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MAX ALPER AKA PERETSKY IS A COMPOSER, EDUCATOR, AND CULTURAL WORKER. HE HOLDS AN MFA IN SONIC ARTS FROM THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE, WHERE HE STUDIED UNDER DAVID GRUBBS, MORTON SUBOTNICK, BEN VIDA, AND MARINA ROSENFELD, AMONGST OTHERS.
HE IS THE FOUNDER OF GROUP CRITIQUE FIGHT CLUB, AN ONLINE CLASS FOR WORKING MUSICIANS THAT IS HOSTED VIA PATREON AND YOUTUBE, AND IS THE CO-HOST OF THE CRITICAL LISTENING PODCAST WITH AUTHOR LIZ PELLY. ALPER HAS HELD TEACHING POSITIONS AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY, AND ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, AS WELL AS GUEST LECTURED AT NYU, BARD COLLEGE, BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, AND MANY OTHERS.
HE HAS RELEASED MUSIC ON WHITED SEPULCHRE RECORDS, DEATHBOMB ARC, AND THROUGH SELF-RELEASE. HE HAS WRITTEN FOR VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING THE BAFFLER, KLANG MAGAZINE, HII MAGAZINE, MEDIA COMMONS, AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC REVIEW, AMONGST OTHERS. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN HUDSON VALLEY, NY.
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CRITICAL listening
A podcast covering the intersections of music, technology, and culture war hell with Liz Pelly and Max Alper.
GROUP CRITIQUE
FIGHT CLUB
Join the weekly group critique seminar held on Sundays, where we share our works in progress and talk about it in a civil and friendly environment.
Paid subscribers also have access to the Discord where the conversation is continuous.
PERETSKY — I FELT A WAY