Virgil Moorefield

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Virgil Moorefield (* 1956) is a composer and intermedia artist. Moorefield's work focuses primarily on live acoustic performance, electronic processing of acoustic signals, and live visual music ("Five Ideas About the Relation of Sight and Sound"). CDs of his composer-led ensembles have been released on several labels, including Tzadik, Cuneiform, and Innova. His music is informed by his identity as a drummer and percussionist. He is also the author of "The Producer As Composer" (MIT Press, 2005; paperback, 2010).

Moorefield holds an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University as well as a B.A. and M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy from Columbia University, and studied at the Juilliard School. He was formerly a professor at Northwestern University, and a tenured professor at the University of Michigan.

As a drummer he has performed with Glenn Branca, Swans, and Elliott Sharp.

Albums

Transformations (Slipped Disc)
Distractions on the Way to The King's Party (Cuneiform Records)
The Temperature in Hell Is Over Three Thousand Degrees (Tzadik)
Things You Must Do to Get to Heaven (Innova)

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Name	Moorefield, Virgil
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Short description	American composer
Date of birth	1956
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