American composer Albert Glinsky has received critical praise for his music, which has been performed widely, and in such settings as the Aspen Music Festival, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trapp, and in England, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the Far East. Performing organizations as diverse as the Boys Choir of Harlem and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra have premiered his works. Dance has played a large role in Glinsky's musical output. His works have been presented at the Lexington and Wilkes-Barre Ballets, the Merce Cunningham Dance Theatre, Les Grandes Ballets Canadiennes, Marin Ballet and at universities around the country. The Joffrey II Company presented a three-season international tour of his ballet Flights, which was subsequently filmed for cable television.

Among the awards Glinsky has received are grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Smithsonian Institution, the Jerome Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, Music at La Gesse Foundation, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, the Haydn Foundation, and New York State CAPS (Fellowship). In 1987 he joined the artist roster of the Astral Foundation which awarded him a major career grant, and later, a consortium commision for his piano concerto. Among the prizes Glinsky has received are two awards at the Alienor International Competition in Washington D.C., and a prize in the Composers Guild Choral Competition. In 1987 he was a Ucross Foundation resident artist in Wyoming. Recent performances and commissions have been presented by the Cavani String Quartet, Relache, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, and the Erie Philharmonic, and with conductors Walter Hendl, Eiji Oue and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. His music is recorded on the BMG Catalyst, Centaur, and Leonore labels. Currently, Glinsky is at work on a clarinet concerto for Richard Stoltzman to be recorded on a CD with the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Albert Glinsky is the author of Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, published by the University of Illinois Press, with a foreword by Robert Moog. Theremin won the prestigious ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in 2001 and received worldwide press acclaim. A gifted lecturer, Glinsky has delivered his multimedia "Termen-ology" presentation (on the life of Leon Theremin) across the US and in Europe. He has also given workshops at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and was chosen to participate in the 2002-2003 Pennsylvania Humanities Council's Commonwealth Speakers Program. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the A&E Network, various National Public Radio programs, and on Canada's CBC network and England's BBC Radio.  Albert Glinsky is listed in Who's Who in America, 2002, 2003, and 2004 editions.  Glinsky has served on the faculty of Montclair State College, and was BMI Composer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Currently he is Professor of Music at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania. Born in New York City, Albert Glinsky studied composition principally with Joan Tower and David Diamond. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, and a Ph.D. from New York University. He is a member of American Composers Alliance, and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). His music includes vocal, chamber, solo, and symphonic works, and is published by E. C. Schirmer, Hinshaw Press, and C.F. Peters. Albert Glinsky being interviewed for a documentary which aired on the Discovery Channel To download a publicity photo click here.  For bios, click here. BIOGRAPHY WORKS AWARDS LISTEN REVIEWS PHOTO GALLERY ARTICLES APPEARANCES THE BOOK BOOK REVIEWS TERMEN-OLOGY MERCHANDISE TEACHING EXHIBITIONS CONTACTS HOME