Jeffrey Stolet
| Jeffrey Stolet | |
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| Born | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, (birth date disputed) |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Music |
| 💼 Occupation | Musician |
| Known for | Computer music composition, real-time electroacoustic music performance, music education |
| Label(s) | Newport Classic, IMG Media, WOCMAT, Cambria, SEAMUS and ICMA |
| 🌐 Website | www.jeffreystolet.com |
Jeffrey Stolet (born Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is an American composer and virtuoso performer of electroacoustic and computer music. Stolet received a Ph.D. in Music at the University of Texas at Austin and was among the very first individuals to be appointed to a Philip H. Knight Chairs and Professorships in music at the University of Oregon.[1] Currently Stolet serves as a Professor of Music at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. Stolet’s work has been presented through concerts and lectures around the world. As an educator his Electronic Music Interactive,[2][3] an Internet deliverable, multimedia document containing motion animations, sound, and glossary, has been lauded in the press including Electronic Musician,[4] Keyboard magazine,[5] The Chronicle of Higher Education,[6] and Rolling Stone Magazine.[7] In 2012 Stolet completed the first book about the sound-specification programming language Kyma, entitled Kyma and the SumOfSines Disco Club that is available in English and in Chinese as Kyma Xitong Shiyong Jiqiao.[8][9] Stolet's extensive work in China has been noted and he has been awarded honorary professorships at the Sichuan and Xinhai conservatories of music and has received a lifetime achievement award at Musicacoustica-Beijing for his contributions to interactive music and for his extensive work lecturing at Chinese institutions of higher education about electroacoustic music.[10] More recently Stolet was inducted into China's prestigious DeTao Masters Academy which brings "eminent professionals and experts to China, where they share the tacit knowledge that brought them to world leadership in their fields with high-level Chinese colleagues." While not explicitly acknowledged, Stolet’s affiliation with China may have derived from his father’s membership in the original Flying Tigers, the famed American military group that fought on China’s behalf during WWII.[11][12][13]
Early life
Stolet’s music bears the imprints of the intercultural and interethnic hybridity that has marked his life. Stolet was born into poverty in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He was adopted by an American family comprised of an amalgamation of Russian immigrant and Southern Baptist culture. Early life brought him to Chicago, Illinois, Rodenbach, West Germany, Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, New Mexico. This early kaleidoscope of geographic and cultural influences dramatically altered his world and musical views.
Work with Dance
Stolet for years worked extensively as an accompanist for directors or principal soloists for acclaimed modern and ballet dance companies including: Alvin Ailey Company, Albuquerque Dance Theater, Alito Alessi, American Ballet Theatre, American Deaf Dance Company, Austin Ballet Theatre, Ballet Austin, Ballet de Montreal, Ballet West, Frank Bays, Tandy Beal, Judith Chazin-Bennahum, Cincinnati Contemporary Dance, Lee Connor, Detroit Dance Collective, Leon Danialian, Eva Encinias, Bill Evans, Martha Graham Company, Bryan Hayes, Deborah Hays, David Howard, Joffrey Ballet, Bella Lewitzky Company, Jose Limon Company, Gregg Lizenbery, Long Beach Ballet, Wade Madsen, Bruce Marks, Pilobolus, Jennifer Predock-Linnell, David Parsons Company, Claire Porter, Marta Renzi, Nora Reynolds, Karen Steele, Paul Taylor Company, Sharon Vasquez, Edward Villella.
