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Greg D’Alessio is an Associate Professor of composition at Cleveland State University,
where he is also coordinator of the electronic and computer music studios, and director
of the experimental music ensemble. In addition, he is leader and guitarist of the Why
collective,a Cleveland based improvisational and mixed media performance group.

He has received numerous honors and awards in recognition of his work as a composer,
including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a commission from the Koussevitsky Foundation in
the Library of Congress, The Aaron Copland Prize in Composition, two Ohio Arts Council
Awards,The Cleveland Arts Prize, the Board of Director’s Prize from the Society for
Electro-Acoustic Music (SEAMUS), and the Otto Ettinger Fellowship to the Tanglewood
Music Festival.