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Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble

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Abstract, calm, spacious, free form, transcendental, contemporary, electronic acoustic mystical psychedelia from classical and film composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky.

Our album is performed and recorded live with no overdubs.

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Member Bios

Composer, keyboardist, and bassist Jack Curtis Dubowsky received his MM in Composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and also studied at the Aspen School. Jack studied conducting with Sonja Neblett, and composition with David Conte, Conrad Susa, Elinor Armer, and Michael Czajkowski. Jack has composed four chamber operas, music for five feature films, television, and concert performance. Jack’s choral music has been performed internationally by groups including San Francisco Choral Artists, Desert Voices, Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, and Mount Eden Chorus. Jack’s orchestral music has been performed by the Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra. Jack’s chamber music has been performed by Snopea Chamber Ensemble, Organic Sound Experiment, Collaborata, and Paradigm Brass. Jack has received grants from Meet the Composer, Zellerbach Family Fund, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, and American Composers Forum. Jack has produced recordings by The Winsome Griffles, Glen Meadmore, and the Virgin Whore Complex. Jack’s award winning “Mr Jones” parody is a highlight of the Momus album Stars Forever.

Percussionist Fred Morgan received his BM in percussion performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the study of Jack Van Geem and his MM from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Will Hudgins. Fred currently studies timpani with San Francisco Timpanist David Herbert. Other teachers have included Andrew Lewis, James Lee Wyatt, and Alan Hall. Fred played William Kraft's first timpani concerto with the Oakland East Bay Symphony in 2003 as a winner of the orchestra's Young Artist Competition. Fred was a member of the San Francisco Youth Symphony from 1997-2002. Fred has traveled abroad recently subbing as a timpanist and percussionist in the Hong Kong Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony. Fred also does concerts with SF Symphony brass and boys choir at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and has subbed with the Midsummer Mozart Festival. Fred participated in the festivals of Spoleto USA, Schleswig-holstein, Music Academy of the West, Jeunnesses Musicales, National Orchestral Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival. Contemporary engagements include work with the Sprocket Ensemble and performances and recordings of the music of Erling Wold. Locally Fred subs with the Oakland East bay Symphony and the Santa Rosa Symphony. Fred has received a percussion chair in the Stockton Symphony.

Trombonist Hall Goff received his BA from Oberlin College and MM from the Yale University School of Music, where his principal teacher was John Swallow. Other teachers include Tom Cramer, Douglas Edelman, Tyrone Breuninger, and Ned Meredith. Hall has been a member of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 1977, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players since 1979, and the Paradigm Brass since 2002. Hall has performed locally with orchestras in Santa Rosa, Monterey, Oakland, Napa, Marin, the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera, nationally with the Eastern Brass Quintet, the Wall Street Brass Quintet, Paul Lavalle’s Band Of America, the New York City Ballet, and internationally at the Spoleto Festival and the Macerata Opera of Italy. Raising his bell in the popular realm, Hall has performed with Frank Zappa, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Nelson Riddle, Diane Carroll, Linda Ronstadt, Vic Damone, John Pizzarelli, and The Manhattan Transfer. Recordings include Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Paul Chihara’s The Tempest, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker with the San Francisco Ballet, music by Earle Brown and Morton Feldman with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and recordings for film and TV.

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Member Since: 10/04/2008
Band Website: http://www.destijlmusic.com
Band Members: Jack Curtis Dubowsky
Fred Morgan
Hall Goff

Influences: Urszula Dudziak, Can, Neu!, Philip Glass Ensemble, Thomas Adès, Nico Muhly, John Corigliano, Eliot Goldenthal, John Zorn, David Slusser, Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents, Toru Takemitsu, Willie Hall, Jim Keltner, Keith Carlock, Ari Hoenig Trio, Igor Stravinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Monolake, Autechre, Mouse on Mars, Ornette Coleman, Ed Blackwell, Diamanda Galas
Sounds Like: Urszula Dudziak, Can, Neu!, Philip Glass Ensemble, Thomas Adès, Nico Muhly, John Corigliano, Eliot Goldenthal, John Zorn, David Slusser, Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents, Toru Takemitsu, Willie Hall, Jim Keltner, Keith Carlock, Ari Hoenig Trio, Igor Stravinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Monolake, Autechre, Mouse on Mars, Ornette Coleman, Ed Blackwell, Diamanda Galas
Record Label: De Stijl Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MySpace.com Blogs - Why is it Important that Artists be Paid for Their Art? - CD Baby MySpace

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Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:26:00 GMT

JCDE show with Entamoeba at El Rio

Oh that was a good show!
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:56:00 GMT

JCDE at El Rio, 1-10-08, with Entamoeba

Come to the show! Free! With Entamoeba. At El Rio, which has a great out door patio. JCDE 7pm. Entamoeba 8pm. Fred and I will play wonderful sounds for you!
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:38:00 GMT

C.V. Chamber Orchestra to premiere new music - San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/alamedacounty/ci_102857... San Jose Mercury News previews Eisenhower Farewell Address by Jack Curtis Dubowsky, world premiere 10-5-08 by Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra, Con...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:48:00 GMT

C.V. Chamber Orchestra to premiere new music - San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/alamedacounty/ci_102857... San Jose Mercury News previews Eisenhower Farewell Address by Jack Curtis Dubowsky, world premiere 10-5-08 by Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra, Con...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:48:00 GMT

C.V. Chamber Orchestra to premiere new music - Inside Bay Area

http://www.insidebayarea.com/castrovalley/ci_10293... Preview article about my orchestra Premiere, 10-5-08 in Castro Valley, CA.
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:10:00 GMT

dubowsky.blogspot.com

The blog is now at dubowsky.blogspot.com
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:19:00 GMT

JCDE I is A - List at Stanford Radio! Request it now! :) Yay!

KZSU has put our album Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble I on the A - list ! Request it now at KZSU Request Line:  +1 650 723 9010 !!! Thank you Stanford!!!We are added to the A list!
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:58:00 GMT

XXY at Frameline

I saw XXY today at Frameline. It was very good. So far, Michael Lumpkin's retrospective series has been blowing away all the new films. XXY has kept up much better than most of this year's new film...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:53:00 GMT

Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra first rehearsal of Eisenhower Farewell Address, Tues 10 June 08

Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra first rehearsal of Eisenhower Farewell Address, Tues 10 June 2008Today was the first rehearsal of my Eisenhower Farewell Address oratory, conducted by Josh Cohen of the...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:08:00 GMT