Name Stephen Mosko Role Composer | Died December 5, 2005 | |
Born December 7, 1947
Denver, United States ( 1947-12-07 ) Genres Contemporary classical, World Occupation(s) Composer, Music director, Professor Associated acts California EAR Unit (co-founder) Similar People California EAR Unit, Art Jarvinen, Mel Powell, Morton Subotnick, Leonard Stein | ||
Composer Portrait Series Stephen L. Mosko
Stephen L. (Lucky) Mosko ((1947-12-07)December 7, 1947 – December 5, 2005(2005-12-05) (aged 57)) was an American composer. His music blends high modernism (including serialism) with world music, and he is an expert in Icelandic folk music. His, "seemingly contradictory," influences include uptown, downtown, and the West Coast school; including John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, and Mel Powell.
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Mosko studied with Donald Martino, Gustav Meier, Mel Powell, Leonard Stein, and Morton Subotnick.
He was the music director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players from 1988 to 1997 and of the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival's Contemporary Music Festival in 1984. He was the director of the Ojai Music Festival in 1986 and 1990. He was married to Dorothy Stone, founding flutist of California EAR Unit.
Notable students include composers Ann Millikan and Nicholas Frances Chase.