Faculty

Howard Sandroff, Senior Lecturer in Music and the Humanities, serves as Director of the University of Chicago Computer Music Studio. A composer, conductor, technical consultant, and author, Sandroff is also Professor of Sound Art in the Radio/Sound Department of Columbia College, former director of Chicago's New Art Ensemble, and a member of the performing duo Double Dialogue (with Chicago Symphony Orchestra clarinetist John Bruce Yeh). Sandroff's concert works, written for soloists, mixed chamber ensembles, and orchestra, often include live or pre-recorded electronics and have been performed, recorded, and broadcast throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. His compositions have been heard at numerous contemporary music festivals including New Music America, the Society of Composers, the Aspen Music Festival, New Music Chicago, the International Computer Music Conference, and others. Honors include fellowships from the NEA, Illinois Arts Council, and the Athena Foundation, and research grants from IRCAM, the Yamaha Foundation, and more. M.M., Roosevelt University, 1976; at Chicago since 1983.

Office: Goodspeed 210
Phone: (773) 834-4402
Email: sndf@uchicago.edu
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