Randall Woolf

Randall Woolf (born August 23, 1959) is an American composer known for his diverse contemporary works for chamber orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo players, often combined with digital audio, turntables and video.. He studied composition privately with David Del Tredici and Joseph Maneri, and at Harvard, where he earned a Ph.D. He is a member of the Common Sense Composers Collective. He is composer-mentor for the Brooklyn Philharmonic. In 1997 he composed a new ballet of “Where the Wild Things Are”, in collaboration with Maurice Sendak and Septime Webre. He has created 3 pieces for video and live instruments with directors Mary Harron (director of “American Psycho”) and John C. Walsh. He works frequently with John Cale, notably on his score to “American Psycho”. He re-created 4 songs of Nico for Cale’s tribute concert “On The Borderline”, sung by Peter Murphy, Lisa Gerrard, Sparklehorse, Stephin Merritt, Peaches, and Meshell Ndegeocello. He has arranged over 40 of Cale’s song for orchestra, including the entire "Paris 1919" album, performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in January, 2013, songs from "The Velvet Underground And Nico", and "Music For A New Society". His works have been performed by Kathleen Supové, Jennifer Choi, Timothy Fain, Mary Rowell, Todd Reynolds, Ethel, conductor and flutist Ransom Wilson, Tara O’Connor, Lindsey Goodman, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Kronos Quartet, Turnmusic, Fulcrum Point, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Sonic Generator, Bang On A Can/SPIT Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, NakedEye Ensemble, and others.

Recordings and scores of most of Woolf's music are on his website, randallwoolf.com.

Woolf's Orchestra piece, White Heat was commissioned and premiered at the Tanglewood music center, in 1989.

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