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| + | Briggs has a Doctorate in Musical Theory and Composition from the University of Illinois. |
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| − | Briggs holds a [[Doctorate]] in Musical Composition and Theory from the University of Illinois. His career began in [[New York City]] where he composed music for various events, including dance and theater groups. He took a job as Game Editor and Designer at [[West End Games]] where he worked until 1987. He then joined MicroProse Software, one of the original premiere computer game development houses. At MicroProse, Briggs served as Designer, [[copywriter|Writer]], [[Composer]], [[game producer|Producer]], Executive Producer and, finally, Director of Product Development. He left in 1996 to found [[Firaxis Games]], where he led the design of ''[[Civilization III]]'' and oversaw the expansion of the company into a major developer of strategy computer games. Other game design work by Jeff Briggs includes co-designing ''[[Colonization (computer game)|Colonization]]'' and ''[[Civilization II]]'', as well as composing much of the original music in ''[[Civilization 4]]''. In 1999 he was awarded US Patent 5,496,962 for a "System for Real-Time Music Composition and Synthesis" used in a product called "CPU Bach". |
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| − | In 2003 Briggs was named software "Entrepreneur of the Year" by [[Ernst & Young]], and in 2004 he was named "CEO of the Year" by [[Baltimore SmartCEO]] magazine. In 2005, Briggs negotiated the acquisition of Firaxis Games by Take Two Interactive, became its Chairman in spring of 2006, and left Firaxis in November of that year to pursue new career options. |
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| − | Briggs was possibly the first academically trained and celebrated composer to work in the software entertainment industry. His music first appeared in this context in ''[[Sword of the Samurai (computer game)|Sword of the Samurai]]'', a 1989 MicroProse release. Following that, virtually every MicroProse game featured his work. |
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| − | Before working in software entertainment, Briggs' music had already received performances by ensembles internationally in Paris' Pomidieu Centre ("Ecliptic"), New York City's Avery Fisher Hall ("Comets"), and in the [[Krannert Center for the Performing Arts]] in Illinois ("Adjectives," "Firaxis,", "Chimera," "Aurora," and others) as well as various smaller venues in New York and other cities throughout the United States. |
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| − | Briggs was awarded the Bernard and Rose Sernoffsky and Louis Lane Prizes for Music Composition at the [[Eastman School of Music]] (1978, 1979), the Haimsohm Prize for Musical Composition at the [[University of Memphis]] (1980), the [[ASCAP]] Award for Young Composers (1984), and a [[MacDowell Colony]] Fellowship (1986). Briggs' composition teachers include [[Samuel Adler]], [[Warren Benson]], [[Joseph Schwantner]], [[Donald Freund]], and [[John Melby]]. |
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| − | In May 2009, the [http://www.westfieldsymphony.org/ Westfield Symphony Orchestra] presented the world premier of Brigg's composition, "Celebration for Orchestra."[http://www.westfieldsymphony.org/tickets_schedule.php#stars] |
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| + | * [http://jefferylbriggs.com/ Jeff Briggs' personal website] |
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| + | * [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,2/ Jeff Briggs' profile] on [[MobyGames]] |
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Revision as of 18:34, 24 October 2020
Jeff Briggs (born March 10, 1957) is an American game designer and the founder and former President and CEO of Firaxis Games. He worked for MicroProse until 1996, when he left that company along with Sid Meier and Brian Reynolds to form Firaxis Games.
Briggs has a Doctorate in Musical Theory and Composition from the University of Illinois.