ArtistInfo

Barbara Kolb

*1939 US, Hartford, Connecticut
Composer of Classical and Electronic

Barbara Kolb (b. Hartford, Connecticut, February 10, 1939) is an American composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units (motifs or figures). Barbara's musical styling can be identified by her use of colorful textures, impressionistic touch, and atonal vocabulary, with influences stemming from literary and visual arts. She was the first American woman composer to win the Rome Prize. She received her B.M. (cum laude, 1961) and M.M. degrees (1964) from the Hartt College of Music (now The Hartt School) at the University of Hartford, and studied with Arnold Franchetti, Lukas Foss and Gunther Schuller. Following her various degrees, Kolb relocated to Vienna, Austria from 1966-1967 with a Fulbright Fellowship grant. She

Genres

• Classical
• Electronic