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GUY KLUCEVSEK

Birth Date: February 26, 1947

EDUCATION
Post Graduate Independent Study, California Institute of the Arts, 1971-72
M.A., Music Theory/Composition, University of Pittsburgh, 1971
B.A., Music Theory/Composition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1969
Composition Teachers: Morton Subotnick, Gerald Shapiro, Robert Bernat
Accordion Studies with Walter Grabowski, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1955-65
AWARDS
2002: New York Dance & Performance Award (BESSIE), jointly with Dan Hurlin, for the puppet/theatre piece, Everyday Uses for Sight #7: The Heart of the Andes
1996:Publishers Weekly Listen Up Audiobook Awards: Best Original Score, "Accordion Crimes," novel by E. Annie Proux, music by Guy Klucevsek.
1995:New York Dance & Performance Award (BESSIE), for "Altered Landscapes," a solo accordion score for David Dorfman Dances, "Hey."
COMMISSIONS/GRANTS
2001:Relāche/Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation: A new work for the Relāche ensemble and choreographer Meredith Rainey, premiered in Philadelphia, May, 2002.
2000:Ping Chong and Company/New York State Council on the Arts: Obon: Tales of Rain and Moonlight, for puppet theatre, premiered at Seattle Repertory Theatre, April, 2002.
1998:The Kitchen and MASS MoCA/Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust: Squeeze Play, an evening of multi-disciplinary collaborations with Dan Hurlin, Claire Porter, Mary Ellen Childs, David Dorfman and Dan Froot, and Victoria Marks, premiered at The Kitchen, NYC, March, 2000
1997:Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble/Rockefeller Foundation/Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation: Hard Coal, a music theatre piece premiered by BTE, April, 1999
1996:Dancing in the Streets/Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust: SPAN, two accordions, for choreographers Bebe Miller, Susan Braham, Shelley Lasica and Sandra Parker. Premiered at Dances for Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, July 1997.
1995:Solo Recitalists Grant/National Endowment for the Arts: solo recital, Merkin Hall, New York City, March, 1996
1994:Ping Chong & Co./Meet The Composer/Readers Digest Commissioning Program: Chinoiserie, an evening-length music/theatre work. Premiered at the Lied Center, University of Nebraska, Sept., 1995, and presented on the 1995 Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music.
1993:David Dorfman Dance/Meet The Composer: Composer/Choreographer Project Grant: Altered Landscapes, solo accordion score for Hey, premiered at the Kitchen, NYC, May, 1994.

Music in Motion Residency Grant: Stolen Memories and Tesknota, two pieces for chamber ensemble. Premiered by Present Music, Atlantic Center for the Arts, October, 1993.

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