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Frank Felice

Frank Felice (born October 13, 1961, in Great Falls, Montana) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and associate professor of composition, theory, and electronic music in the

Frank Felice (born October 13, 1961, in Great Falls, Montana) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and associate professor of composition, theory, and electronic music in the Jordan College of Arts at Butler University. Background Felice grew up in Hamilton, Montana, playing piano, guitar, and double bass in a variety of settings, including several rock bands. He attended Concordia College (Moorhead), the University of Colorado Boulder, and Butler University. Felice received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1998. Felice has studied composition under Dominick Argento, Judith Lang Zaimont, Luiz Gonzalez, James Day, Michael Schelle, and Daniel Breedon. He describes himself as “an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent.” He is member of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center, The Society of Composers Inc., and the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers. Activities and collaborations Performances and commissions Felice’s music has been performed in the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Gre

Era
21st Century
Lived
1961–present
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United States
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composer