Anthony T. Marasco 414 Clark Avenue Clarks Summit, PA 18411 (443) 935-9355 tmarasco125@gmail.com
EDUCATION Towson University, Towson, MD
2010
Master of Music: Composition Primary Composition Teachers: William Kleinsasser, Dave Balou, Will Redman Master classes/private lessons with Giovani Albini, Brian Hulse, Lansing McLosky
Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Bachelor of Arts: Composition and Theory Primary Composition Teacher: Scott Eggert
2008
COMISSIONS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS and GRANTS Grand Prize, UnCaged Toy Piano Festival Call for Scores – Commissioned piece, 2013 Editorial, WIRED Magzine, for Out of Conte#t - Commissioned digital composition, 2013 soundSCAPE Composition Festival, for This Place is Forgotten – Scholarship recipient, 2011 soundSCAPE Composition Festival, for On Space and Car Crashes - Selected Participant, 2009 Clark Carmean Orchestra Award recipient, Lebanon Valley College, 2008 Graduate School Award, Towson University, 2009; $700 grant to present at festival in Italy
Bio Anthony T. Marasco is a composer who takes influence from the aesthetics of today's Digimodernist culture, exploring the relationships between the eccentric and the every-day, the strict and the indeterminate, the raw and the refined, and the retro and the contemporary. These explorations result in a wide variety of works written for electro-acoustic ensembles, interactive computer performance systems for groups and soloists, multimedia installations, and film scores. An internationally recognized composer, he has received commissions from ensembles and institutions such as Phyllis Chen, the Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, WIRED Magazine, Data Garden, Dirty Paloma, Lebanon Valley College, Color Field Ensemble, the soundSCAPE International Composition and Performance Exchange, and the University of Scranton. Marasco was the grand prize winner of the UnCaged Toy Piano Festival's 2013 Call for Scores and a selected participant for the 2011 Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice’s Electronic Music Workshop. His compositions have been featured at the 2009 and 2011 soundSCAPE International Composition and Performance Festival, the 2012 Penn State University Learning Design Summer Camp, and the 2013 Color Field Festival. Marasco serves on the adjunct faculties of the University of Scranton and the Pennsylvania State University. He has taught and authored courses on western music history, digital music, ethnomusicology, and film music.
Anthony T. Marasco tmarasco125@gmail.com
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