Jerome Kitzke

Jerome Kitzke (born 1955) is a composer who grew up along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

History

He received his B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and moved to New York City in 1984. In 1992 Kitzke formed his performing group Mad Coyote. His music has also been performed by the Milwaukee Symphony, the New Juilliard Ensemble, Essential Music, Present Music, Earplay, Zeitgeist, Guy Klucevsek, Margaret Leng Tan, ETHEL and Kathleen Supové. Kitzke has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Music Center, Meet the Composer, ASCAP, and BMI. In 2004 and 2006 he visited the Randolph School in Wappingers Falls, New York to compose music for their shows. He even put music to Allen Ginsberg's poem Green Automobile, which was included on his most recent album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Recordings, 2014).[1] He is a quarter Persian.[2]

Music

Chamber Works

Vocal Works

Solo Piano

Musical Theatre

References

  1. ↑ http://www.innova.mu/albums/jerome-kitzke/paha-sapa-give-back
  2. ↑ http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/features/interview_kitzke.html

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