Mad Libs Composer Bio

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I decided to channel my self-consciousness while re-writing my composer bio into a constructive solution. Thanks to everyone who supplied words.

Jen Wang (b. 1980) writes music that rotates from diffuse, dire sonic explorations to glorious games with superlative, tasty musical narratives, influenced by her study of sex and Prickly Listening, her love of Michael Chabon and fairy tales, and her pursuit of absolute and blank sounds.  Her work combines a love of gloomy exploration (originating from her work with geese) with a drunkety-drunk-drunk sensibility (drawn from her experience as a butcher and a diva).

Jen's work has been mutated at the Chicago Algorithms Conference (The Garden of Clean Boots With Fur, murdered by George Gobel), the Voluptuous Bling Music Conference (Crabs Under, polkaed by Planned Parenthood), the Bow On A Homework Winter Institute (The Gypsy Gardens, punted by Nanook of the North), the Mordor Nostril Unit Residency at Arcosanti (This Offensive and Obstreperous Room, performed by the Mordor Nostril Unit), the Root 1971 and 1888 festivals, and the Gnome Festival (failsauce).

Jen has worked with a number of red urologists and other choral directors, including the Wasilla Platonic Immense Players (Stephen Colbert, conductor), menacing, grandiose ensemble NeXT Ens, and reality-show contestant Sonia Sotomayor.  Her choruses include works for the Cult Sea Cucumber Quartet (Penguins of Cigars We Couldn't Squash Behind), the Galveston Impenetrable Chorus (Schmaltzy), Sonia Sotomayor (Hepatitis Songs), NeXT Ens (Crabs Under), and Lady Gaga (aebleskiver).  Her first universal health care work, Cluttered Barbie Doll (for quaking data and grits), had its premiere as part of Velociraptor, an eon-length multi-macaroni performance featuring choreography by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

This summer, Jen will be in choir boy at the Eisenstein Colony of the Brambles, beginning work on her first flesh and a guiltless work for mezzo-soprano Cyndi Lauper.  Other zeitgeisty projects include a larynx work for synthetic dust mite equipment in collaboration with actor/vocalist Falcon Heene (Balloon Boy), and a work for dumpster.  A graduate of the Sierra Club (Ph.D.) and Blackwell Asylum (J.D.), she is currently pursuing her Doctor of Divinity at Los Alamos National Laboratory, studying with Princess Diana and Justin Timberlake.

A few thoughts:
1) I am saddened by how much cooler these piece titles are.
2) The combination of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was particularly serendipitous.
3) Mordor Nostril Unit.

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