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Denman Maroney
Denman Maroney is a composer and pianist known for his "hyperpiano" technique (playing the keys with one hand and the strings with the other using bars and bows of copper, plastic, rubber, and wood) and his "temporal harmony" (composing and improvising in
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Denman Fowler Maroney is a composer and pianist known for his “hyperpiano” style (playing the keys with one hand and the strings with the other using slides and bows of metal, plastic, rubber, and wood) and his “temporal harmony” (composing and improvising in multiple tempos). He has composed some 90 works and recorded some 60 albums (about half as a leader) with (among others) Dave Ballou (tpt), Prune Becheau (vln), Theo Bleckmann (v), Steve Dalachinsky (v), Michael Dessen (tb), Robert Dick (fl), Dave Douglas (tpt), Mark Dresser (cb), Andrew Drury (dr), Min Xiao Fen (pipa), Robin Fincker (ts, cl), Ken Filiano (cb), Steven Flinn (dr), Denis Fournier (dr), Miguel Frasconi (glass), Steven Frieder (ts, cl), Stephani Griffin (vln), Ratzo Harris (cb), Shelley Hirsch (v), Tim Hodgkinson (cl), Earl Howard (as, electronics), James Ilgenfritz (cb), Leroy Jenkins (vln), Lisa Karrer (v), Dominic Lash (cb), Emilie Lesbros (v), Frantz Loriot (vln), Michael Lytle (bcl), Paul Lytton (dr), Rudresh Mahanthappa (as), Paul Mai (dr), Mat Maneri (vla), Bob Meyer (dr), Ben Miller (gtr), Alexandra Montano (v), John Morton (electronics), Dafna Naphtali (v, electronics), Angelika Niescier (as), Oscar Noriega (as, bcl), Kevin Norton (dr), Rich O’Donnell (dr), Guillaume Orti (ss, as), Barre Phillips (cb), Ned Rothenberg (as, bc), Michael Sarin (dr), Ursel Schlicht (pno), Megan Schubert (v), Samuel Silvant (dr), David Simons (dr), Josh Sinton (bcl), Steve Swell (tb), Hans Tammen (gtr, electronics), Scott Walton (cb), and Matthias Ziegler (fl). He has performed in Canada, USA, Mexico, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, China, South Korea, and Japan. He has won grants from Chamber Music America (CMA), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the Arts Council of Rockland County (NY) (ACOR), the Arts Council of Michigan, the Jerome Robbins Foundation and the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. He was educated at Lawrenceville School (HSD), Williams College (BA), and Cal. Inst. of the Arts (MFA). He has been in residence at Music Omi and the Yale Summer School of Music and Art (YSSMA). His writings are published in John Zorn’s “Arcana VI” and Georg Graewe’s “grubenklang : reloaded.” In 2010 he was nominated for an Alpert Award. For more information, see https://www.denmanmaroney.com.
