Frank J. Oteri

Frank J. Oteri is the composer advocate at New Music USA and the founding editor of NewMusicBox.org. An outspoken crusader for new music and the breaking down of barriers between genres, Frank has been a frequent pre-concert speaker and radio guest and has also written for numerous publications including BBC Music, Chamber Music, Ear Magazine, Stagebill/Playbill, Symphony, Time Out New York and the Grove Dictionary.  Frank’s own music reconciles structural concepts from minimalism and serialism and frequently explores microtonality. His compositions have been performed in venues ranging from Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and the Theatre Royal in Bath, England to Galapagos, the Knitting Factory, the Sidewalk Café, and PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle where John Cage first prepared a piano. Pianist Guy Livingston, the PRISM Saxophone Quartet, and the Los Angeles Electric 8 have released commercial recordings featuring Oteri's music and MACHUNAS, his “performance oratorio in four colors” based on the life of Fluxus-founder George Maciunas created in collaboration with painter/performance artist Lucio Pozzi, was staged at the Contemporary Arts Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania as part of the International Christopher Summer Festival in a production conducted by Donatas Katkus. Frank holds a BA and a MA (in ethnomusicology) from Columbia University where he served as classical music director and world music director for WKCR-FM. In 2007, Oteri was the recipient of ASCAP’s Victor Herbert Award for his “distinguished service to American music as composer, journalist, editor, broadcaster, impresario, and advocate.” For more information, visit fjoteri.com.