Biography

Robert J. Frank (b. 1961) is a composer and serves as Associate Professor and Coordinator of Composition Studies. His music continues to win numerous awards and has been performed by major ensembles and performers in Carnegie Hall, the Mozarteum Grosser Hall in Salzburg during the Summer Music Festival, and in major concert halls in more than a dozen countries around the globe. In 2008 he was named composer-in-residence at the annual Viva Vivaldi International Summer Festival of the Arts held in Mexico City. His pioneering development of the analysis of Temporal Elements has opened the analysis of previously neglected acoustic and electro-acoustic works and is taught in universities around the globe. He is co-author of the Text/Hypertext: Fundamentals for the Aspiring Musician and author of Beyond the Common Practice. His music is published by Brixton Publications and Robert Frank Music, and recorded on several CD labels.