Kyle Gann

Kyle Gann is a composer and critic who is probably better known in the latter role, having written for The Village Voice, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, and other prestigious publications. His sympathies in both professions have been with the more progressive styles of composition, including most forms of American experimentalism such as Totalism, an off-shoot of minimalism that is mainly derived from rhythm and can simultaneously employ different tempos and rhythms. Gann was born in Texas on November 21, 1955, to musical parents: his father was a choral singer and his mo...