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Bradley S. Green is a composer, theorist, and educator based in Washington, DC. Bradley’s music is frequently performed both nationally and internationally, has been featured on the Takoma Public Radio show Coda (hosted by Matt Testa), and has been programmed at multiple music festivals and conferences, including numerous SCI and CMS regional and national conferences, the Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, the StageFree concert series, the Mise-en Music Festival, and the CMS International Conference in Belgium. His style is exemplified by an interest in experimenting with colorful textures, specifically how they evolve and morph over time, and exploring different ways for performers to interact during performance, both with the each other and with the notated material.
Bradley is also one of the founding members and served on the leadership committee of DISTRICT NEW MUSIC COALITION from 2017-2022, an organization of musicians and new music lovers that aim to promote the performance and appreciation of contemporary music by connecting performers, composers, institutions, and audiences located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area through concerts, conferences, and active community-building.
He is also active in the fields of music theory and theory/composition pedagogy. His most notable work has been his exploration of Earle Brown and his Open Form compositions, specifically his analysis of Brown's String Quartet (1965), entitled Performer Choice and Earle Brown’s String Quartet, which is published by Indiana Theory Review. As a pedagogue, he is always looking for new and engaging ways to incorporate technology into the classroom, and has been published on the topic of utilizing iPad's to enrich class lessons by the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Online. He has also presented his work in a variety of mediums, including SCI and CMS conferences, UMBC's Livewire New Music Festival, the USF New Music Festival & Symposium, and as a guest lecturer at multiple universities. His current primary research interest is in music composition pedagogy, and he and colleague Andrew Hannon are authoring a study on the skills and experiences of undergraduate music composition students.
In 2012, Bradley graduated from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC with BA degrees in both Music Composition and Music Education; in 2014 he graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC with a MM degree in Music Theory and Composition, where he researched and studied theory pedagogy with Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass; and in 2017, he earned a DMA degree in music composition at the University of Maryland in College Park. Bradley has served on the faculty at numerous universities, including American University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of the District of Columbia. Currently, he the Student Affairs Director for CNAHS at Howard University. His primary composition teachers include Thomas J. DeLio, Scott Meister, and Ran Whitley, and his theory analysis and pedagogy teachers include Thomas J. DeLio and Jennifer Snodgrass.
Bradley is a member of Society of Composers, Inc., Broadcast Music, Inc., College Music Society, SEAMUS, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He previously served as the treasurer/secretary for the College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter.