Composer Profiles

Michael Manion

Michael Manion

Michael Manion

for RealAudio3/28.8 stereo version of excerpt from Islands, 2:58.

for RealAudio3/28.8 mono version of Islands.

for RealAudio2/14.4 mono version of Islands.

for score example #1 from Islands.

for score example #2 from Islands.

for score example #3 from Islands.

for RealAudio3/28.8 stereo version of excerpt from Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, 3:39.

for score example #1 from Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds.

for score example #2 from Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds.

for score example #3 from Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds.

for score example #4 from Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds.

for score example from Music for Electronic Percussion.

for MP3 stereo version of excerpt from Music for Electronic Percussion, 2:20.

for 128K MP3 version of Michael Manion's performance of RatGeyser, 7:40, by Dennis Báthory-Kitsz.

for 320K MP3 version of RatGeyser. Download 128K version or 320K version.

for score example from Delta.

for score example from Meta.

for score example from Regions.

Michael Manion (b. 1952, U.S.A.), composer, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois, and has also studied at the Mills College Center for Contemporary Music, the Musikhochschule in Cologne, and the University of Sussex. As a percussionist, he has performed with symphony orchestras, new music ensembles, jazz bands, and rock groups. Publications include "Stockhausen in Den Haag", Introduction to the Superformula of Donnerstag aus Licht," and "From Tape Loops to MIDI: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Forty Years of Electronic Music". Recent performances include festivals such as Trapezium, EX MACHINA, and the Rheinisches Musikfest. Founding member of GIMIK, Initiative Musik und Informatik, Köln. His music is published by the Feedback StudioVerlag, Cologne.

Representative musical compositions:

1972	TEXTURES for wind ensemble; 8 min.
1973	INTERJECTIONS for orchestra; 12 min.
1974	ECHOES/DENSITIES for 3 pianos; 7 min.
1974	CONSTELLATIONS for flute and electronics; 10 min.
1975	TRIO for alto flute, percussion, harp, 'cello; 10 min.
1975	ORBIS MUSICA for 4 ensembles and tape; 80 min.
1975	CONSTELLATIONS for solo string instrument; 12 min.
1976	REGIONS for solo 'cello and tape playback system; 45 + min.
1976	COMBINATIONS for ensemble; 15-45 min.
1976	DELTA for chamber orchestra and 2 synthesisers; 20 min.
1977	WHEELS for 4 ensembles and 2 percussionists; 35 min.
1977	META for solo marimba, 3 percussionists, 2 synthesisers; 15 min.
1978	SCREEN for 2 piccolos, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 perc., tape; 12 min
1982	ISLANDS for flute and 4 channel tape; 17 min.
1991	MUSIC FOR CELLO AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS; 15 min.
1992	MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND MARIMBA; 8 min.
	MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND MARIMBA; 8 min.
1996	MUSIC FOR BASS CLARINET AND PIANO; 10 min.
1997	PART II for Mezzo Soprano and Electronic Sounds; ca. 8 min.
1998	MUSIC FOR BASS CLARINET AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS; ca. 12 min.

To reach the composer:
On-line: mmanion@mail.com
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	Manion-Geekpix
Performing on the MalletKat
	With K&D in Valencia, 2003
Telling off Kalvos & Damian, 2003
	In His Studio
Performing in The Hague, 2004

	Performing in Cologne, 2004
Other Performances: Festival and Amsterdam Jazz