Del Sol Featured Composer-
Earle Brown

Earle Brown
was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, on December 26, 1926. He studied mathematics and engineering at Northeastern University, and attended the Schillinger House School of Music for techniques of composition and orchestration. Working in New York in the 50's and then traveling extensively in Europe in the 60's and 70's, Earle Brown held a unique place in the experimental music world. He was composer-in-residence at the California Institute of the Arts, the University of California at Berkeley, the Peabody Conservatory of Music (which awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Music in 1970), Rotterdam Kunstichting, the Basel Conservatory of Music, Yale University, Indiana University, Bloomington, and at the American Academy in Rome (1987), among other institutions. He received numerous awards and commissions both in this country and abroad, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and awards from the American Academy and National Institute of Arts.

Earle Brown died at his home in Rye, NY on July 2, 2002. Before his death, Brown determined the program for a memorial concert that was held at MoMa QNS in November of that year. Since 2002 there have been performances by Ensemble Intercontemporain, the S.E.M Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Kairos Quartet, MusikFabrik, Seattle Chamber Players, and many others. In February of 2005 a session on Brown's work was held at the Society for American Music in Eugene, Oregon.