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BIOGRAPHY
Monroe Golden is a freelance composer from rural Alabama. His compositions often explore alternate tuning systems
and the implications of those systems for other musical structures, and have been broadcast on adventurous radio
and performed in concerts throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Critics have called his music "delightfully disorienting"
and "lovely, sumptuous, yet arcane." Awards include the 2006 Alabama Music Teachers Association/MTNA Commissioning Award,
an Individual Artist Fellowship from the
Alabama State Council on the Arts, and commissions from several solo
performers and groups. A CD of his works entitled A Still Subtler Spirit
is available from Living Artist Recordings,
amazon.com,
and CD Baby.
Beyond his artistry, Golden has actively encouraged and promoted the innovative arts in his resident community. He is a founding member of the
Birmingham Art Music Alliance, serving as President from 2003-2005. He
has also headed the Birmingham Art Association and the
ARTBURST Performance Series at the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham.
He produced the 1998 Birmingham International Improvisation Festival, and founded the New Arts Stage of
Birmingham's City Stages, directing the stage from 1999-2004.
Golden graduated cum laude from the
University of Montevallo and earned a doctorate from the
University of Illinois.
His composition teachers include James A. Jensen, Ed Robertson, Ben Johnston, Sever Tipei, Aurel Stroé, and Herbert Brün.