FranklinEMorris
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Franklin E. Morris - composerBand/artist history
Franklin E Morris is quite an anomaly in today's music scene. Born in 1920, Morris has been composing music for close to 75 years. He studied composition at Harvard and Yale and composed solo, opera, symphonic and chamber works. He taught theory and composition at the School of Music, Syracuse University, from 1949-1985. In the summer of 1966, he attended a ground-breaking seminar with Robert Moog to study electronic music. This led him to establish one of the first American institutional electronic music studios at Syracuse University. In the 60's and 70's, he also created many multimedia events in New York City and at colleges and universities in the Northeastern US. In 1976, he began a series of Electronic Symphonies, first using only analog electronic sounds, and gradually adding tones from the many new digital keyboards that came along. Now, at age 85, he's as prolific as ever - his latest Symphony is number 622. Morris' unique approach to music-making results in a bizarre dynamic mix of beautiful neo-classical themes using traditional orchestral sounds, recordings of random retro electronic blips and the newer sounds and rhythms of today's MIDI workstation keyboards. His music is perhaps best described as a unique collision of neo-classical, electronic and cartoon music. You can hear more of Morris' work at http://www.artistlaunch.com/artist.asp?artistid=11401 and at http://www.garageband.com/artist/franklinm We realize Morris' music's far from the norm these days, but we hope you enjoy it anyway and welcome your commentsHave you performed in front of an audience?no
Your musical influences
The major composers of the 20th century: Stravinsky, Schonberg, Bartok, Stockhausen, Hindemith, Copland and many others.What equipment do you use?
A large bank of analog synthesizers plus 7 digital workstations, 4 digital samplers, a Roland VS880 digital recorderAnything else?
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Syracuse, NY
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