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An Interview with Clarence Barlow
Corwin Chair of Composition
Clarence Barlow has been appointed to the Corwin Chair of Composition. Barlow's career achievements fulfill the Corwin's vision of fostering a link between continuing excellence in traditional approaches to composition while also recognizing the emerging role of music in the media arts and technology. Barlow's past and current teaching posts include twelve years as Professor of Composition and Computer Music at the renowned biennial International Music Institute at Darmstadt; over twenty years as Lecturer in Computer Music at the Cologne Musikhochschule; four years as Artistic Director at the Institute of Sonology at The Hague's Royal Conservatory; and over ten years as Professor of Composition and Sonology at the Royal Conservatory. Barlow, who studied composition under Bernd Alois Zimmerman and Karlheinz Stockhausen, is a universally acknowledged pioneer and celebrated composer in the field of electroacoustic and computer music. He made groundbreaking advancements in interdisciplinary composition that unite mathematics, computer science, visual arts, and literature. While he has been a driving force in interdisciplinary and technological advances, his music is nevertheless firmly grounded in tradition and thus incorporates much inherited from the past. His works, primarily for traditional instruments, feature a vocabulary that ranges from pretonal, nontonal, or microtonal idioms, and may incorporate elements derived from non-western cultures. Barlow has produced 60 works of various types: 3 orchestral (2 piano concertos, and a work for large orchestra); 16 chamber works for various groups of traditional instruments, including 2 string quartets; 2 choral pieces; 3 vocal works with instrumental accompaniment; 17 piano pieces; 2 organ works; and 15 electroacoustic works, a few of which fall into the category of radio plays and music theater. Program recording date & length: 4/9/07 • 56:30