Tamar Muskal
“Classical music doesn’t get better than this” and “One of the fresher voices…” declares the NY Times about Guggenheim Fellow Tamar Muskal’s music. Muskal’s music was performed by the Jerusalem Symphony, Westchester Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, Richard Stolzman, Borromeo String Quartet, Colorado String Quartet, Steve Schick, Music From Copland House, Eighth Blackbird, Ethos Percussion Group, and many others.
From 2002-2005 Muskal was Composer-in-Residence of the education division with the Westchester Philharmonic. In that capacity she wrote pieces for narrator and orchestra based on poems and drawings by children from Westchester.
A strong interest for incorporating interactive art into her composition has led to multiple collaborations with artist Daniel Rozin; together they created Mirrors, a piece for Eighth Blackbird with interactive and live videos; Facing the Automaton, a concerto for Steve Schick and the La Jolla SummerFest players for solo percussion, interactive kinetic sculpture and ensemble; and they are currently working on a piece for solo soprano, interactive kinetic sculpture and orchestra for the American Composers Orchestra.
