Eric Schwartz
Viscera - [UA]
Eric Schwartz has studied composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music, New YorkUniversity,
and both the Interlochen and Aspen Summer Music Festivals. Past teachers have included Margaret
Brouwer, Donald Erb, George Tsontakis, and Randy Woolf.
Primarily interested in a synthesis of musical archetypes, Schwartz is always at work on a variety
of genre bending projects. Formative
influences include an amalgamation of the glam metal of the late 80's, and the baroque
intellectualism of Arnold Schoenberg. His music has been performed at various venues throughout
New York City, from The Knitting Factory to Merkin Concert Hall, as well as such far flung places
as Bucharest, Romania and Thunder Bay, Ontario. He has received awards and grants from Meet the
Composer, ASCAP, The Society for New Music, The Puffin Foundation, The Cleveland Chamber Symphony,
and The Ohio Federation of College Music Clubs.
Schwartz has served on the faculties of New
York University, HunterCollege, and the LucyMosesMusicSchool, and is the artistic director
of the Brooklyn, NY based experimental music group Forecast Music (forecastmusic.org). He was
recently appointed Resident Composer for the Los Angeles based Tonoi contemporary music ensemble's
2007-2008 season. His debut CD "24 Ways of Looking at a Piano", named one of the top classical
CDs of 2005 by All Music Guide, is available now from Centaur Records (http://www.centaurrecords.com). His music is also available on Capstone Records, and Trace Label (France), and is published by Staunch Music (UK) and Lovebird Music (USA).
www.myspace.com/ericjschwartz