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http //isaacschankler.Com Informal Bio Composer Pianist Accordionist And Electronic Musician. Most Of My Time Is Split Between Writing Concert Music And Writing Music For Indie Video Games And I'm Especially Interested In The Interaction Between Popular And Experimental Forms. Recent Projects Include Soundtracks For Critically Acclaimed Games Analogue A Hate Story Depression Quest An Award-Winning Electroacoustic Chamber Opera Light And Power Collaborations With Video Artists Sonderbauten Blocking The Exits And Live Performances With Software And Hardware For Human-Computer Improvisation Multimodal Interaction For Musical Improvisation Magnetic Resonance Piano . As An Accordionist I Play Gypsy Cowboy Punk With AK And Her Kalashnikovs. Formal Bio Isaac Schankler Is A Composer Pianist Accordionist And Electronic Musician Living In Los Angeles. His Music Is Inspired By Improvisation Indeterminacy Spoken Language Narrative And Puzzles. In 2011 Isaac Composed The Chamber Opera Light And Power With Libretto By Jillian Burcar. Commissioned By Juventas New Music Ensemble Light And Power Has Been Recognized By Awards And Grants From The American Prize The National Opera Association And Meet The Composer. Other Recent Honors Include A Grant From The American Composers Forum A Residency At The Atlantic Center For The Arts The USC Sadye J. Moss Composition Prize And The Damien Top Prize In The ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition. Isaac Has Also Given Talks On Composition Improvisation Electronic Music And Music Theory At The University Of Southern California The California Institute Of The Arts Machine Project Brevard Music Center And The MacPhail Center For Music. As A Composer For Video And Interactive Media Isaac Has Worked With Christine Love Analogue A Hate Story Quintan Ana Wikswo Sonderbauten Christopher O'Leary Blocking The Exits And Sandra Powers The Nomad Song . As An Accordionist He Plays Klezmer And Eastern European Folk Music Regularly With The Shpil And AK And Her Kalashnikovs And Has Performed With Nevenka Killsonic And Wild Up. As An Improviser With Electroacoustic Contraptions He Has Performed With TempWerks At The Sacramento Festival Of New American Music And With Alexandre François' Mimi Multimodal Interaction For Musical Improvisation And Andrew McPherson's Magnetic Resonance Piano At Wilton's Music Hall In London UK. Isaac Maintains A Weekly Blog At NewMusicBox A Multimedia Publication From New Music USA Where His Long-Form Articles Have Been Praised By Scientific American And The New Yorker's Alex Ross. His Writing Has Also Appeared In The International Journal Of Arts And Technology Computer Music Journal And The Proceedings Of International Conferences Including MCM Mathematics And Computation In Music ISPS International Symposium Of Performance Science And ICME International Conference On Multimedia & Expo . Ensembles And Venues That Have Featured The Composer's Work Include Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LACE The Ussachevsky Memorial Festival The International Computer Music Conference ICMC The Society For Electro-Acoustic Music In The United States SEAMUS The IEEE International Conference On Multimedia & Expo ICME Le Centre Artistique De Piégon France Juventas New Music Ensemble University Of Southern California Contemporary Music Ensemble University Of Michigan Symphony Orchestra Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival Midwest Composer Symposium Threshold Electroacoustic Music Festival Brevard Music Center Boston Conservatory And The University Of Arizona. Isaac Is Co-Director Of People Inside Electronics A Concert Series For Live Electroacoustic Music And A Resident Artist With The Interdisciplinary Arts Organization Catalysis Projects. In May 2010 Isaac Completed His Doctoral Studies In Composition At The USC Thornton School Of Music. He Also Holds Degrees In Composition MM BM And A Degree In English BA From The University Of Michigan. read less