Judy Klein

Judy Klein (born 14 April 1943, in Chicago) is an American composer, music educator. She is the founder of the Computer Music Studio at New York University and served as its director in 1980's. Her music is primarily acousmatic,

Education Judy Klein earned her Bachelor in Arts at the University of California, Berkeley (1967), and continued her studies at the Music Academy in Basel, Switzerland (Diploma, 1977). She graduated with a Master of Arts degree from New York University (1987), after studying with Thomas Kessler, Reynold Weidenaar, Lilli Friedemann and Ruth Anderson. She continued her studies in computer generated music at the Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music with Charles Dodge.

Musical career Klein began teaching electro-acoustic music composition at New York University (SEHNAP) in 1985, and later founded and directed the New York University Computer Music studio.

Klein composes almost exclusively in the C programming language and the C sound computer music language. Her works are primarily acousmatic and increasingly combine her interest in sound with her commitment to animal rights, which she speaks about in an interview with Peter Shea about her piece “The Wolves of Bays Mountain”, as well as other aspects of her work. Elements 1.1: sulphur, phosphorus; diamond (1992) – tape 88” for Nick (1992) – tape Elements 1.2 (1993) – sound installation; collaboration with C. Furukawa and N. Yatsuyanagi The Wolves of Bays Mountain (1998) – tape Railcar (2008)

Discography

The Wolves of Bays Mountain, Open Space 15 #OS015 – 2004 From the Journals of Felix Bosonnet, ICMC 1989 #38161665; Christoph Gaugler, reader – 1989 88” for Nick, Transforms: The Nerve Events Project, Cuneiform Records #43302512- 1993 Elements 1.1: sulphur, phosphorus; diamond, Music from SEAMUS vol. 4 (digital re-issue from 1994) – 2022 Railcar, Music from SEAMUS vol. 20 – 2011