Albert Glinsky

American composer Albert Glinsky has received critical praise for his music, which has been performed widely, and in such settings as the Aspen Music Festival, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trapp, and in England, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the Far East. Performing organizations as diverse as the Boys Choir of Harlem and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra have premiered his works. Dance has played a large role in Glinsky's musical output. His works have been presented at the Lexington and Wilkes-Barre Ballets, the Merce Cunningham Dance Theatre, Les Grandes Ballets Canadiennes, Marin Ballet and at universities around the country. The Joffrey II Company presented a three-season international tour of his ballet Flights, which was subsequently filmed for cable television.

Among the awards Glinsky has received are grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Smithsonian Institution, the Jerome Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, Music at La Gesse Foundation, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, the Haydn Foundation, and New York State CAPS (Fellowship). In 1987 he joined the artist roster of the Astral Foundation which awarded him a major career grant, and later, a consortium commision for his piano concerto. Among the prizes Glinsky has received are two awards at the Alienor International Competition in Washington D.C., and a prize in the Composers Guild Choral Competition. In 1987 he was a Ucross Foundation resident artist in Wyoming. Recent performances and commissions have been presented by the Cavani String Quartet, Relache, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, and the Erie Philharmonic, and with conductors Walter Hendl, Eiji Oue and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. His music is recorded on the BMG Catalyst, Centaur, RCA Red Seal. Koch International Classics, and Leonore labels. Currently, Glinsky is at work on a clarinet concerto for Richard Stoltzman to be recorded on a CD with the Warsaw Philharmonic.  He recently completed a commission from the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society for a new work commemorating the 250th anniversary of the city of Pittsburgh, premiered by the Biava Quartet.

Albert Glinsky is the author of Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, published by the University of Illinois Press, with a foreword by Robert Moog. Theremin won the prestigious ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in 2001 and received worldwide press acclaim. A gifted lecturer, Glinsky has delivered his multimedia "Termen-ology" presentation (on the life of Leon Theremin) across the US and in Europe. He has also given workshops at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.   He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the A&E Network, various National Public Radio programs, and on Canada's CBC network and England's BBC Radio.  Recently he was featured on an episode of the PBS show, "History Detectives."  Albert Glinsky is listed in Who's Who in America.  Glinsky has served on the faculty of Montclair State College, and was BMI Composer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. He has served as a panelist for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.  Currently he is Professor of Music at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania.

Born in New York City, Albert Glinsky studied composition principally with Joan Tower and David Diamond. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, and a Ph.D. from New York University. He is a member of American Composers Alliance, and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). His music includes vocal, chamber, solo, and symphonic works, and is published by E. C. Schirmer, Hinshaw Press, MusiShare, and C.F. Peters.

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ALBERT GLINSKY    

American composer Albert Glinsky has received critical praise for his music, which has been performed widely, and in such settings as the Aspen Music Festival, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trapp, and in England, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the Far East. His works have been presented by dance companies across the U.S. and in Canada, including a three-season international tour of his ballet Flights with the Joffrey II Company. Among the awards and prizes Glinsky has received are grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Smithsonian Institution, the Jerome Foundation, the Astral Foundaion, and the Alienor International Competition. Recent commissions and performances of his music have been presented by the Cavani String Quartet, Relache, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia,  the Biava Quartet, and the Erie Philharmonic, and with conductors Walter Hendl, Eiji Oue and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. His music includes vocal, chamber, solo, electronic, and symphonic works, and is published by E.C. Schirmer, Hinshaw Press,  MusiShare, and C.F. Peters, and recorded on the BMG Catalyst, Centaur, RCA Red Seal, Koch International Classics, and Leonore labels. Albert Glinsky studied composition principally with Joan Tower and David Diamond. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, and a Ph.D. from New York University. He has served on the faculty of Montclair State University, was BMI Composer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University, has taught at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and has been a Ucross Foundation Resident Artist in Wyoming. Currently, he is Professor of Music at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania. Glinsky has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the PBS show, "History Detectives," the A&E Network, various National Public Radio programs, and on Canada's CBC network and England's BBC Radio. His book, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, published by the University of Illinois Press, with a foreword by electronic music pioneer Robert Moog, won the 2001 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Albert Glinsky is listed in Who's Who in America.