(b. 1962, New York, New York).
American composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic works that have been performed in Europe and North America.
Mr. Fredrics studied composition with Randolph Coleman, Richard Hoffmann and Joseph Wood and electronic music with Conrad Cummings and Gary Lee Nelson at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and graduated with a BMus in composition in 1985. He then 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 at the Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm and composition with William Brunson at the Kungliga Musikhögskolan – Royal College of Music in Stockholm, both in 1992–93, as well as composition with Mario Davidovsky at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida in 1995.
Among his honours are the ASCAP Young Composers Award (1982), the ASCAP Special Award annually since 1992, an Emmy Award (1993), the Prix du Jury in the Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges (1993), an award from the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (1994), and a Telly Award (1994). He later received the Musica Nova Special Prize (1995), Third Prize in the competition of the Tampa Bay Composers Forum (1995) and the Premio della giuria in the competition Luigi Russolo in Varese (1998).
He is also active in other positions. He has led Auracle Publications since 1987, which specialises in commercial music, and has served as director of the Sarus Ensemble in Texas since 1993.
He taught at the University of Texas at Austin in 1988–89 and in 1993–94, at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1991–92, where he also taught summer sessions from 1986–91, at the Austin Community College District in 1995–96, at Western Carolina University in North Carolina in 1996–97, and at Brown University from 1997–99. He has taught as Assistant Professor of Composition, Theory and Music Technology at Texas A&M University since 1999. In addition, he has given lectures in Finland and Sweden.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Salon Power 1250 (dance music, choreography by Elizabeth Carpenter), fixed media, 1983
Baby with the Bathwater (incidental music), fixed media, 1987
Inventory (incidental music), fixed media, 1988
The Laundromat (incidental music), fixed media, 1988
Laundry and Bourbon (incidental music), fixed media, 1988
The Mockingbird, baritone–actor, fixed media, 1988
Out in Left Field (dance music, choreography by Lee Anne Smith), fixed media, 1988
Morte accidentale di un anarchico (incidental music, play by Dario Fo), small orchestra, 1989 (a concert suite was arranged as Anarchist Suite)
No Help for That, speaker, dance troupe, fixed media, 1991 (also concert version for speaker, fixed media)
The Purple Locket (ballet music), orchestra, live electronics, 2001
ORCHESTRAL:
Classroom Antics Rag, piano, small orchestra, 1976
Chorale, small orchestra, 1979
Rhapsody, 1980
Kaleidoscope, 1986
Anarchist Suite, small orchestra, 1989 (concert suite from Morte accidentale di un anarchico)
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
Follow, percussion, live electronics, 1984
Meditation, ensemble, 1986
Night Music, sampler, 1986
The Open Road, ensemble, 1988
Moonlight, ensemble, 1988
Robots, ensemble, 1988 (also version for fixed media)
Endangered Plants, ensemble, 1989
Texas Hill Country, ensemble, 1993
Texas Wildrice, ensemble, 1993
Underwater Flow, ensemble, 1993
Octête, 8 players, 1995
Variations for Flute Duet, 2 flutes, 1995
CHORAL:
Landscape, mixed chorus, flute, trumpet, cello, percussion, fixed media, 1981
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
No Help for That, speaker, fixed media, 1991 (concert version of stage work)
Vagvisa för mitt ofödda barn, soprano, fixed media, 1994
Grodorna, mezzo-soprano, fixed media, 2000 (also version for fixed media)
Two Flies, speaker, MIDI-ensemble, 2000
Northern Lights, soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion, fixed media, 2001
PIANO:
Russian Rag, 1979
As the Spirit Wanes, 1988
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Electronic Organisms, fixed media, 1980
Oritorio, fixed media, 1981
RUI, fixed media, 1982
Trichotomy, fixed media, 1982
Untitled, fixed media, 1984
Java Funk, fixed media, 1984
Chairs and Tables, fixed media, 1984
Windows, fixed media, 1984
Robots, fixed media, 1988 (version of chamber work)
Chaotic Structures, live electronics, 1989
The Tragedy of the Leaves, fixed media, 1991
The Raven's Kiss, fixed media, 1993
Screams from Lima, fixed media, 1998
Grodorna, fixed media, 2000 (version of vocal work)
Improvisation, live electronics, 2001
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
Down, fixed media, film, 1989
Music in the Age of Iron, flute, fixed media, 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)
The Raven's Kiss. (SEAMUS: EAM 9501, 1995)
The Tragedy of the Leaves. (Centaur Records: CRC 2245, 1995)
Hypnosis from Anarchist Suite; Pantomime from Anarchist Suite; Out of Whack from Anarchist Suite; Clowning Around 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. (Auracle Music: AUR 9601, 1996)
Vagvisa för mitt ofödda barn. (SEAMUS: EAM 9601, 1996)
Vagvisa för mitt ofödda barn. (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: AUR 0102, 2001)
Music for Wedekind's 'Lulu' (excerpts). (Omnimusic/Franklin–Douglas, 2002)