Amy Knoles

ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION

Amy is Associate Dean for Enrollment Management; Larry Levine Chair in Contemporary Music, Faculty of Electronic Percussion @ the Herb Alpert School of Music (HASOM) at CalArts.

Amy Knoles performs original works and gives masterclasses throughout the world, manages enrollment for the HASOM @ CalArts, mentors incoming and current students, and teaches live electronic musicianship through courses such as TRIG: the Electronic Musician and Persia Electric Ensemble.

Amy is a recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Composer-in-Residence at the Music Center of Los Angeles, the Meet the Composer Commissioning Music USA, the UNESCO International Prize for the Performing Arts, the C.O.L.A. and has worked with the LA Phil, Kronos Qt., Rachel Rosenthal, Frank Zappa, Pierre Boulez, Morton Subotnick, Robert Henke a.k.a. MonoLake, Ensemble Modern, Flea, Bang On A Can, Ulrich Krieger, Alison Knowles, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, David Rosenboom, Mauricio Kagel, Julia Wolfe, and Vinko Globokar.