Miessler, Cy
Biography
Born: 1992
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Studies: University of Texas at Austin (Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance); Arizona State University (Master of Music); Indiana University (Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance)
Teachers: Thomas Burritt & Tony Edwards & J.B. Smith & Shaun Tilburg & Kevin Bobo & John Tafoya & Michael Spiro & Steve Houghton
Website: https://www.miesslermusic.com/
Cy Miessler is a percussionist, composer, and educator currently based in Austin, Texas. As an avid performer of marimba repertoire, Cy has competed in an abundance of marimba competitions, receiving 1st prize at the 2022 Great Plains International Marimba Duo Competition as a part of Arcus Duo, and 2nd prize at the International Percussion Institute Marimba Competition in Aberdeen, Scotland in the summer of 2019. In 2015, Cy received 1st place at the Mid-Missouri Marimba Competition, and was a semifinalist in the Great Plains International Marimba Competition in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2022. He also was the winner of the Indiana University Percussion Concerto Competition in 2011, in which he performed the Kraft Timpani Concerto. In the time he has spent at the University of Texas, Cy was commissioned to compose a percussion ensemble for the Lassiter Percussion Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as a percussion quartet for PASIC 2020. While at Arizona State University, Cy was commissioned by J.B. Smith and the Arizona State Contemporary Percussion Ensemble to compose a marimba sextet for the McCormick Marimba Festival in Florida.
Works for Percussion
Solo
Hightail - Snare Drum
Meat - Marimba
Stank - Multiple Percussion
Duet
Death Blow - Bass Drum Duet
Pyre - Percussion Duet
Six Above Clouds - Marimba Duet
Storm - Marimba Duet
Chamber
Bliss Point - Percussion Quintet
Destruction & Ascension - 9 Percussionists
Imminent Slaughter - 8 Percussionsts
Napalm Basket - Percussion Quartet
Onslaught - Percussion Quartet
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