Frederick Rawski composes concert and electronic music. His work draws upon contemporary classical, electro-acoustic and traditional musical forms. He studied 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.
SELECTED COMPOSITIONS
a day in the life of an arctic ground squirrel
for flute, clarinet, cello and vibraphone
performed by CORVUS
Fairbanks, Alaska (21 July 2023)
5 minutes
milan, misremembered (reprise)
for saxophone quartet
performed by Kite Quartet
3 minutes
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
riding a tethered horse
for string quartet, mandolin, banjo and delays
premiered by invoke string quartet
Montpelier, Vermont (12 February 2020)
11 minutes
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
an affliction
for saxophone quartet
premiered by Ken Thomson, Peter Hess, Edward Rosenberg III, Jay Rattman
Montpelier, Vermont (9 February 2018)
14 minutes
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