Frederick Rawski is a composer of concert and electronic music based in Japan. His work draws upon contemporary classical, electro-acoustic and traditional musical forms from around the world. He studied composition with John Fitz Rogers, Roger Zahab and John Malia at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and trained as a classical guitarist with Timothy Olbrych at the College of William & Mary. He once set a poem by Nezahualcoyotl to country music and sang it on a rooftop in Morocco. His day job is as a human rights lawyer.
SELECTED COMPOSITIONS
2022
untitled (work in progress)
for voice, marimba and vibraphone
milan, misremembered (reprise)
for saxophone quartet
3 minutes
2021
a shut door opens outward
for flute and classical guitar
performed by unassisted fold
7 minutes
milan, misremembered
for ukulele and digital delay
performed by Giovanni Albini
3 minutes
2020
riding a tethered horse
for string quartet, mandolin, banjo and delay pedals
premiered by invoke string quartet
Montpelier, Vermont (12 February 2020)
11 minutes
2019
the corrosive effects of desire
for string quartet
premiered by invoke string quartet
Montpelier, Vermont (16 February 2019)
performed by the julius quartet
Dallas, Texas (5 October 2020)
12 minutes
three icaros
for violin and delay pedal
premiered by Roger Zahab
Montpelier, Vermont (11 February 2019)
10 minutes
2018
an affliction
for saxophone quartet
premiered by Ken Thomson, Peter Hess, Edward Rosenberg III, Jay Rattman
Montpelier, Vermont (9 February 2018)
14 minutes
2017
three delusions
for bass clarinet and percussion
premiered by Transient Canvas
Montpelier, Vermont (6 August 2017)
performed by Eriko Daimo and James Shields
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium (August 2018)
11 minutes