Evan Antonellis was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1984 and was trained as a musician at age 6, beginning as a percussionist, then as a pianist, guitarist, and composer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Composition summa cum laude from The Boston Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music, where his composition teachers included Larry Bell, Andy Vores, Dalit Warshaw, and Reiko Fueting; he is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate on full scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music. His compositions have been performed both in the United States and in Europe by many mixed ensembles, and in New York his works have been performed at The Flea, The Stone, The Gershwin Hotel, and many other underground venues. He has worked with conductors such as Jeffrey Milarsky, David Gilbert, Bruce Hangen, and Yoichi Udagawa. He has participated in master classes with Dawn Upshaw, Frederick Rzewski, and Richard Danielpour, and has lectured on his music at Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University. As a teacher of music, he taught and tutored at The Boston Conservatory, and is currently a Theory Fellow at Manhattan School of Music. He is also an expert in Finale, as well as an expert electronic musician, and as an electronic musician, he has engineered concerts for the Electronic Music Foundation, the Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Red Light New Music, and many independent concerts as well. He is currently a student of Nils Vigeland.
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