Arvo Part
Josquin De Prez
RadioHead
William Byrd
Linkin Park
The Books
Mum
Imogen Heap
Donald Erb
Henryk Gorecki
Nine Inch Nails
Massive Attack
Eminem
Kate Havenevik
Claude Debussy
Walter Piston
Portishead
Sounds Like
These five pieces were composed over the course of the last few years. The first "Someday" is brand new and my first attempt at the popular genre. This song was written, produced, and sang by me. The second two are older electronic works.
The third piece was premiered on March 31, 2007 by the Duke University Vespers Ensemble. The final excerpt is from a larger work incorporating electronics and piano entitled "Origin X".
Paul Leary, originally a Southern California native, attended the University of Michigan and in 1999 received his Bachelor’s in music Composition. There he studied with William Albright, Erik Santos, and Michael Dougherty. His graduate work brought him to the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where he received his Masters in Music Composition in May 2002. Paul’s piece, Horn Sonata was premiered by Richard King, principle horn of the Cleveland Orchestra in the spring of 2003 and has since been performed worldwide. In April 2004, Paul orchestrated, arranged and transcribed the Contemporary Youth Orchestra’s concert with Jon Anderson , lead singer of Yes. In 2005, Paul orchestrated and arranged a concert with four time Grammy Award winning artist Pat Benetar. Paul’s music has also appeared in the concert series at Mather Dance Center in Cleveland, Oh, from 2002-2006; contributing works for String Quintet, Electronics, Cello and Piano, Clarinet and Piano, and solo Piano. Paul’s most recent work, “I have a Past Life Memory of the War that Blew the Fifth Planet into the Asteroid Belt” for sax quartet and electronics was chosen as a finalist at the 2007 International Computer Music Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. And was the winner of the NY competition, Look and Listen, call for scores 2008. In 2005, Paul became a part-time lecturer at Case Western Reserve University teaches computer music. In 2005, Paul Leary began working towards his PhD in Music Composition at Duke University. Mr. Leary took a leave of absence from his studies at Duke to teach theory, composition, and music history full time at Denison University in Granville, OH for the 2007-8 academic year. He has returned to Duke in Durham, NC, and is finishing his PhD.
Dear Paul: Thanks for the add. You have a curious, well-crafted assortment of pieces here. I found the Linkin Park hommage moving ion a most unexpected way. Hope your endeavors continue to go well - gil.
