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Edmund Cionek is a New York-based composer who writes for the concert hall and the theatre. His imaginative music mixes elements of both classical and pop genres. Cionek’s catalog includes symphonic, chamber, solo, vocal, concerto and theatre works. He also arranges and orchestrates for theatrical productions throughout the US. His awards include an IEE Fellowship for study in Paris, ASCAP, finalist Richard Rodgers Award, MAC nominee and John Lennon Songwriting Contest. He has received support from the NEA, New England Council of the Arts, Maine Humanities Council and the North Carolina Council for the Arts. Cionek is the Composer-in-Residence for the Bar Harbor Music Festival where he curates the annual “New Composers†Concert Series. He has been a resident artist with Mabou Mines. He has served on the Board of Directors of the League-ISCM (US Chapter) and the New York Art Ensemble. Cionek has been on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Academy, The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and the University of Michigan. A member of AFM Local 802 and ASCAP, he is published by Alpheus, Carlin America, and EDITIONS Amsterdam. He is recorded on Sharpflat, NYAE, Musicians Showcase and Little Noise Records. Cionek teaches at Purchase College and New York University. Cionek received the degree DMA in Composition from the University of Michigan where his principal teachers were William Bolcom, George Wilson, and Eugene Kurtz. He studied in Paris with Schoenberg disciple Max Deutsch at the Ecole Normale. Recent works include Bad Robots (Fl., Vla., and Cello), First Symphony “The Adirondacksâ€, Aria and Frenzy for Piano Quartet, Attack of the 50 Ft. Walt Whitman, (a multimedia work developed at Mabou Mines) and TRI-SCI-FI (produced on the New York Fringe Festival 2004 and the Flea Theatre, directed by Dennis Deal |