Selected electroacoustic works
- Concerto for Orchestra, Chainsaw and Cow (1982)
- Worms and Desolation (1984)
- Strains (1985)
- Sonata Formication (1986)
- Gregorian (1989)
- The Main Event (1990)
- To Eat the Last Messiah (1991)
- Machine, Slice, Torque (1994)
- Yeah, I Can Kick Franz Liszt’s Butt (1997)
- Frankenstein (1996)
- Tokyo Lick (2001)
- The Leaking Noise of Skin that Falls (2002)
- A Prayer Before Dying (2002)
- Gongs of Tiny Insects (Ugokanu hone ni chiisana mushi ga muragari, kane o narasu. Mushitachi no namida wa mada atsui hai o nurashi, hiyasu. Atari o umetsukusu sono oto.) (2005)
- Ghost String (2005)
- Things I Do with my Fingers (2007)
- Light (2007)
- Light has no back or front (2008)
- Nervous Particles (2008)
- There are no clouds in the vast emptiness, no traces left in the bright mirror (2010)
- Manda no Sahou (2010)
- Hendrix de Aguadilla (2011)
- Lariat Rituals (2012)
- Theatre of Spheres (2013)
- Imagined Destinies (2014)
- BetweenTheWords (2015)
- Fantasies of the Mind (2017)
- Beast Smolder 124 (2018)
- I’mPossible (2019)
- In Desperate Times (2020)
Works with other media
- Ceremony of Innocents with Judith Chazin-Bennahum (1995)
- Elements in Transformation No. 1 and/or No. 2 with Ying Tan (1996)
- The Hildegard Game (1998)
- The Circle of Knowledge I (2002)
- The Circle of Knowledge II (2002)
- re-Membering Wilde with Leon Johnson (2002)
- Caminos Terribles, Desiertos Crueles (Wicked Paths, Cruel Deserts) with Ying Tan (1999-2002)
- Faust/Faustus: A Duet for Devils with Leon Johnson (2000)
Further reading
- Engelson, Andrew. Cultural Revolution, How Technology is Changing the Arts, Horizon Air Magazine, March 2002.
- Zhao, Xiaoyu. The Definition and Extension of Sound Set – Kyma Language and Computer Music Real-time Control and Study, Master's Thesis, Central Conservatory of Music Press, 2012.
- Lu, Minjie. New Media Musician – Jeffrey Stolet’s Interactive Music Composition Interview, Essay, People's Music Publishing House, 2014.
- Wang, Chunming. Analysis of Dr. Jeffrey Stolet's Musical Compositions, Doctoral Dissertation, Shanghai Conservatory of Music Press, 2014.
- Wang, Hefei. Sound Contemplation and Realization – Jeffrey Stolet’s Interactive Electronic Music Composition Design Methodology and Expressive Characteristics, Doctoral Dissertation, Central Conservatory of Music Press, 2016.
- Wang, Chi. “The Age of Interaction,” Music Technology, 02, 2016.
- Vear, Craig. The Digital Score: Musicianship, Creativity and Innovation, Routledge, New York, 2019.
External links
- Jeffrey Stolet's Website
- A China-Oregon connection: UO’s Jeffrey Stolet bridges the Pacific through music
- If a Computer Were a Chanting Monk: Crazy Live Sounds from Kyma + Gametrak
- Tokyo Lick Turns Simple Input Into Complex Output
References
- ↑ "Faculty - School of Music and Dance, University of Oregon".
- ↑ "Electronic Music Interactive".
- ↑ "Electronic Music Interactive, Chinese version".
- ↑ "Back to School Online - The Mother of All Sites". Electronic Musician. May 1998.
- ↑ "25 Top Music Websites". Keyboard. January 2020.
- ↑ "Internet Site of the Day". The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 21, 1997.
- ↑ "Click & Play - Free Music Lessons on the Web". Rolling Stone. January 21, 1999.
- ↑ "Kyma and the Sumofsines Disco Club".
- ↑ "KYMA系统使用技巧".
- ↑ "美国电子音乐家Jeffrey Stolet教授访问电子音乐系".
- ↑ "Irving Stolet".
- ↑ Pistole, Larry M. (1981). A Pictorial History of the Flying Tigers. Orange, Virginia: Moss. Search this book on
- ↑ Bond, Charles R.; Anderson, Terry H. (1984). A Flying Tiger's Diary. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press. Search this book on
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