Clarence Barlow

Clarence Barlow is a composer and the Corwin Chair of Composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While Barlow is recognized internationally for his contributions to electronic music and his pioneering work in algorithmic composition, his voluminous artistic output defies categorization, breaking boundaries of style, genre, and form. Recently, the dynamic and diverse output of Barlow’s career was celebrated by a three-day festival of his works in Cologne, Germany—a city that introduced Barlow to Bernd Alois Zimmerman, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the avant-garde music of mid-20th-century Germany from which his distinct compositional trajectory launched. This year Southern California, too, celebrates his career and music: January 28th marked the premiere of his recent major intermedia piece )ertur(  in Fullerton, CA, and February 24th will see a program of his early chamber works (from ages 14-22) here at UCSB, including a 4-channel recording of his Piano Concerto #2 as performed by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. On April 8th, REDCAT (part of the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in Los Angeles) will host a concert of Barlow’s works of the 21st century, including major ensemble, electronic and intermedia works.

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