Dary John Mizelle (born June 14, 1940 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is an American composer. June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Stillwater is the name of some places in the United States of America: Stillwater, Minnesota Stillwater, New York Stillwater, Oklahoma Stillwater is the name of several rivers, see Stillwater River. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Mizelle studied trombone as well as composition and participated in the New Music Ensemble at the University of California, Davis, where he participated in a course led by Karlheinz Stockhausen. He also helped found SOURCE Magazine. The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... Musical composition is: an original piece of music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new piece of music // A musical composition A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic event (a live performance... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is a public, coeducational university located in Davis, California, which is about fifteen miles west of Sacramento in Californias Central Valley. ... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a German composer. ...

His music involves his own performance on several different instruments and he works in many different genres and media, including electronic and computer music. His SPANDA project involves thirteen days of music.

Discography

• Dary John Mizelle: Soundscape: Collected Works Vol. 1 (2000). Furious Artisans FACD6801. Featuring:

1. Metalsong II
2. Soundscape
3. Pi/Grace
4. Samadhi

• Dary John Mizelle: SPANDA Symphonies of Sound (2006). Nataraja Records. Featuring:

1. SPANDA Symphonies of Sound I : Transmutations and Metamorphoses
2. SPANDA Symphonies of Sound IV : I Was Standing Close to Quiet Process

Further reading

Kyle Gann. “Calm Within Chaos” (Dary John Mizelle, Robert Ashley). Village Voice. November 22, 1988 (Vol. XXXIII No. 47, p. 86).

External links

• Dary John Mizelle homepage