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
2021
a shut door opens outward
for flute and classical guitar
7 minutes
milan, misremembered
for ukulele and digital delay
3 minutes
2020
riding a tethered horse
for string quartet, mandolin, banjo and delay pedals
11 minutes
premiered by invoke string quartet
Montpelier, Vermont (12 February 2020)
2019
the corrosive effects of desire
for string quartet
12 minutes
premiered by invoke string quartet
Montpelier, Vermont (16 February 2019)
performed by the julius quartet
Dallas, Texas (5 October 2020)
three icaros
for violin and delay pedal
10 minutes
premiered by Roger Zahab
Montpelier, Vermont (11 February 2019)
2018
an affliction
for saxophone quartet
14 minutes
premiered by Ken Thomson, Peter Hess, Edward Rosenberg III, Jay Rattman
Montpelier, Vermont (9 February 2018)
unsolicited opinions on a topic of no importance
structured improvisation for laptop and gamepads
6 minutes
conceptualized and performed by Frederick Rawski and John Paul Beattie
Montpelier, Vermont (5 February 2018)
2017
three delusions
for bass clarinet and percussion
11 minutes
premiered by Transient Canvas
Montpelier, Vermont (6 August 2017)
performed by Eriko Daimo and James Shields
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium (August 2018)