Julia Wolfe

Julia Wolfe is ranked among the more important composers stylistically linked to post-minimalism. Though her music falls under that broad and somewhat nondescript tag, it is quite eclectic and almost defies classification. There is a range of disparate elements in her works, from rock and minimalist influences to features such as long pauses and various extreme uses of sound, which achieve massive, some might say deafening, decibel levels. She has also incorporated microtonal elements and natural sounds emanating from both rural and urban sources. Wolfe has written for orchest...