Randall Woolf studied composition privately with David Del Tredici and Joseph Maneri, and at Harvard, where he earned a Ph.D. He is a member of the Common Sense Composers Collective. He is composer-in-residence for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and will also be in residence with the String Orchestra Of New York City, sponsored by Meet The Composer.
He recently completed a video piece, "Holding Fast", which was accepted for this year's Full Frame Festival, America's premiere documentary film festival.
In 1997 he composed a new ballet of "Where the Wild Things Are", in collaboration with Maurice Sendak and Septime Webre. In 2003, he composed "Women At An Exhibition", for orchestra and electronics, for the Akron Art Museum and Symphony, with a video by Mary Harron (director of "American Psycho") and John C. Walsh. "Women At An Exhibition" was performed by the American Composer's Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall's new multimedia venue Zankel Hall. He recently composed an arrangement of Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" for the Kronos Quartet, who are playing it on tour.
His works have been performed by Kathleen Supové, Jennifer Choi, Timothy Fain, Mary Rowell, Todd Reynolds, Ethel, Kronos Quartet, conductor and flutist Ransom Wilson, Present Music, Fulcrum Point, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Seattle Symphony, Paul Dresher Ensemble, Bang On A Can/SPIT Orchestra, California EAR Unit, and others. He has also arranged music for John Cale, including his score "American Psycho", based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis.