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Fredrics, Howard Jonathan (b. 1962, New York City).
American composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic works that
have been successfully performed in Europe and in the USA; he has also written
much commercial music.
Dr. Fredrics studied composition
with Randolph Coleman, Richard Hoffmann and Joseph Wood and electronic music
with Conrad Cummings and Gary Nelson at the Oberlin Conservatory and graduated
with a BMus in composition in 1985. Next he studied composition with Donald
Grantham, Karl Korte and Russell Pinkston at the University of Texas at Austin,
where he earned his MMus in 1991 and his DMA in 1998.
He also studied electronic
music at the EMS and composition with William Brunson at the Musikhögskolan in
Stockholm in 1992-93 and composition with Mario Davidovsky at the Atlantic
Center for the Arts in 1995 and has attended masterclasses with Jacob Druckman,
Lukas Foss and Gunther Schuller.
He has received the
ASCAP Special Award annually since 1992 and has also won the ASCAP Young Composers
Award (1982), an Emmy and the Jury Prize at the Concours International de
Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges (1993) and the Society for Electroacoustic
Music in the United States and Telly awards (1994). In addition, he has
received the Musica Nova Special Prize and Third Prize at the Tampa Bay
Composers Forum International Composition Competition (1995) and the Jury Prize
at the Luigi Russolo International Composition Competition (1998).
He taught at the
University of Texas at Austin in 1988-89 and 1993-94, the Oberlin Conservatory
of Music in 1991-92 (and taught summer sessions there as well from 1986-91),
Austin Community College in 1995-96, Western Carolina University in 1996-97,
and Brown University from 1997-99. He has been the Assistant Professor of
Composition, Theory and Music Technology at Texas A&M University since 1999
and has also lectured in Finland and Sweden.
Since 1987, he has led
Auracle Publications (composing music that has been featured on ABC, PBS and
Univisión, as well as music for CD-ROMs and Nintendo games) and since 1993, he
has directed the Sarus Ensemble in Texas.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: howard-j-fredrics@neo.tamu.edu
Street address (home): Dr. Howard J. Fredrics, 107 Pleasant St., Bryan,
Texas 77801, USA
Telephone (home): 979 268 3048
Street address (university): Dr. Howard J. Fredrics, Dept. of
Performance Studies, 405 Academic Building, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas, 77843-4240, USA
Telephone (university): 979 845 6751
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Salon Power 1250 (dance music,
choreography by Elizabeth Carpenter), tape, 1983; Baby with the Bathwater (incidental music), tape, 1987; Inventory (incidental music), tape,
1988; The Laundromat (incidental
music), tape, 1988; Laundry and Bourbon
(incidental music), tape, 1988; The
Mockingbird, baritone-actor, tape, 1988; Out in Left Field (dance music, choreography by Lee Anne Smith),
tape, 1988; The Accidental Death of an
Anarchist (incidental music), small orchestra, 1989 (a suite was arranged
as Anarchist Suite); No Help for That, dancers, speaker,
tape, 1991 (also concert version without dancers); The Purple Locket (ballet music), orchestra, interactive live
electronics, 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Classroom Antics Rag, piano, small
orchestra, 1976; Chorale, small
orchestra, 1979; Rhapsody, 1980; Kaleidoscope, 1986; Anarchist Suite, small orchestra, 1998 (suite from The Accidental Death of an Anarchist); Music for Wedekind’s ‘Lulu’, 1999
CHAMBER MUSIC: Stumbling Blocks, flute, French horn,
violin, electric harpsichord (+ piano, celesta), 1981 (also version for MIDI
ensemble, 2000); Woodwind Quartet, flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1981; Puzzle Box,
flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, vibraphone, 1981; Meditation, ensemble, 1986; Night
Music, sampler, 1986; The Open Road,
ensemble, 1988; Moonlight, ensemble,
1988; Robots, ensemble, 1988 (also
version for tape, 1988); Endangered
Plants, ensemble, 1989; Texas Hill
Country, ensemble, 1993; Texas
Wildrice, ensemble, 1993; Underwater
Flow, ensemble, 1993; Octête,
ensemble (8 players), 1995; Variations
for Flute Duet, 2 flutes, 1995
CHORAL: Psalm 42, mixed chorus, organ, 1991; New Horizons, mixed chorus, orchestra,
1995
VOCAL: Not from this Anger, baritone, piano,
1980; Inevitable Conflicts, soprano,
string orchestra, 1991; Vagvisa för mitt
ofödda barn, soprano, tape, 1994; 2
Flies, speaker, MIDI ensemble, 2000
PIANO: Russian Rag, 1979; As the Spirit Wanes, 1988
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Electronic Organisms, tape, 1980; Landscape, mixed chorus, flute, trumpet,
cello, percussion, tape, 1981; Oritorio,
tape, 1981; RUI, tape, 1982; Trichotomy, tape, 1982; Untitled, tape, 1984; Java Funk, tape, 1984; Chairs and Tables, tape, 1984; Windows, tape, 1984; Follow, percussion, interactive live
electronics, 1984; Robots, tape, 1988
(version of ensemble work); Chaotic
Structures, interactive live electronics, 1989; No Help for That, speaker, tape, 1991 (concert version of stage
work); The Tragedy of the Leaves, tape,
1991; The Raven’s Kiss, tape, 1993; Screams
from Lima, tape, 1998; Grodorna,
mezzo-soprano, tape, 2000 (also version without mezzo-soprano, 2000); Improvisation, interactive live
electronics, 2001; Northern Lights,
soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion, tape, 2001
MULTIMEDIA: Down, tape, film, 1989; Music in the Age of Iron, flute, tape,
film, 1996
TV PRODUCTIONS: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 1991; Raven Black, 1995; Texas Parks and Wildlife Series Theme – Revised, 2002
DISCOGRAPHY
The Open Road. (Omnimusic: OM
28, 1988)
Moonlight. (Omnimusic: OM
31, 1988)
Robots (original
version). (Omnimusic: OM 33, 1988)
Texas Hill Country; Texas Wildrice; Underwater Flow. (Omnimusic: OM 66, 1993)
The Raven’s Kiss. (ICMC, 1994; SEAMUS: EAM 9501,
1995)
The Tragedy of the Leaves. (Centaur: CRC
2245, 1995)
Hypnosis; Pantomime; Out of Whack; Clowning Around
(excerpts from Anarchist Suite).
(Omnimusic: OM 83, 1995)
Inevitable Conflicts; The Raven’s Kiss; No Help for That;
The Tragedy of the Leaves; As the Spirit Wanes; The Mockingbird. (Auricle Music: 9601,
1996)
Vagvisa för mitt ofödda barn. (SEAMUS: EAM
9601, 1996; ISMEAM: HEAR 103, 1997)
Screams from Lima. (Difusión i
Média: IMED 9837, 1998)
The Purple Locket. (Auracle Music:
AUR 0101, 2001)
Northern Lights. (Auracle Music:
0102, 2001)
Dr. Goll’s
March; Prologue (3 different
versions); Dance of Death; Suicide (excerpts from Music for Wedekind’s ‘Lulu’). (Omnimusic/Franklin-Douglas,
due soon)
(Last updated on July 11, 2002)
