Julia Wolfe

Julia Wolfe Born December 18 1958 Is An American Composer. She Was Born In Philadelphia And Works In New York. Wolfe's Music Is Rhythmically Vigorous And Often Clangorously Dissonant. As A Composer Associated With The Downtown Style Of New Music She Is Not Averse To Drawing On Rock And Minimalism As Primary Influences. Her Music However Shows A Good Deal More Rhythmic Complexity Than Is Generally Found In These Genres Hence Her Music Can Properly Be Considered And Described As Postminimalist. In 1987 Wolfe Co-Founded Bang On A Can Together With Composers David Lang And Michael Gordon Her Husband. As Of 2003 Julia Wolfe Is On The Composition Faculty Of The Manhattan School Of Music. ---
The Composer Julia Wolfe Who Was Nominated For A Lively And Venturesome Piece Of Experimental Music Called "Steel Hammer." ... It Draws From Pop And Funk Music With Surety And It Shows The Fertility Of Wolfe's Musical Imagination. For Me This Music Provides A Kind Of Pleasure Different From But Every Bit As Satisfying As Warmth Or Charm And That Too Is A Beautiful Thing. From Http //www.Tnr.Com/blog/the-Famous-Door/the-Composer-Who-Should-Have-Won-The-Pulitzer-Prize#comments read less