Curtis Glatter is an American composer, improviser and percussionist born on February 20, 1972. Glatter was raised in Dearborn Heights, Michigan and began performing at the age of eight. In 2000, Glatter graduated with a B.A. in Music Composition from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. In the past ten years, members of the Trummerflora Collective, Detroit Symphony, Pontiac Oakland Symphony and Camarada Ensemble have premiered his compositions. Glatter relocated to study in Vienna in 1999 and later the following year he was invited to study at Carnegie Hall. He has studied composition as well as classical and African percussion techniques at Henry Ford Community College, Interlochen Arts Academy and Oakland University thus affording him the luxury to utilize a wide variety of possibilities when composing or improvising. Glatter is currently a living in Southern California and remains an active member ASCAP, a member of the Trummerflora Collective, Artistic Director for the new music concert series called New Sounds Downtown in San Diego, California, a composer/performer in the Glatter/Hubbard Percussion Duo, an affiliated member of the Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers and a writer for the San Diego New Music Newsletter.

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