John Melby

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Born in 1941 in Whitehall, Wisconsin, John Melby was brought up in Pulaski, Tennessee, where he began his musical studies as a trombonist/violinist/violist while still a child. He attended the Curtis Institute of Music, from which he earned the Diploma (1964) and B.Mus. (1966); the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. in composition, 1967), where he studied composition with Henry Weinberg and George Crumb; and the Music Department of Princeton University (M.F.A., 1971; Ph.D.,1972--both in composition); his composition teachers there were Peter Westergaard, J. K. Randall, and Milton Babbitt. He taught from 1971 until 1973 at West Chester State College (now West Chester University) in Pennsylvania. In 1973 he was appointed to the Composition/Theory faculty in the School of Music of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was Professor of Music until his retirement in August of 1997 and where he now holds the title of Professor Emeritus. John Melby currently lives with his family in Salem, Massachusetts. He is best known for his music written for computer-synthesized sounds, either in combination with live performers or for computer alone. He is also the composer of a number of orchestral works; his Symphony No. 1 (1993) was given its première performance at the University of Illinois in March of 1994 by the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Paul Martin Zonn. Melby's compositions have won numerous awards and have been widely perform

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Computer Music

Hiller, Baker, Melby: Computer Music

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CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 3: University of Illinois

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John Melby - James Tenney split release [CRI SD 528]

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The Virtuoso in the Computer Age - I

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John Melby/James Tenney split release [CRI SD 528]

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Symphonies 3, 4, and 5

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CDCM Computer Music Vol.10

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Milton Babbitt: A Composers' Memorial

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CDCM Vol.3

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CDCM Vol 10 - The Virtuoso in the Computer Age - I

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