Larry Austin
- Born September 12, 1930 in Duncan, Oklahoma
- Country: U.S.A.
- Genres: Keyboard
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(b Duncan, ok, 12 Sept 1930). American composer. He studied in California at Mills College and Berkeley, under Imbrie, Milhaud and Shifrin. He has taught at Davis, Tampa and Denton. His music uses group improvisations and ‘open style’ techniques as well as electronic and theatrical media. Among his works are Improvisations, for orchestra and jazz soloists (1961), Walter (a stage work involving tape and film, 1971) and a series of works based on Ives's sketches including two fantasies involving instruments and tape (1975-6) and Life Pulse Music for 20 percussion (1984).
Larry Austin (born 12 September, 1930 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is a United States composer and the founding editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: "Exploring new concepts, new materials and their interaction is essential to my work as a composer." He founded the improvisational New Music Ensemble at the University of California, Davis.
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