About
Andrew Stock is a composer and artist working in concert and installative formats with focus areas in experimental music, conceptual art, and Black studies. His work has been commissioned or programmed by groups and festivals including LA Phil/wild Up, Fonema Consort, Quince Ensemble, the New York Virtuoso Singers, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and Ostrava Days (CZ); projects have been financially supported by Goethe-Institut, ASCAP, and other arts organizations. Formerly a violist, Stock toured the U.S., Germany, and Switzerland as a soloist, chamber player, and orchestral musician until 2017 (NY Phil Biennial, New World Symphony, Aspen and Lucerne festivals, WQXR Q2). Since 2019 he has increasingly presented work in a variety of other media or contexts alongside concert music (e.g. performance art, text, curation) in addition to teaching, lecturing, and performing both as a PhD candidate (University of Chicago) and as a guest at other institutions (Yale, Stanford, Manhattan School of Music, Connecticut College, Webster University). He studies with Michael Pisaro-Liu.
Since 2023, Stock has been the curator of Gray Sound, a series dedicated to experimental music, performance, and sound arts at the University of Chicago’s Gray Center for the Arts and Inquiry. His own current projects include Books 1 and 2 of Songs, a large, open-ended collection of works exploring speech, text, and code.
(updated October 2, 2024)
Teaching Experience
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MUSI 10300 (Intro to Music: Materials and Design) — Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
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MUSI 10100 (Intro to Western Music) — Spring 2024