Jon Christopher Nelson recently completed Turbulent Blue, a new work for stereo computer music commissioned by the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB) and composed in residence in their studios in Bourges, France. His work objet sonore/objet cinétique was selected for inclusion on the forthcoming Music from SEAMUS 2009 compact disc recording.
About the Program
The composition program at the University of North Texas is one of the largest and most diverse in the nation, with approximately 70 composition students and seven faculty members representing a variety of compositional aesthetics and approaches. Regular guest composer residencies, visiting new music specialists, and dozens of events each year provide students with a rich educational and artistic experience.
An interdisciplinary center within UNT’s Division of Composition Studies, the Center for Experimental Music & Intermedia (CEMI) provides a unique environment for the exploration of time-based arts and is internationally renowned for its long history of innovation, particularly in the realm of electroacoustic music. Students, faculty, guests, and collaborators from a variety of disciplines engage in research, creation, and performance in CEMI’s six production studios and the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater.
Music Now is the weekly composition departmental meeting, an open forum for the exchange of ideas and information about the creation, performance, and understanding of recent music. These forums, which are typically scheduled Mondays at 11:00-11:50 am, feature presentations by UNT faculty and students as well as visiting composers, scholars, and interpreters of new music.
Nova is the new music ensemble of the University of North Texas. In keeping with its mission to present a diversity of musical, aesthetic, and cultural experiences, Nova’s repertoire ranges from 20th century classics to works that incorporate the latest musical innovations. Students in the ensemble have opportunities to work with faculty and guest composers and are occasionally joined by faculty and guest performers. Performances and workshops have included music by composition students as well.
The Spectrum concert series features new solo and chamber works for instruments and voices by student composers; Centerpieces concerts feature works created at the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia utilizing new technologies and intermedia.
The Composers Forum is a student organization devoted to coordinating performances and bringing new works to public attention. The organization was formed to foster the spirit of collaboration between composers, performers, and artists of all kinds throughout the UNT community.
For additional information about the composition program, including all policies and procedures, please refer to the Composition Student Handbook.
2009-10 Guest Artists
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Boknam Lee, composer
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Upcoming Events
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Feb22CEMI Event
- CEMI Centerpieces — New electroacoustic music at North Texas
- Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater
- 8:00pm
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Mar01Music Now
- "Crossing Disciplines: Collaborating Beyond Your Expertise"— TWU professor Colby Parsons and UNT doctoral composer Greg Dixon (sponored by Composers Forum)
- Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater
- 11:00am
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Mar01Spectrum
- Spectrum — New works at North Texas (sponsored by Composers Forum)
- Recital Hall
- 8:00pm
Recent Division News
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In the fall of 2009, Cindy McTee received one of two inaugural fellowships sponsored by UNT’s Institute for the Advancement of the Arts. She also completed one new work entitled The Unquestioned Answer for orchestra and was commissioned to write a wind version of her work Double Play.
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Doctoral composer Greg Dixon attended the Orford Sound Creation Workshop in Orford, Québec from 2-15 August 2009, where he participated in workshops, lectures, and concerts with electroacoustic composers Yves Daoust, Robert Normandeau, John Oswald, Jean- Françoise Laporte, Annette Vande Gorne, Gilles Gobeil, Hans Tutschku, and Alexandre Burton.
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Doctoral composer Da Jeong Choi has received the Second Prize in the 2009 Con/un/drum Solo Percussion Composition Competition for her work Explorations of a Drum (2003/2009) for snare drum solo.
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Different but One Body (2003) for percussion ensemble by doctoral composer Da Jeong Choi was performed by David Steffens (director), Dorian Carter, Colton Hines, Dane Romano, and Jamie Whitmarsh at the Society of Composers, Inc. 2009 Region VI Conference, Oklahoma City University Bass School of Music (Oklahoma City, OK), 26 February - 1 March 2009.
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Doctoral composer Greg Dixon presented his work Imprints for snare drum and interactive electronics at the Pure Data Convention (PdCon) 09' in São Paulo, Brazil on 26 July 2009. The piece was performed by Brazilian percussionist Danilo Valle.
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Doctoral composition student Hsiao-Lan Wang's work Tale of an Unborn Child for flute and piano has been selected for performance at the 10th Feminist Theory and Music Symposium at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, in May 2009.
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Joseph Klein was invited to the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as the featured alumnus composer for the December 2009 program of the IU New Music Ensemble, where his work Occam's Razor was conducted by David Dzubay. During his week-long residency, Klein presented a lecture for students and faculty, taught composition master classes, and worked with the NME in rehearsals of his composition.
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Works by the following UNT composers were presented at the 2009 conference of the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, Indiana (April 2009): students Jon Anderson, Nick Bober, and Stephen Lucas; faculty Andrew May and Jon Christopher Nelson; and alumni Michael Kuehn and Elainie Lillios.
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Doctoral composer Greg Dixon and TWU art professor Colby Parsons premiered their collaborative installation for kinetic sculpture, light, and sound, Luminous Oscillations, at the Myers gallery in Tulsa, OK (hosted by Living Arts of Tulsa), 8-28 January 2010.