Buzz Gravelle's channel

Buzz Gravelle—composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator—has been involved with new music for plucked strings for over twenty years.

Buzz was a founding member of the Modern Arts Guitar Quartet (1991-1995), an ensemble of guitarists/composers that explored the leading edges of new music for classical guitar—prepared guitar, serialism, minimalism, aleatoric, and electro-acoustic music.

As a solo recitalist he is known for creative programming and has extended the repertoire of the classical guitar and classical mandolin through his own compositions, transcriptions, and the premiering of new works written for him.

He has performed throughout the western United States, in addition to Canada, Mexico, Italy, Austria, and Germany. Buzz holds both M.F.A. and D.M.A. degrees in Music from UCLA. Buzz lives in Los Angeles and serves on the faculty of California Polytechnic University at Pomona and is the founder and director of the Santa Monica Academy of Music.

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