Larry Austin

While at the University of California, Davis, he founded the improvisational New Music Ensemble. Read Less

His notable students include Dary John Mizelle and Rodney Waschka II.

Austin received early recognition for his instrumental and orchestral works and of those pieces, Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists, was performed and recorded by the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein. Other orchestral works of special note include Charles Ives's Universe Symphony, "as realized and completed by Larry Austin" (1974–93) for large orchestra, and Sinfonia Concertante: A Mozartean Episode (1986) for chamber orchestra and tape. Chamber works with particularly significant computer music/electro-acoustic music aspects include Accidents for electronically prepared piano (1967), written for David Tudor, Canadian Coastlines: Canonic Fractals for Musicians and Computer Band for eight musicians and tape from 1981, and BluesAx for saxophonist and tape (1995), which won the Magisterium Prize, at Bourges in 1996. BluesAx has been recorded by Steve Duke. His most recent work is John Explains (2007) for octophonic sound, based on a recording of an interview with John Cage. John Explains;; was premiered at the 2008 North Carolina Computer Music Festival. Read Less