Contemporary Music Forum: REPLACE

FREDERICK WECK

COMPOSER

Fred Weck began his musical career as a trombonist where his main interest was jazz and improvisation. His interest in composition was pursued at the Catholic university of America where he studied with Russell Woollen and Conrad Bernier. He also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger, electronic music with Emerson Myers, multi-media communications at the Germain School of Photography in New York, film-making and digital video at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, and attended workshops in computer music at MIT and in electronic music at the University of Chicago.

In the 1960s Mr. Weck served as musical director of the American Choreographers Workshop in New York. his works, which often combine electronic music and film or video with choral or instrumental ensembles, have been performed extensively in Washington as well as throughout the United States and Europe. His awards include the Hans Kindler Foundation Award in Composition and the Shenandoah Conservatory Medal of Excellence.

Selected works by Frederick Weck:

Video VII (2007)


	Home Current Season Individual Bios History Mission Our Board Our Supporters Directions Donations From Our Chairman Our Reviews	FREDERICK WECK COMPOSER Fred Weck began his musical career as a trombonist where his main interest was jazz and improvisation. His interest in composition was pursued at the Catholic university of America where he studied with Russell Woollen and Conrad Bernier. He also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger, electronic music with Emerson Myers, multi-media communications at the Germain School of Photography in New York, film-making and digital video at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, and attended workshops in computer music at MIT and in electronic music at the University of Chicago. In the 1960s Mr. Weck served as musical director of the American Choreographers Workshop in New York. his works, which often combine electronic music and film or video with choral or instrumental ensembles, have been performed extensively in Washington as well as throughout the United States and Europe. His awards include the Hans Kindler Foundation Award in Composition and the Shenandoah Conservatory Medal of Excellence. Selected works by Frederick Weck: Video VII (2007) “All I say is that non-experts often know more than experts and should therefore be consulted and that prophets of truth (including those who use arguments) more often than not are carried along by a visions that clashes with the very events that vision is supposed to be exploring. ” --Paul K. Feyerabend, Against Method