Composer James Tenney has claimed that he tries to avoid emotionality in his music, preferring to explore diverse experimental ideas. Yet on the evidence of the career-spanning “James Tenney at 70” ...

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The Brigham Young University School of Music and Group for New Music will present a concert featuring music by composer James Tenney Thursday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The ...

In 1952, Stan Brakhage made his first film at 19. The music for “Interim” was by his friend from high school in Denver, James Tenney, a year younger. A boy and girl meet under a city viaduct. It rains ...

James Tenney, who died Thursday at 72, was by common acclamation the most renowned obscure composer in America. He was held in high esteem by critics and by composers including John Cage and Steve ...

VALENCIA – Former CalArts professor James Tenney, a composer, performer and computer music pioneer, died Thursday in Valencia. He was 72. Tenney held the Roy E. Disney Family Chair in Musical ...