Degrees: MM, 1961, Manhattan Schl Music; BM, 1960, Manhattan Schl Music; BSED, 1956, Hofstra Univ

Bio:

Education

Master of Music
Manhattan School of Music

B.S. in Music
Manhattan School of Music

B.S. in Education
Hofstra University

Professional Positions

Hofstra University
Composition, Electronic Music, Music Business, Multimedia, Theory, Ear Training

Jim Henson Associates
Coordinator of a Muppet Music Education Project

Moog Music, Inc.
Director of Sales and Marketing

Norlin Corporation
Marketing and Product Consultant for Moog Synthesizer Division

Roland Corporation, Eastern USA
Marketing and Product Consultant, Clinician

Compositions Performed

New York's Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, Town Hall, Merkin Hall.

WQXR, WNYC, WBAI, etc.

Performances throughout the U.S. and in Europe.

College and University performances include Hofstra, Adelphi Univ., C.W. Post College of L.I. University, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and other Community Colleges, NYU, SUNY, - various campuses, CUNY - various campuses

Franklin Institute, Phila.

Awards

Meet The Composer Awards from 1984-2003, ASCAP Awards 1988-2003.

George Estabrook Distinguished Alumni Award, Hofstra University, 1995.

Hofstra University Alumni Achievement Award, 2001

Memberships

ASCAP
Small Computers in the Arts Network (SCAN)
Society for ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)
Long Island Composers Alliance (co-founder), 1972
President, 1998, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society
NY State School Music Association, Music Technology Committee since 1993
Music Educators National Conference
New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA), Composition and Improvisation committee since 1998

Recordings

Woman In Darkness: Music for theater, cabaret and concert stage.Woman In DarknessWoman In Darkness is a production of 4-TAY Inc.

Works performed on Leonard Lehrman Performs Solo Piano Works by the Members of the Long Island Composers Alliance (Capstone)

Diverse Light, Vol. 2-The Meridian String Quartet (Capstone)

Publications

Music

Alfred Music Publishers

Accentuate Music

World Library of Sacred Music

Books

Synthesis, An Introduction to Electronic Music Alfred Music, 1974

Synthesis (revised second Edition) Alfred Music, 1976

ElectroAcoustic Music CPP/Belwin (Warner), 1993

Teaching Yourself Piano Karamar Publishers, 1995

Articles (selected)

Report on 1965 workshop on the applications of the newly-developed Moog Synthesizer to Music Education Audio Engineering Society Journal

10 feature articles on various areas in the development of electronic music Music Computers & Software (1989-90)

42 feature articles, product reviews and interviews The Music & Computer Educator (1990-92)

14 record and/or CD reviews, American Record Guide (1988-93)

Biography

Herbert A. Deutsch has had an eclectic career as a composer, author, educator and marketing consultant. He is the Department Chairman and a Professor of Music at Hofstra University where he directs the Music Business Program, the Electronic Music and Recording Studios and teaches composition and multimedia. A composer of music in various media, his work has been widely performed and commissioned works have been featured at MENC national and regional conferences. He co-founded the Long Island Composers Alliance and is a recipient of numerous Meet The Composer and ASCAP Awards.

His interest in electronic music led him to collaborate in 1964 with Robert A. Moog on the development of the first Moog Synthesizer and, in September of 1965, his "New York Improvisation Quartet" gave at Town Hall, New York concert which included the Moog's first live performance.

He has served as Director of Marketing and Sales at Moog Music, and has been a marketing and development consultant to Multivox Music, Norlin Industries, Passport Designs Software and Jim Henson's Muppets. He is the author of Synthesis (Alfred Publishing Co.), in its second edition and published in Japanese and Korean, Electroacoustic Music; Its First Century (CPP/Belwin) and Teaching Yourself Piano (Karamar Publishing Co.). He is active in the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Small Computers in the Arts Network, and was co-founder, Educational Consultant and feature writer for The Music & Computer Educator and a reviewer for The American Record Guide.