Philip Glass Ensemble
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The Philip Glass Ensemble is a musical group founded by composer Philip Glass in 1968 to serve as a performance outlet for his experimental minimalist music. The Ensemble's instrumentation became a hallmark of Glass' early minimalist style. After Glass wrote his first opera, Einstein on the Beach, for the Ensemble in 1976, he began to compose for other instrumentation more frequently.
While the Ensemble's exact instrumentation has varied over the years, it has generally consisted of amplified woodwinds, keyboard synthesizers, and solo soprano voice (singing solfege). The Philip Glass Ensemble continues to perform and record, under the musical direction of keyboardist Michael Riesman.
[edit] Members
Michael Riesman, keyboards Philip Glass, keyboards Jon Gibson, woodwinds Dan Dryden, audio engineer Lisa Bielawa, voice Andrew Sterman, woodwinds Mick Rossi, percussion, keyboards Frank Cassara, percussion Stephen Erb, audio engineer David Crowell, woodwinds
Martin Goldray, keyboards (retired) Eleanor Sandresky, keyboards (retired) Richard Peck, woodwinds (retired) Jack Kripl, woodwinds (retired) Richard Landry, woodwinds (retired) Joan La Barbara, voice (retired) Dora Ohrenstein, voice (retired) Kurt Munkacsi, audio engineer (now producer)
[edit] Films
2008 - Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. Directed by Scott Hicks. 1983 - Philip Glass. From Four American Composers. Directed by Peter Greenaway.
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