James Tenney

Composer, pianist, conductor, educator, James Tenney is well known for his work as research composer at Bell Labs in the early 1960s.

As co-organizer, conductor, and pianist for the Tone Roads Chamber Ensemble, he played a role in introducing the music of Charles Ives, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Charles Ruggles, Edgard Varese, and others to a wider audience. He taught at Brooklyn Polytechnic, New School (New York City), University of California at Santa Cruz, York University (Toronto), and California Institute of the Arts.