtained permission…