Ken Walicki
Associate Professor of Music

Ken Walicki, a Fulbright Scholar, studied in Germany with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Helmut Lachenmann. His teachers have also included Aaron Copeland, Samuel Barber and William Schumann. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University studying with Jere Hutcheson. Ken has worked with artists such as Lydia Lunch, Dora Ohrenstein, the Doug Elkins Dance Company, producer/director Mark Obenhaus, Bermuda Triangle, the Soldier String Quartet and ETHEL. His own ensemble performs throughout the United States and Europe. The Kronos Quartet commissioned a string quartet “nada Brahma,” and frequently performed it. A recipient of numerous grants and commissions, they included the American Composers Forum, the NEA, the Jerome Foundation, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust and Meet the Composer. Ken’s aesthetic influence comes from a combination of growing up in Detroit as a rock guitarist, and his involvement with World Music and Art Music. His music is available on Knitting Factory Works, CRS Artists, C.R.I., Channel Records and in Japan on Riot Records.