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David Fiuczynski
Position
Professor
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617-747-2884
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Guitar shredder, researcher, composer, leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos band, and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, David Fiuczynski explores the microtonal universe like few others. A recent project is jointly dedicated to 20th-century classical composer Olivier Messiaen and innovative hip-hop record producer J Dilla. Over the last 40 years, Fiuczynski has explored music of the world widely with the goal of furthering guitar language, technique, and technologies by incorporating foreign music traditions, harmonies, and styles to create a unique idiom that transcends them all.
Career Highlights
- Leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos
- Performances with Stewart Copeland, Dennis Chambers, Jack DeJohnette, JoJo Mayer, Marcus Miller, and Bernie Worrell
- Recordings with Billy Hart, Hasidic New Wave, Hiromi, John Medeski, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Ronald Shannon Jackson
- Performances at festivals in Argentina, Canada, Europe, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Africa, and the U.S.
Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship in Microtonal Composition (2011)
- Mass Arts Council Fellowship in Music Composition (2009 and 2017)
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