Timothy Polashek is an accomplished pianist, lecturer and composer, writing for a variety of ensembles and media, including vocal, instrumental, and electro-acoustic music, text/sound compositions, and interactive performance systems. He is known for his unique arrangements. Dr. Polashek is an Assistant Professor of Music at Lehman College, and the Director of their state-of-the-art Electronic Music Center.
Tim’s music has been performed in Hong Kong, Brazil, Moscow, and other European countries. He has recently debuted works at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the SPARK New Music Festival. Some of his work has been performed by the renowned new music ensemble, Speculum Musicae. Tim was a panelist at the 2000 Society of Electro-Acoustic Music conference. His interactive text/sound installation Tinkering With Sound debuted at the NY Lincoln Center Summer Festival in 2000 and his electronic composition A Miniature Odyssey was performed at the prestigious 2004 International Computer Music Festival. Hot-Tempered Arpeggios, his new electronic composition, will receive its premiere performance at the American Festival of Microtonal Music in New York City on April 8, 2005. A member of the collaborative group, The Electric Music Collective, Tim’s work can be found on their albums Incandescence and Defiant.
Dr. Polashek received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from Columbia University, an MA in Electro-Acoustic Music from Dartmouth College, and BA in Music from Grinnell College.