
Biography
Mike Frengel holds B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in electroacoustic music composition from San Jose State University, Dartmouth College and City University, London, respectively. He has had the great fortune to study with Jon Appleton, Charles Dodge, Larry Polansky, Denis Smalley, Allen Strange, and Christian Wolff. His works have received international recognition and have been included on the Sonic Circuits VII, ICMC’95, CDCM Vol.26, 2000 Luigi Russolo and ICMC 2009 compact discs. His recently completed book, The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice, is available through Oxford University Press.
Professional Activities & Accomplishments
PUBLICATIONS
Frengel, M. (2017) The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Frengel, M. (2013). Interactivity and Liveness in Electroacoustic Concert Music. In The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Frengel, M. (2012). Technology and Music. In Encyclopedia of American Music and
Culture. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Frengel, M. (2010). A Multidimensional approach to relationships between live and
non-live sound sources in mixed works. Organised Sound, 15(2).
Frengel, M. (2009). Reconciling musical language in mixed works: a case study. ACM SIGGRAPH ’09: Music & Audio Conference Proceedings. New York: ACM.
Frengel, M. (1999). Nick Didkovsky. In New Grove Dictionary of American Musicians. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Frengel, M. (1999). Warren Burt. In New Grove Dictionary of American Musicians.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
DISCOGRAPHY
Frengel, M. (2004). Slinky. On ICMC 2009 Compact Disc. Montreal: International Computer Music Association. (2009).
Frengel, M. (2000). And Then, Romina…. On XXII Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo Di Musica Elettroacustica 2000. Varèse, Italy: Russolo-Pratella Foundation. (2001).
Frengel, M. (1999). Long Slender Heels. On Sonic Circuits VII. St. Paul, MN: Innova Records.
Frengel, M. (1996). Three Short Stories. On CDCM Volume 26. Baton Rouge, LA: Centuar Records. (1998).
Frengel, M. (1996). No Pestering. On ICMC96 “On The Edge”. Hong Kong: October Music.
A Western Front (1998). Millennium (full length album). Los Gatos, CA: Quagmire Records.
A Western Front (1997). Silverdog (full length album). Los Gatos, CA: Quagmire Records.
A Western Front (1996). A.D. (full length album). Los Gatos, CA: Quagmire Records.
Supertronic (1995). WireFire (full length album). Los Gatos, CA: Quagmire Records.