Jay C. Batzner is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches theory, composition, and technology courses as well as coordinates the composition program. He holds degrees in composition and/or theory from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, the University of Louisville, and the University of Kansas.
Jay's music is primarily focused around instrumental chamber works as well as electroacoustic composition. His music has been recorded on the Capstone, Vox Novus, and Beauport Classical labels and is published by Unsafe Bull Music.
Jay is a sci-fi geek, an amateur banjoist, a home brewer, and juggler.
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11/13/2007
End of Time
Well, our first batch of graduate students here at UCF just performed Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps. They played the hell out of it, too. I choked up not once, but twice. The audience was full, which was nice to see. I gave my Theory 1 students 10 points of extra credit for attending. They may have come for the points but they certainly won't go back out into the world the same way as they were before hearing the piece. Ah, aren't ulterior motives grand?
I have a lesson in under an hour. I'm finding it hard to just go back about my busy schedule as if the whole thing hadn't happened. If anyone needs me, I'll be out of the office for a while...
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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