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James Reynolds

James Reynolds (born 1953) studied contemporary music under John Adams, as well as percussion at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and composition in Cologne under Michael von Biel. Informed by many different influences – from Neue Musik, Broadway and European music theatre to avant-garde synthpop – Reynolds’ compositions explore the combination of words, sounds and images. He was Composer in Residence at the Stiftung Laurenz-Haus in Basel and Visiting Artist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

James Reynolds

Transparent solar system, displaying the planets with their orbits, as known at the present day., [between 1846 and 1860], by James Reynolds

James Reynolds · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark

Born
1953 · Long Beach.
Nationality
United States
Occupation
composer · drummer

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