John Link

Who was John Link?

John Link is a New York composer and is one of the founders of Friends and Enemies of New Music

Link received a Ph.D. in music from the City University of New York, a Master's degree from The Ohio State University, and B.M. and B.A. degrees from the University of Nebraska. He studied composition with David Olan, Thomas Wells, and Randall Snyder.

In 1989 he and a group of composers— Tom Cipullo, Nancy Gunn, Cynthia Miller, Gregory W. Pinney, and Ben Yarmolinsky — formed Friends & Enemies of New Music, a composers group that put on a series of contemporary music concerts in New York City and sponsored an annual competition.

In 2007 his composition For Irving Lippel, performed by Jeffrey Irving and Daniel Lippel appeared on the album Sustenance and in 2008 an excerpt of his work Life Studies was included on the compilation album Crosstalk: American Speech Music produced by Mendi + Keith Obadike.

In 2009 his composition Around the Bend appeared on the album FM by Flexible Music.

He is currently a Professor of Music at William Paterson University directing the Center for Electroacoustic Music.