Education
He studied composition at the University of Southern California and the California Institute of the Arts. In 1996, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in musicology at the Free University Berlin.
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Gregg Wager
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As a critic, he specializes in contemporary classical music and postmodern music From 1985 to 1991, he contributed regularly to the In a 2001 article for the New York Times, "Going the Way of the Victrola," Wager advocated for the P2P community and the fall of the importance of the recording studio. Wager"s musical influences vary from traditional forms of American and classical music to minimalism, jazz, rock music, and even serialism.
He especially is influenced by Karlheinz Stockhausen and the relationships between pitch and tempo, timbre and rhythm.
After serving as an adjunct professor at Purchase College and for a year as a guest lecturer at the of Korea National University of Arts, in 2008 he enrolled in law school after not finding more permanent teaching positions. He earned a Juris Doctor at McGeorge School of Law in 2014.
Number. Education Education " L. A. Piano Sonata #2 (2004-2005) Astralis for guitar and orchestra (1992-1999) String Quartet #2 (1993) In Space and Time for 27 players (1984-1987) Adjacent Lincolnshire and Equal Parts for solo piano (1985) Image and Process for chamber orchestra (1982) Piano Sonata #1 (1981) String Quartet #1 (1979) 24 Two-Participant Inventions (1977) KalvoNet, Show 465a.
