| Alex Abele (b.1969) has been
composing since the late 1980s.
Abele’s music combines a diverse palette of
influences
including Renaissance and Baroque counterpoint, set theory 12-tone and
other forms of serialism, minimalism and process music, jazz and
folk music. In addition to composing, Abele plays jazz, folk and
classical guitar, conducts, sings , plays piano and flute.
Abele was born in Concord Massachusetts . At an early
age,
he developed a taste for both classical and popular music, but it was
in
high school harmony class where he took his first step from
enthusiastic
listener toward serious music student. Abele went on to the
University
of Vermont where he received his BA in Music Theory, and then to Towson
University for his M.Mus. in Composition. In between degrees,
Abele
worked for the Oregon Symphony and the Portland Symphonic Choir and
began
his post baccalaureate studies at Portland State University.
Along
the way, Abele has studied with Keith Daniel, Thomas L. Read, Tomas
Svoboda,
Salvador Brotons, Theophanos Dymiotes and William Kleinsasser.
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