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.

  • solo instrumental (non-keyboard)
  • ACE Publications

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    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Joel Gressel 3-4-5 TRIANGLES
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    Joel Gressel AN ORDERLY TRANSITION
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    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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