Given the question: Facts: - instrument: piano composition - years active: 1994 -- present - birth name: craig thomas walsh - genre: concert music electronic art music experimental music - birth date: 11 april 1971 - name: craig walsh - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - birth place: somerville , new jersey , usa - occupation: composer musician professor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of craig walsh .
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craig thomas walsh -lrb- born april 11 , 1971 , in somerville , new jersey -rrb- is an american composer .walsh studied at the mannes school of music and brandeis university .he has received numerous awards for his work , including grants from the john simon guggenheim memorial foundation , meet the composer and ascap , among others .he is an associate professor of music composition at the university of arizona .walsh 's music is recorded on albany records , centaur records and the society for electro-acoustic music in the united states cd series .since the 1990s , walsh has focused on a variety of chamber music projects , both acoustic and electronic .his work has been described as '' bright and snappy music rooted in modernism , but also referencing the carefree attitude of american pop culture ... having brightly contrasting , sharply spliced sections , funkily angular rhythmic loops , motives that are disjunct and dissonant , but function a bit like pop hooks , and harmonies that are n't tonal , but also tend to accept the idea that a ' center ' is n't a bad thing '' -lrb- '' fanfare magazine '' , march/april 2009 -rrb- .in 2008 albany records released walsh 's first solo cd , '' bugaboo '' , with the new york new music ensemble .