Biography
Brendan Faegre (b. 1985) is currently studying composition with Don Freund while enrolled in the Master of Music program at Indiana University, where he previously studied composition with Claude Baker and Michael Gandolfi, and electronic music with Jeffrey Hass and John Gibson. A native of Portland, Oregon, he graduated cum laude from the University of Puget Sound in 2007 with a degree in music and a minor in philosophy. There he studied composition with Robert Hutchinson and percussion with Amy Putnam. He also studied composition with Gregory Youtz. Brendan's most recent honors include his Tihai receiving a BMI Student Composer Award, being named the 2009 ASCAP Foundation Young Composer Fellow for study at Bowdoin International Music Festival, and his The Circular Ruins receiving 1st prize in the Beethoven Club 2009 Student Composition Contest.Brendan's life journey thus far has taken him through the roles of tabla disciple of Pandit Ramdas Palsule; private instructor of percussion, music theory, and composition; jazz ensemble coach; radio host; professional jazz drummer and symphonic percussionist; lecturer on Hindustani Classical music; Alaskan carpenter; and now composition student and Associate Instructor of Music Theory at Indiana University. This versatile background has equipped him with many compositional tools to use while crafting his works. Fascinated by analogies between music and other artistic disciplines (carpentry included), Brendan is always pursuing a more diverse tool-belt, currently so through studying the Norwegian language.
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