Marc Jensen

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http://www.earwormimprov.com

Biography

Marc Jensen is a composer, performer, and improviser, who received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of Minnesota. Much of his work is oriented around composing relationships rather than specific sounds - setting up situations where performers follow simple sets of rules to interact and produce unpredictably complex soundscapes, composing structures without content. His principle teachers have included Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, and Alex Lubet. Jensen holds a teaching certificate through the Deep Listening Institute, and has edited several books on Deep Listening. As well as directing the non-profit group Oklahoma Composers Association (www.oklahomacomposers.org) and the New Improv! Century Ensemble at the University of Oklahoma, he is an active performer with the improvisation ensemble earWorm (www.earwormimprov.com). He has published articles in the journals Perspectives of New Music, Tempo, 1/1, the Musical Times, Musical Quarterly, Leonardo, and Cinema Journal.

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