Victor Grauer

Biography

Dr. Victor Grauer, based in Pittsburgh, PA,  is a composer, musicologist, film‑maker, media artist, poet and dramatist.   He holds a Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, and a Ph. D. in Music Composition from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he studied with Leo Smit, Henri Pousseur and Lejarin Hiller.  His creative work has been presented at institutions such as Lincoln Center, The Millennium (New York), the Albright Knox Museum (Buffalo), Hallwalls (Buffalo), Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh), the Film London Festival, The Kitchen (New York), The Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), the Birmingham Lofts (Pittsburgh), The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, the Center for Contemporary Art (Cincinnati), the Barbicon Center (London), etc.His writings on musicology and the arts have been published in journals such as Ethnomusicology, Semiotica, Art Criticism, Music Theory Online, Other Voices,  Millennium Film Journal and The World of Music.  In 1998 he received the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Creative Achievement Award.  Grauer has taught at the University of Pittsburgh Music Dept., Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the Pittsburgh High School of the Creative and Performing Arts music program and Chatham College.