Robert Pierzak is a composer, vocalist, pianist and studio artist. He has written vocal, electronic and instrumental music. He studied composition at Ithaca College and the Eastman School of Music where he earned his Bachelor in Music and Master of Arts respectively. His composition teachers have included Mario Davidovsky, Phillipe Manoury, Robert Morris, Katharina Rosenberger, Chinary Ung, Dana Wilson and Gregory Woodward. He is currently in his final year of the PhD program in composition at UC San Diego.
Mr. Pierzak has produced/organized/curated concerts and artistic events. He also very much enjoys performing in any capacity.
Recently, Mr. Pierzak, under the name mayor taco ghost, has self-released his first album, dream man - a set of absurdist lounge pop songs. He is currently working on his second album, The Worm - half of which is a conceptual narrative about a man and his recently deceased friend on an adventure to save the dying giant worm, and the portal it holds open to the parallel Butter World. He has also recently been involved with writing/acting/composing/performing/producing for Pop Sucketts - twisted puppet theater for adults.
Mr. Pierzak has been the recipient of the BMI Student Composer Award (including the Carlos Surinach Prize for being the youngest recipient that year), the Howard Hanson Large Ensemble Prize, the Smadbeck Composition Award, and the Yale College Composer's Group High School Composition Award. His music has been performed in New York City, Norway, San Francisco, New Haven, Aspen, San Diego, Ithaca and Rochester.