Bob Gluck
"I aim to bring together what I love about Jewish culture with the aesthetics of contemporary music ... if the way in which ancient text is chanted is by taking short sound gestures and putting them together like in a puzzle, that for me points to the kinds of ways that I construct sound mosaics."
Bob Gluck is a composer of sound collages and interactive systems, and a rabbi and educator. Gluck weaves together found sounds and on-site recordings to create soundscapes and abstract, compositions. His interactive instruments and sculptures use sensor technologies with Max/MSP to allow musicians and non-musicians to participate in music-making. Gluck's live performances feature sensor-based gestural controllers and expanded acoustical instruments.
Collaborators have included video artist Cynthia Rubin and others. His work has been performed at DeCordova Museum (Boston), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bregenzer Kunstverein (Austria), Hochschule der Kuenste (Berlin), Schenectady (New York) Jewish Community Center, Mobius (Boston), The Flea Theater (New York City), Museum Ex-Teresa (Mexico City) ... He has taught seminars and workshops throughout North America ... Gluck's essays have been published by Reconstructionist Press, Crossing Press, Jason Aronson.
Gluck teaches electronic and computer music at the State University of New York at Albany, where he directs the Electronic Music Studio, and he serves as Associate Director at the Electronic Music Foundation.
Available CDs
Photo by Joel Chadabe
