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Artist description
Instrumental and electronic composer occasionally lapsing into an uncivilized brand of midtown art music |
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Music Style
Contemporary Classical |
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Similar Artists
Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, John Cage, Steve Reich, Harry Partch, Louis Andriessen, Lou Harrison, Edgard Varese, Charles Ives, J.S. Bach, the Residents, Laurie Anderson, King Crimson... |
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Artist History
Tom van Oostrom is a composer and freelance percussionist currently living in Rocky Point, N.Y. He has composed solo, chamber, orchestral and electro-acoustic works. In 2001 he received his Ph.D. in music composition from SUNY Stony Brook and also holds music theory/composition degrees from CSU Sacramento. He has studied with Leo Eylar, Daniel Kennedy, Peter Winkler, Daria Semegen and Ronald Holloway. He has received awards and recognitions from organizations such as Meet the Composer, the Davis Arts Council, the Evelyn Day Foundation, and the Festival of New American Music. His music has been featured in festivals and concerts including the Festival of New American Music, Composers in Recital, Osarai-Kai Festival, Sacramento Contemporary Music Concert Series, Festival of the Arts, Fringe Arts Festival, Crocker Art Museum Performance Series, SUNY Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players' Concert Series, numerous university concerts and recitals, and the opening of the Downtown Plaza shopping center in Sacramento, C.A. (we were the ones next to the balloon-artist/clown on stilts). |
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Press Reviews
Here are some really nice words about me from Will Lerner at Listen.com: A spectacularly inventive composer and percussionist whose experimental work descends directly from the Stravinsky/Bartok mode, Tom van Oostrom continues the progress made by such adventurous souls as Stockhausen, John Cage and Steve Reich. –Listen.com =================And from the Conducting Mouse Journal: What I like about Tom van Oostrom's music is that players have fun with his music. At fast tempos it is energetic, cheerful with gentle humor, in slow tempos it is calm and meditative, evocative of placid nature spots.======== "Great breadth of expression" -Beverley Conrad's Devil's Box Radio ========= Crazy Instrumental Rock Guitar! Radio calls Dim Calico Opus “one of the craziest rock instrumentals I've ever heard!" ===============And from the Beatiful Noise Radio (I think this is a positive reaction)- "Dope musique concrete which combines together DJ club skillz with John Cage. Still banging out da beatz!"
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Location
Phoenix, AZ - USA |
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