Mark Applebaum

Who is Mark Applebaum?

Mark Applebaum is an American composer and associate professor of music composition and theory at Stanford University. He received his PhD in music composition from the University of California at San Diego where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Joji Yuasa, Rand Steiger, and Roger Reynolds. Prior to Stanford, Applebaum taught at UCSD, Mississippi State University, and Carleton College. He has received commissions from Betty Freeman, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Fromm Foundation, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, the Vienna Modern Festival, Antwerp’s Champ D’Action, Festival ADEvantgarde in Munich, Zeitgeist, MANUFACTURE, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Jerome Foundation, and the American Composers Forum