Martin Bresnick

Martin Bresnick, the Charles T. Wilson, Jr. Professor in the Practice of Music, was educated at the University of Hartford, Stanford University, and the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. His principal teachers of composition included György Ligeti, John Chowning, and Gottfried von Einem. Professor Bresnick has taught internationally, including at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and the Royal Academy of Music in London, among others. 

Professor Bresnick’s compositions, from opera, chamber, and symphonic music to film scores and computer music, are performed throughout the world by leading symphony orchestras, chamber groups, and festival ensembles. His music has been recorded and released by New Focus Recordings, Tall Poppies Records, Starkland, Cantaloupe Music, Composers Recordings, Inc., Centaur Records, New World Records, Artifact Music, and Albany Records, and is published by such companies as Carl Fischer Music, Bote & Bock, and CommonMuse Music Publishers.

At Yale, Professor Bresnick teaches a studio of graduate students, and his works are often featured in the New Music New Haven concert series. During the summer, he is director of the New Music Workshop at the Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.