Scott Wollschleger

Scott Wollschleger (born 1980) is an American composer based in New York City.

Scott Wollschleger was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He studied with Nils Vigeland at the Manhattan School of Music, earning a Masters of Music in 2005. He was a co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Red Light New Music, a new music ensemble based in New York, with Christopher Cerrone, Vincent Raikhel, and Liam Robertson.

Wollschleger's music has been recorded by pianist Ivan Ilić and released on Heresy Records and New Focus Recordings. Wollschleger has been commissioned by and worked with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, the Longleash Piano Trio, loadbang, and the Mivos Quartet.

Wollschleger's music has been supported by grants and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, BMI, New Music USA, and the Society for New Music. He is published by Project Schott New York.

Wollschleger calls much of his music "brontal", an idiosyncratic adjective invented by the composer to describe the paradoxes inherent in his work, which stems from his deep involvement with the works of philosopher Gilles Deleuze. His music has been compared to that of Morton Feldman by Ethan Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus, and has been called "apocalyptic" by Alex Ross.

Works published by Project Schott New York include:

    •    America for cello (2013)

    •    Blue Inscription for piano (2010)

    •    Brontal No. 3 for flute (piccolo), clarinet, horn, percussion (3 drums, water gongs, 2 cymbals, vibraphone, wood blocks), piano, violin, viola, cello (2012)

    •    Brontal No. 6 for piano(2013)

    •    Brontal Symmetry for violin, cello, and piano (2015)

    •    The Heart is No Place for War for two vibraphones and two pianos (2016)

    •    In Search of Lost Color for piano (2010)

    •    Meditation on Dust, concerto for piano and string orchestra (2015)

    •    Music without Metaphor for solo piano (2013)

    •    Soft Aberration no. 2 for piano and viola (2015)

    •    String Quartet No. 2 "White Wall" for string quartet (2013)

    •    We Haven Taken and Eaten, a monodrama for solo percussioist (2015)