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4.15.2009
Composition students Travis Garrison, Sean Peuquet, Thomas Royal, Braxton Sherouse, and Kyle Vegter, along with composition faculty Dr. Koonce and Dr. Sain, travelled to NYC to attended the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF). The students were involved with the festival in a number of ways, including having works performed and helping to run the festival.
3.5.2009
UF Music Composition Doctoral Students Seung Hye Kim, Thomas Royal, Jorge Variego and Travis Garrison traveled to Jacksonville to have a master class with Pulitzer Prize winning composer George Walker. Dr. Walker, the first African-American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize, was in Florida working with University of Florida Associate Professor Kevin Sharpes ensemble in Jacksonville.PhD Music Composition alumna Chan Ji Kim will perform as a guest composer March 10 through 15 at the Cordoba International Music Days Festival in the Spanish cities of Cordoba, Seville, and Malaga. Chan, assistant professor of music at Brevard Community College, teaches music theory, composition and electronic music. The internationally known Bela Bartok Trio chose to perform Chan's new chamber ensemble piece titled 9 years. As a guest-composer, Chan will compose the music, provide a musical score, and travel to Spain for the rehearsals and performance.
2.10.2009
Through the support of the UF student chapter of the Society of Composers and the UF School of Music, Chaya Czernowin will be at UF for a two-day residency on February 11th and 12th. Dr. Czernowin will conduct masterclasses and give talks on her instrumental music and music theater works. All all masterclasses and talks are open to the public.
11.16.2008
Matt McCabe, a 4th year Ph.D. composition student who also conducts reseach in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Communicative Disorders, is second author on a paper that has been accepted to the International Neuropsychological Society Conference. The conference will be held in Atlanta, GA this Spring. The paper is on audio/visual integration.A new work by Joo Won Park, a recent Ph.D. graduate of UF, will be premiered in Korea in December 2008. The piece, titled "Hwanseung", is for Daegum (Korean bamboo flute) and tape. Also, Joo Won's piece, "Gainesville Soundscape" was a finalst for the 2008 Bourges Electoacoustic Music Competition, and his piece "Kutmalkut" was recently published in the Computer Music Journal (Vol 31:4, MIT Press).
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about our program
Welcome to the University of Florida School of Music Composition Studies website. The University of Florida has an outstanding program with many wonderful opportunities to offer the highly motivated and talented composition student. Composition degrees are available through the Ph.D. in Music Composition where the student can focus in acoustic and/or electroacoustic composition. Composers on faculty include Dr. Paul Basler, Dr. Paul Koonce, Dr. Paul Richards, and Dr. James Paul Sain.
A highlight of the program is a very active and nationally recognized chapter of the Society of Composers Inc (UF-SCI). This organization receives funding from the University of Florida student government for an annual compact disc of student works. The newest volume currently in production for a spring release. The UF-SCI produces several concerts of their new music each year. Additional funding is available though the student government to support student travel to national and international events.
Another highlight of the program has been the internationally renowned Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival (FEMF). Over the past 17 years, Composers from around the world converged for ten concerts of electroacoustic music during this annual event. Composers-in-Residence for the festival have included world renowned artists such as Annea Lockwood, Charles Dodge, John Chowning, Morton Subotnick, James Dashow, Paul Lansky, Richard Boulanger, Barry Truax, Larry Austin, Joel Chadabe, Jon Appleton, Gary Lee Nelson, Cort Lippe, and Hubert Howe.
The facilities for electroacoustic music include 24-bit ProTools, 24 tracks of Tascam digital tape, 16 and 24 bit Tascam DAT, Tascam DAT field recording kits, Mini-Disc remote recording kit, octophonic monitoring, Alesis ADAT, Symbolic Sound Kyma, Lemur Touch-Sensitive Interface, Teabox Interfaces, various MIDI modules, and high end Apple computers with software such as Max/Msp/Jitter, SuperCollider, Digital Performer, jMax, and Csound, to name a few. There is also a dedicated 12 channel + stereo sub octophonic & diffusion performance system (JBL mains & subs, Crown amps and Mackie boards). This system goes by the name G.A.T.O.R. (Great And Thunderous Octophonic Resonator).
Noted acoustic composers such as John Corigliano, Roger Reynolds, Michael Torke, Philip Glass, Libby Larsen, James Tenney, Donald Grantham, Lowell Lieberman, Samuel Adler, Daniel Asia, Frederic Goossen as well as emerging composers, have given lectures and master classes in recent years. Student and faculty alike are also fortunate to be able to utilize the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, a world class performance facility located on campus.
It is a delight to have a new music ensemble at the University of Florida. Jointly directed by Dr. Jonathan Helton (saxophone) and Dr. Paul Richards, an integral element of this ensemble's mission is the performance of works from the composition student body. UF composers have had recent performances in the United Kingdom, South Korea, Argentina, Spain, Germany, Romania, and France as well as throughout the United States.