Spencer Topel || Composer
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Recent News: The Tour to Turkey starts in less than two weeks! Quotes “A fiercely modern electronic piece. It was a surprising choice (and not universally appreciated) but clearly set the tone for the ceremony: this wasn’t going to be the same old pomp and circumstance." -Jim Roberts, CAM Cover Story “Topel gradually and carefully merged the live processing with the quartet; it was one of the most skillful and beautifully integrated electronic quartets I have ever heard.” -Mari Kimura, Juilliard Journal |
| Welcome |
| Spencer Topel (b. 1979) is a
doctoral candidate at Cornell University where he works with composers
Steven Stucky, Roberto Sierra, and Kevin Ernste. Mr. Topel has had
performances by the Oregon Symphony, Juilliard Symphony, Onyx Ensemble
at the I.C.M.C. 2006 (International Computer Music Conference) in New
Orleans, the Cornell University Wind Ensemble. Spencer Topel holds two
Degrees from the Juilliard School where he studied composition with
Christopher Rouse and Samuel Adler, and has received awards from BMI,
ASCAP, the NFAA, a Diploma of Merit from Accademia Musicale Chigiana,
Juilliard’s Palmer Dixon Prize (2004), Richard Rodgers Fellowship
(2002), and a Pia Gilbert Fellowship (2003). In addition to these great honors, Mr. Topel has no job lined up for next year. If you would like to commision him, hire him, or just give him money for the heck of it, then please contact: spencertopel at gmail dot com. |