Composer Bio
Drake Andersen is a composer whose work encompasses acoustic and electroacoustic music for diverse performing forces of all sizes and categories, collaborative projects for dance and theater, site-specific installations and interactive electronic environments. His compositions have been performed at venues throughout the United States and Europe, including Symphony Space, New World Symphony Center, Teaterhuset Avant Garden (Trondheim), and the Park Avenue Armory.
Drake is frequently engaged as a sound designer for theater and dance, an electronic music specialist for contemporary music ensembles and an improviser with live electronics. He performs with Nicole Camacho as Bit Flip Radio, and releases ambient electronic music as Deep Copy. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at Vassar College, where he teaches electronic music. He has also taught at Brooklyn College and Montclair State University.
Drake’s principal composition teachers include Nils Vigeland, Jay Eckardt, and Marjorie Merryman. He studied electronic music with Joel Chadabe, Doug Geers, and Kurt Stallmann. He has also studied flute with Robert Dick. He holds degrees from the CUNY Graduate Center, the Manhattan School of Music, and Macalester College.
Media
Relevant Tones live broadcast featuring pianist Jenny Lin premiering Walk by Drake Andersen
Lexical Tones Podcast: Interview with Composer Drake Andersen (Episode 35)
Coverage of dance performance with music by Robert McClure using Drake Andersen's virtual score platform Indra:
Houstonia Magazine
The Dance Dish
Contact
drake [at] drakeandersen [dot] com