Scott Wollschleger

Scott Wollschleger
Born (1980-05-21) May 21, 1980
Erie, Pennsylvania
EducationManhattan School of Music, 2005
OccupationComposer
Websitescottwollschleger.com

Scott Wollschleger (born 1980) is an American composer based in New York City.

Biography

Wollschleger was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He studied with Nils Vigeland at the Manhattan School of Music,[1] earning a Masters of Music in 2005. He was a co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Red Light New Music,[2] a new music ensemble based in New York, with Christopher Cerrone, Vincent Raikhel, and Liam Robertson.[3][4]

His music has been recorded by pianist Ivan Ilić and released on Heresy Records,[5][6][7] New Focus Recordings,[8] and Cantaloupe Music.[9] Wollschleger has been commissioned by and worked with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn,[10][11] Longleash,[12] loadbang,[13] Mivos Quartet,[14][15] and with soloists Leilehua Lanzilotti, Rachel Lee Priday, David Kaplan, Miranda Cuckson,[16] Adam Tendler,[17] and Karl Larson.

Wollschleger's music has been supported by grants and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts,[18] the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music,[19] BMI,[20] New Music USA,[21] and the Society for New Music. Wollschleger is a 2027 Civitella Ranieri Fellow.[22]

He is published by Project Schott New York.[23]

Music

Wollschleger calls much of his music "brontal", an idiosyncratic adjective invented by the composer to describe the paradoxes inherent in his work, which stems from his deep involvement with the works of philosopher Gilles Deleuze.[24][25][26]

His music has been compared to that of Morton Feldman by Ethan Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus,[27] and has been described as "apocalyptic,"[28] "distinctive and magnetic," and possessing a "hushed, cryptic beauty"[29] by Alex Ross.

Selected Compositions

Works published by Project Schott New York include:[30]

  • America for cello (2013) (version for viola 2018)
  • American Dream for piano, contrabass, and percussion (2017)[31]
  • Blue Inscription for piano (2010)
  • Bring Something Incomprehensible into This World for piano and trumpet in C (2015)
  • Brontal No. 3 for flute (piccolo), clarinet, horn, percussion (3 drums, water gongs, 2 cymbals, vibraphone, wood blocks), piano, violin, viola, cello (2012)
  • Brontal No. 6 for piano (2013)
  • Brontal No. 11 for piano (2020)
  • Brontal Symmetry for violin, cello, and piano (2015)
  • Dark Days for piano (2017)
  • Gas Station Canon-Song for piano (2017/2018)
  • The Heart is No Place for War for two vibraphones and two pianos (2016)[32]
  • I is Not Me for solo percussion (2013)
  • In Search of Lost Color for piano (2010)
  • Lost Anthems for viola and piano (2019)
  • Lyric-Fragment for piano (2019)
  • Meditation on Dust, concerto for piano and string orchestra (2015)
  • Music without Metaphor for solo piano (2013)
  • Outside Only Sound for string orchestra, percussion, and anyone (2020)[33]
  • Secret Machine No. 6 for solo piano (2012)
  • Soft Aberration no. 2 for piano and viola (2015)
  • String Quartet No. 2 "White Wall" for string quartet (2013)
  • That Which Pushes Back is its Force for saxophone and piano (2016)
  • Tiny Oblivion for piano (2016)
  • Violain for violin and viola (2017)
  • We Haven Taken and Eaten, a monodrama for solo percussionist (2015)[34]
  • We See Things That Are Not There for piano and vibraphone with crotale (2016)
  • Without World for saxophone quartet (2016)

Discography

Solo albums

Works Appear On

  • Loadbang, Plays Well With Others (New Focus Recordings, 2021): CVS for baritone, trumpet, bass clarinet, trombone, piano and strings (2020)[35]
  • Loadbang, old fires catch buildings (New Focus Recordings, 2018): What is the Word for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet and trombone (2014)
  • String Orchestra of Brooklyn, enfolding (New Focus Recordings, 2022): Outside Only Sound for string orchestra and percussion (2020)[33]

