Nicholas Chase

Nicholas Frances Chase (born Nebeil Mahayni; 1966 in Roseburg, Oregon), is an American composer, performer, and author.

Chase received a Bachelor of Arts in German Area Studies from University of Oregon in 1993 and studied music composition at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) with Stephen Mosko, Morton Subotnick, Bunita Marcus, and Mary Jane Leach, receiving his Master of Fine Arts in 2000. At CalArts he studied Hindustani Classical Music with Rajeev Taranath and Arabic Classical Music with Dr. Ziad Bunni.

His compositional style has referenced popular music forms such as techno, electronica, ambient, and noise music, and made use of interactive signal processing and electronic sound material with acoustic instrumentation (electroacoustic music). He has written original music for various ensembles including the California EAR Unit, the Long Beach Opera, and the Philadelphia Classical Symphony.

In 2024 Chase published a 219 page book about free improvisation, ''Passage of Desire: Improvisation and the Human Journey'', posthumously co-authored with Susan Allen. Provided by Wikipedia