Jonty Harrison

Jonty Harrison (April 27th 1952, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom) is a type-setter of Musique electroacoustic resident with Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

Jonty Harrison obtained a Doctorate in composition of University off York in 1980 when he studied with Bernard Rands. Resident in London between 1976 and 1980, it worked with the National Theater where it carried out soundtracks for several productions, of which Tamburlaine the Great , Julius Caesar , Brand and Amadeus . During this same period, he also worked in City University. It is in 1980 qu ' it joined the Department of music of University off Birmingham where it teaches at present the composition and the music electroacoustic in addition to assuming the direction of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theater) and of the Music studios electroacoustic; during ten years, one entrusted the artistic director of Boring to him Festival Contemporary Music off. It took an active share in the musical life while being frequently called to direct various units as the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (which it directed in particular to Birmingham, Huddersfield and London in Momente of Stockhausen), University New Music Ensemble as well as University Orchestra that it very recently directed in the Rite of Spring of Stravinski and in Vixen of Hoyland. During several years, he was member of the council of Sonic Arts Network (SAN) of which he assumed the presidency of 1993 to 1996. He also sat at the board of directors and the office of Society for the Promotion off New Music and was member of the advisory committee of the music of The Arts Council off Great Britain.

As type-setter, Jonty Harrison was seen decreed various prices and distinctions within the framework of the international Contest of music electroacoustic of Bourges, whose gold Euphony for Klang in 1992 qu ' one then qualified “one of the most outstanding œ œ uvres” of the history of the competition of Bourges. Jonty Harrison moreover obtained two distinctions and two mentions within the framework of the Price Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), a first price with the contest Musica Nova of Prague, the Lords Bank National Composer' S Award, the PRS Prize for Electroacoustic Composition as well as a purse of composition of Arts Council off Great Britain and research grants of Leverhulme Trust and Arts and Humanities Research Board.

Several interpreters of foreground and various studios ordered œ works to him. One notes initially two orders of the Group of music research (Ina-GRM, Paris) and two others of the International institute of music electroacoustic of Bourges (IMEB - formerly known under the name of Groupe of experimental music of Bourges). To that orders of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA) are added, of MAFILM /Magyar Rádió (Budapest), IRCAM/Ensemble intercontemporain (Paris), BBC, the Council of town of Birmingham, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Fine Arts Arm Together, Nash Ensemble, of Singcircle, John Harle, Beverly Davison, Harry Sparnaay and Jos Zwaanenburg. In spite of the fact that in 1992 it gave up the instrumental composition, it creates Abstracts , a œ work for band eight tracks and full orchestra, and, in 1998, a œ work intended for the dance.

The music of Jonty Harrison is played and diffused throughout the world. Recordings of some of its œ works are available under the electronic labels digital fingerprints, SAN/NMC, Cultures/Mnémosyne Musique Media and CDCM/Centaur.

Discography

List œ œ uvres

  • Aria (1988)

  • EQ (1980), soprano saxophone and band
  • … and so on … (1992)
  • Hot Air (1995)
  • Klang (1982)
  • Even/Odd (1978)
  • Rock'n'roll “Roll (2004)
  • Left (1995)
  • Splintering (1997)
  • Streams (1999)
  • Surface Tension (1996)
  • Unsound Objects (1995)

External bonds

  • Its personal site

References

  • http://www.electrocd.com/bio.f/harrison_jo.html (with permission)

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