References

  1. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (May 5, 2010). "Honoring Nils Vigeland at Symphony Space". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ admin (April 13, 2017). "New York City-based music ensembles to perform at UNK". UNK NEWS. Archived from the original on May 2, 2026. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  3. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (October 7, 2011). "Musical Themes, Covering Landscapes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Koteen, Adrianne (May 29, 2012). "Red Light New Music at Symphony Space". I Care If You Listen. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "August 2014 – HERESY RECORDS". heresyrecords.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Composer Scott Wollschleger: Painting with the Right Notes". Facts & Arts. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ "CD Review: Ivan Ilić's "The Transcendentalist"". Soundproof Room. September 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Red Light New Music: Barbary Coast | Catalogue | New Focus Recordings". New Focus Recordings. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ "American Dream". Cantaloupe Music. December 11, 2018. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  10. ↑ Schweitzer, Vivien (June 26, 2015). "Review: String Orchestra of Brooklyn Plays a Program of Spare Works at Roulette". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Meditations: An Evening with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. July 17, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ Popham, John. "4 Questions for Scott Wollschleger | LONGLEASH". Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Events". loadbang. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ "New York Classical Review". newyorkclassicalreview.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Mivos Quartet". Mivos Quartet. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  16. ↑ "New video: violinist Miranda Cuckson performs Scott Wollschleger's 'Secret Machine no.7'". The Strad. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  17. ↑ Walls, Seth Colter (March 12, 2023). "Review: A Pianist's Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 22, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  18. ↑ "NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2016 Artists' Fellowship Program". NYFA Current. July 8, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Past Awards | Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music". www.mikhashofftrust.org. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  20. ↑ "52nd Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced". BMI.com. June 20, 2004. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  21. ↑ "April 2013 Composer Assistance Program Awardees". Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Composers Now". www.composersnow.org. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  23. ↑ "PSNY: Scott Wollschleger Works". www.eamdc.com. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  24. ↑ KettleCornNewMusic (February 2, 2017), Composers Eating Kettle Corn – Scott Wollschleger, archived from the original on December 20, 2017, retrieved February 28, 2017
  25. ↑ Shores, Corry (December 21, 2011). "Rhythm without Time: Difference & Phenomena". Pirates & Revolutionaries. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Scott Wollschleger: Bringing Something Incomprehensible Into This World". National Sawdust Log. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  27. ↑ Iverson, Ethan (October 13, 2015). "Red Light New Music + Scott Wollschleger". DO THE M@TH. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  28. ↑ Ross, Alex (May 9, 2004). "Ignore the Conductor". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  29. ↑ Ross, Alex (October 25, 2017). "What We're Listening to This Week: Music from SZA, Blonde Redhead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Scott Wollschleger". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  30. ↑ "PSNY: Scott Wollschleger Works". www.eamdc.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  31. ↑ Barbiero, Daniel (January 28, 2019). "AMN Reviews: Bearthoven / Scott Wollschleger – American Dream [Cantaloupe CA21145]". Avant Music News. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  32. ↑ "A Wollschleger moment". Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  33. 1 2 CHANNEL, THE VIOLIN (September 16, 2022). "OUT NOW | String Orchestra of Brooklyn Releases "enfolding"". World's Leading Classical Music Platform. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  34. ↑ Minnick, J. Bradley (June 23, 2016). "We Have Taken And Eaten". UA Little Rock Public Radio. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  35. ↑ Heaton, Roger (July 4, 2022). "loadbang - loadbang, Plays Well with Others. Brook, Stebbins, Beglarian, Füting, Wollschleger, Matthusen. New Focus Recordings, fcr307". Tempo. 76 (301): 95–96. doi:10.1017/S0040298222000134. ISSN 0040-2982. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2026 – via CambridgeCore.
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