william (andrew) burnson

Welcome

Welcome to my (one)page! Here you will find everything about me—all on a single page!

Bio

I write music with a pulse and a destination for combinations of instruments and electronics. I also have a profound interest in the digital typography of music and have produced non-traditional graphic scores such as the one to Bike Ride. I am a doctoral candidate in Music Composition and Theory at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music.

Composition

FIXATIONS for solo piano (2010)
Reflex for stereo playback (2009)
Rail Roa Di Ana for double piano trio (2009)
While Awaking Somnolence Persists for stereo playback (2009)
Incandescence (fractal synthesis) for stereo or multichannel playback (2008)
Bike Ride for solo piano (2007)
Music for Twelve Hours for vc. and piano (2004)
March 5th, 2004 at 10pm a spon- taneous improvisation at the piano

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Piano Performance

I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant, Q. Collins (2009)
Split, Q. Collins (2009)
707 High St., J. Seo (2009)
Quatuor pour la fin du temps, I II III IV V VI VII VIII, O. Messian (2008)
Cello Sonata, Ia Ib II & III IV, D. Shostakovich (2008)
A Voice Seldom Heard, K. Rowan (2007)
Makrokosmos: Volume I, G. Crumb (2007)

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Projects

Belle, Bonne, Sage—The “Beautiful, Good, Wise” C++ Vector-Graphics Library for Music Notation
Chorale Composer—Software for Teaching Music Theory

These are the open-source software development projects I lead.

Notation

My piece Bike Ride for solo piano.

Video

Rail Roa Di Ana—for double piano trio

Awards

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (University of Illinois, Fall and Spring 2008)
Barbara Watson Grever Prize for Outstanding Musicianship (Bucknell University, 2007)
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Conspicuous Achievement in Scholarship (Bucknell University, 2007)
First Place - Website Design Contest (Bucknell University, 2006)

Publications and Essays

Software for Teaching Music Theory, ICMC 2009 Proceedings, 4pp., Montreal, QC
Rewriting History: Recontextualization in the Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Essay, 12pp., 2009
Dmitri Shostakovich and 1-5-6-5: The History of a Motive 1950-1967, Undergraduate Thesis, 129pp., Bucknell University, 2007
Messiaen's Modes, Composition Study, 2006

Photo

A picture of me sometime around December 2010

Events

Reflex played at the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts (9.26.2009)
Chorale Composer 1.0 is released! (9.21.2009)
Demonstration of Chorale Composer at ICMC 2009 (8.16.2009)
M.M. Composition Concert (5.1.2009)

Engraving

I specialize in high-end publication quality music engraving. Feel free to contact me about your project.

Education

D.M.A. student in Music Composition and Theory (University of Illinois)
M.M. Music Composition and Theory (University of Illinois, 2009)
B.M. Music Composition (Bucknell University, 2007)
Fulfilled requirements for B.A. Russian (Bucknell University, 2007)
Studies abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia (CIEE/St. Petersburg State University, 2005)

Contact

burnson2@illinois.edu

andrew@williamburnson.com

william.burnson@gmail.com

609 W White St Apt 4,
Champaign, IL 61820

1.570.205.9966

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