eric glick rieman

I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)I'm an experimentalist composer and improviser living and working in Berkeley, California. I work in a variety of genres. I compose New Music (contemporary Classical) for solo instruments and ensembles, and I improvise and compose on prepared Rhodes electric pianos, acoustic piano, and other instruments.I've redesigned one of my Rhodes electric pianos to better suit my needs as an improviser and composer. I also compose electroacoustic music, and sometimes songs as well as music for film.I received an M.F.A. from Mills College in Oakland, CA, in Electronic Music and Recording Media in 2001. My first solo prepared Rhodes release, "Ten to the Googolplex," was published on Accretions recordings in that year.At Mills I was privileged to study with Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Eliane Radigue, Alvin Curran, Chris Brown, J. D. Parran, Douglas Ewart, Steed Cowart, and John Bischoff.In 2002, I produced and played on a improvised quartet recording called "DalabaFrithGlickRiemanKihlstedt" with Lesli Dalaba (trumpet), Fred Frith (guitar), and Carla Kihlstedt (violin). It was released in 2003 on Accretions recordings.In 2004 I produced and performed on a trio recording called "Lung Tree," which was released on Chris Cutler's ReR recordings in 2005. The trio was Lesli Dalaba (trumpet), Stuart Dempster (trombone), and myself on prepared Rhodes, piano, and modular synthesizer.In early May 2008 the Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble performed my piece, "Ghost House, N.M. (Anachronistic Acronym) in their Spring concert. I've been a member of this ensemble since 1999, and this is the third time they've performed one of my pieces.Since 2004, I've been a member of www. Thingamajigs. org, an organization dedicated to the promotion of instrument builders and/or composers who use alternate tunings in their work.In 2005 and 2006 I co-curated the 8th and 9th annual Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival in Oakland, CA.. Check out our website at www. Thingamajigs. org.From 1999 to 2003, I was also a member of a San Francisco based indie rock band called laughingstock, with Alex Nahas (Chapman stick and vocals), Zoe Keating (cello), Milton Cross (violin), and Mark Bernfield (drums.) I played Hammond organ, Theremin, and Waterphone.From 1994 to 2005 or so, I was a member of the improvising band Bilge with David Mairs and Robin Hiroko Walsh. I was also a member of the large ensemble Bilge/Radiolaria for a number of years. There's more, but it gets even more lengthy (!), so these are today's highlights.