Custer's Ghost by Kyle Gann ('77), Noted Author, Music Critic and Composer
	RELATED back to the main story		ABOUT KYLE GANN Born in 1955 in Dallas, Texas, Gann has been new music critic for the Village Voice since 1986. He is the author of The Music of Conlon Nancarrow (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and American Music in the 20th Century (Schirmer Books, 1997). Gann studied composition with Ben Johnston, Morton Feldman and Peter Gena. His music is often microtonal, using up to 37 pitches per octave. His rhythmic language, based on differing successive and simultaneous tempos, was developed from his study of Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo Indian musics. His music has been performed on the New Music America, Bang on a Can, and Spoleto festivals, and across Europe. He received a 1994 commission from Music in Motion for his Astrological Studies, and in 1996-97 a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artists' Fellowship. Gann teaches music history and theory at Bard College, and has taught at Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His writings include more than 1500 articles for over 30 publications, including scholarly articles on La Monte Young (in Perspectives of New Music), Henry Cowell, Mikel Rouse, and other American composers.
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