Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music
Mark Applebaum: Lo scienziato pazzo della musica
Mark Applebaum has built an instrument out of doorstops and combs, as well as composed a piece of music to be performed by a florist. Full bio
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Applebaum - ComposerMark Applebaum has built an instrument out of doorstops and combs, as well as composed a piece of music to be performed by a florist.
Why you should listen
Don’t ask Mark Applebaum the question, “Is this music?” A composer and performer, he takes great joy in challenging the conventional boundaries of musical ontology. His solo, chamber, choral, orchestral, operatic and electroacoustic work has been performed throughout the world. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist and the founding director of the Stanford Improvisation Collective.
An associate professor of composition at Stanford University, Applebaum received the Walter J. Gores Award for excellence in teaching in 2003. He was also recently named the Hazy Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and the Leland & Edith Smith Faculty Scholar.
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