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Keith Allan Kramer, composer, conductor and guitarist, currently resides in Maryland, U.S.A. where he teaches composition, theory, electronic music, world music and music history. His compositions are performed frequently throughout the United States as well as internationally. Keith is also the recipient of several composition prizes. He has studied with Thomas DeLio, John Van der Slice and Stuart Saunders Smith. Keith received his D.M.A. in composition from the University of Miami and his M.Mus. in composition from the University of Maryland, College Park. His music is at times subtle and restrained, and other times ferocious and demanding. Always searching for new modes of expression, each piece that Keith composes represents another facet of a continuous journey of discovery. Recent all Kramer programs include Beyond Sonic Boundaries performed at New York's Merkin Hall in March 2006. Recent commissions include Keith's work Planned Disarrangement, as a part of Sound Off, commemorating the art of Franz West, an event featured at the Baltimore Museum of Art in December 2008. As President of the Baltimore Composers Forum (BCF), Keith recently organized and participated in Sound in Motion, a collaboration between area composers and choreographers at the Baltimore Museum of Art in October 2008 as well as Sound on Sound: In Memoriam Stephen Makofski at An die Musik in March 2009. His music has been performed and recorded by many great musicians including the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vit Micka, David Taylor, Gottfried Stoger, David LaVorgna and Joseph Satava, Azimuth Quartet, Jade Strings, Sonora Ensemble, Alan Ngim, George Weremchuk and Maiko Suzuki.
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