Jay C. Batzner, biographical sketch Jay C. Batzner is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches music composition and technology courses as well as coordinates the composition program. In his first year, Jay received two prestigious grants: one to create collaborative works with visual artist Carla Poindexter and the second to initiate electroacoustic music concerts in Orlando. Prior to this position, Jay was an active adjunct professor at several colleges in the Kansas City area while he completed his D.M.A. in Composition at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory. While at UMKC, Jay received honors including a Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship and a Dean's Doctoral Scholar Fellowship.

Jay's music ranges from instrumental chamber works to electroacoustic compositions. He has participated in numerous national and international festivals including the Wellesley Composers Conference and the International Young Composers' Meeting in the Netherlands. His music is published by Unsafe Bull Music and has been recorded on the Capstone and Vox Novus labels. Jay is a frequent contributor to the new music website Sequenza21.com and a founding member of the composers organization The Collected.

Jay is a sci-fi geek, an amateur banjoist, a home brewer, and juggler.
Jay C. Batzner
University of Central Florida
Department of Music
PO Box 161354
Orlando, FL 32816-1354
phone: 407-823-2864
fax: 407-823-3378
e-mail: jbatzner@mail.ucf.edu
url: thecollected.org/batzner
Compositions


Pioneer X for solo trumpet
Pioneer X for solo trumpet.mp3 - complete
Pioneer X for solo trumpet.pdf - complete


performed by Jonathan Kruger at the SCI Region II conference in April 2004.


Quartet 10 - "Binary"
Quartet 10 - "Binary".mp3 - complete
Quartet 10 - "Binary".pdf - complete


read by the T'ang string quartet from Singapore







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