Joel Gressel

Biography

Joel Gressel (b. Cleveland, 1943) received a B.A. from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in music composition from Princeton University. He studied composition with Martin Boykan and Milton Babbitt, and computer music with Godfrey Winham and J.K. Randall. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State CAPS program. His computer music has been recorded on the Odyssey and CRI labels. He currently lives in New York, working as a computer programmer, maintaining and extending software that models tax-exempt housing-bond cash flows.

ACE Publications

24 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Joel Gressel 3-4-5 TRIANGLES
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Joel Gressel AN ORDERLY TRANSITION
soprano, tape
Joel Gressel BEFORE/AFTER
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Joel Gressel BLUE STATES
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Joel Gressel BREAKING NEWS
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Joel Gressel CROSSINGS dig comp
Joel Gressel EXERCYCLES DIG COMP
Joel Gressel FINAL APPROACH
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Joel Gressel FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION (video score)
Joel Gressel GAME SET MATCH
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Joel Gressel GENETIC DRIFT
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Joel Gressel IS IT SERIOUS?
Joel Gressel JOINT RESOLUTION pf,comp-synth tape
Joel Gressel JUST THE BEGINNING
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Joel Gressel MORE SERIOUS
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Joel Gressel NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
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Joel Gressel P-VIBES: THREE CANONS dig computer
Joel Gressel PIECE,for unacc cello VCL
Joel Gressel POINTS IN TIME comp. synth.tape
Joel Gressel PUBLIC OPTION
Joel Gressel QUANTITATIVE EASING
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Joel Gressel STRING THEORIES
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Joel Gressel THIS WAY LIES MADNESS
Joel Gressel TOO, SERIOUS
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Additional Works