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First name: Andy
Last name: Vores
Dates: 1956
Category: Quartet
Nationality: british
Opus name: What I can't kick: for piano quartet
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Peculiarities: See: http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=126397; and: http://www.worldcat.org/title/what-i-cant-kick-for-piano-quartet/oclc/57138671&referer=brief_results
Information: Andy Vores was born Wales and raised in England. He studied composition at Lancaster University with Edward Cowie. From 1982 he worked in London as Lecturer and Composer-in-Residence at The City University and as a music copyist for Universal Edition, Schotts, Novellos, and Faber Music. In 1986 he was a Fellow in Composition at Tanglewood, studying with Oliver Knussen. He moved to Boston in 1989 where he was offered one of five three-year funded residencies with the composers' collective NuClassix. From 1993 to 1994 he was Communications Director of the American Composers Forum in St. Paul from, returning to Boston to teach composition at the Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts. From 1999 to 2001 he was Composer-in-Residence to the BankBoston Celebrity Series, and from 2002 to 2005 Composer-in-Residence to the New England Philharmonic. In 2001 he was appointed as Chair of Composition, Theory, and Music History at The Boston Conservatory. Andy Vores was born Wales and raised in England. He studied composition at Lancaster University with Edward Cowie. From 1982 he worked in London as Lecturer and Composer-in-Residence at The City University and as a music copyist for Universal Edition, Schotts, Novellos, and Faber Music. In 1986 he was a Fellow in Composition at Tanglewood, studying with Oliver Knussen. He moved to Boston in 1989 where he was offered one of five three-year funded residencies with the composers' collective NuClassix. From 1993 to 1994 he was Communications Director of the American Composers Forum in St. Paul from, returning to Boston to teach composition at the Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts. From 1999 to 2001 he was Composer-in-Residence to the BankBoston Celebrity Series, and from 2002 to 2005 Composer-in-Residence to the New England Philharmonic. In 2001 he was appointed as Chair of Composition, Theory, and Music History at The Boston Conservatory. Andy Vores was born Wales and raised in England. He studied composition at Lancaster University with Edward Cowie. From 1982 he worked in London as Lecturer and Composer-in-Residence at The City University and as a music copyist for Universal Edition, Schotts, Novellos, and Faber Music. In 1986 he was a Fellow in Composition at Tanglewood, studying with Oliver Knussen. He moved to Boston in 1989 where he was offered one of five three-year funded residencies with the composers' collective NuClassix. From 1993 to 1994 he was Communications Director of the American Composers Forum in St. Paul from, returning to Boston to teach composition at the Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts. From 1999 to 2001 he was Composer-in-Residence to the BankBoston Celebrity Series, and from 2002 to 2005 Composer-in-Residence to the New England Philharmonic. In 2001 he was appointed as Chair of Composition, Theory, and Music History at The Boston Conservatory. (www.andyvores.com)