Erik Lindgren (December 15, 1954) is an American

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and

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. He runs Arf! Arf! Records, and has led or been a member of several ensembles, such as The Space Negros and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.

Early life

Lindgren was born in

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in December 1954. He attended

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School from 1969–1972, and received his Bachelor's in Music from

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in 1976. In 1974–1975, he spent his junior year abroad in

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studying at the

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.ERIK LINDGREN
(December 2004) Lindgren received a Master's in

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and piano performance from the

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in 1977.

Career

Lindgren owns Foot Foot Music BMI, which publishes all of his compositions. In 1978, Lindgren established Sounds Interesting Productions, a commercial recording studio and music production company based in

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. In 1998, he relocated his facility to Middleborough, MA. Lindgren made The Well-Tempered Music Library, which consists of seven CDs of stock commercial music that he composed and produced. Lindgren was a founding member of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic''.'' The composer celebrated his 50th birthday on June 4, 2005, performing original works live with various ensembles at the

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. In 2012, Lindgren received a commission from the Georgia Symphony Orchestra to compose "Extreme Spirituals," a 6-movement work. Lindgren has been on the board of the Brockton Symphony since 2009, and the Plymouth Center for the Arts since 2018. Lindgren runs the Arf! Arf! label.

References

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