John Van der Slice

John Van der Slice received his A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. degree in Ethnomusicology and a M.M. in Composition from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a D.M.A. degree in Composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana.

He studied composition with Armand Russell, Neil McKay, and Paul Zonn.

He is a specialist in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries and his own compositions include more than forty works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and orchestra.

He was Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, from which he retired, after 24 years, in 2005.