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Per Bloland
Home: 555 E. College St. apt 1 Oberlin, OH 44074 650-248-0009 per.bloland@oberlin.ed • •		School: Oberlin College Conservatory of Music TIMARA Department Oberlin, OH 44074
EDUCATION • •
2004-2009 2002–2004 1996–1998 1987–1991	Stanford University, Stanford, California D.M.A. in Composition, expected June 2008 Principle composition teachers: Mark Applebaum, Brian Ferneyhough, Chris Chafe University of Texas at Austin M.M. in Composition Principle composition teachers: Russell Pinkston, Kevin Puts San Francisco State University Completed coursework for B.M. in Music Education Principle composition teachers: Ron Caltabiano, Josh Levine University of Michigan B.A. in Psychology • •
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE • •
2008-present 2008 2005-2007 2002-2004 2003–2004 1998–1999 1994–1995	Oberlin Conservatory of Music – Visiting Assistant Professor, TIMARA department: Teach classes and individual lessons in electronic composition. University of California, Santa Cruz – Lecturer for Intermediate Electronic Sound Synthesis: Composition based class covering use of audio sequencers, digital synthesis, and MIDI-controlled systems. Stanford University – Teaching Assistant: Established curriculum for and taught aural skills sections, delivered lectures to classes of wide ranging sizes, supervised and evaluated class presentations, tutored individual students, facilitated study groups, graded a wide variety of assignments. • Rock, Sex, and Rebellion, Spring 2007 (received Chair’s Award for Excellence • in Teaching) • Harmonic Materials of the 19th Century, Winter 2007 • Elements of Music III, Fall 2006 • Elements of Music II, Spring 2006 • Compositional Algorithms, Psychoacoustics, and Spatial Processing, Winter ••2006 • Introduction to Music Theory, Fall 2005 University of Texas at Austin – Teaching Assistant for the University of Texas Electronic Music Studios (UTEMS): Maintained Electronic Music Studios, tutored students on various computer music subjects, produced several annual concert series. University of Texas at Austin – Summer Courses in Electronic Music: Used Pro Tools to teach fundamentals of digital audio manipulation techniques and song arrangement skills. McAteer High School, San Francisco, California – Band Director Galileo High School, San Francisco, California – Band Director: Established curriculum for and taught piano, music appreciation, and three levels of school band, conducted performances for a variety of school functions.
SELECTED COMPOSITIONS FeXIV (Iron Fourteen) (commission by Michael Straus, 2007), for alto saxophone and electronics • • with video Stillas (2007), for brass quintet Negative Mirror, Part II (commission by CCRMA, 2006, revised 2007), for flute, clarinet, violin, • • violoncello, percussion, and piano with electromagnets Quintet for Solo Saxophone and Electronics (2005) Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I (commission by SEAMUS/ASCAP, 2005), for piano with • • electromagnets “…walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past…” (2004), for solo flute and tape Perigon vs. Dr. Saw (2004), for percussion duo The Twilight of Our Minds (2004), for orchestra and live electronics Graveshift (2004), for tape with video Clouds of Oran (2003), for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, violoncello, and piano The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude (2003), for tape Prelude: Dissent (2003), for string quintet (quartet plus double bass) Study for Oboe and Electronics (2002) Underwater (2002), for tape Thingvellir (2001), for trumpet and piano resonance INTERDISCIPLINARY/COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS FeXIV (Iron Fourteen) (commission by Michael Straus, 2007), for alto saxophone and electronics with • • video – with Scott Draves, video artist. The Electromagnetically-Prepared Piano (2005), electronically controlled piano string resonator – • • with Steven Backer and Edgar Berdahl, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics • • (CCRMA) engineers. Graveshift (2004), for tape with video – with Kristen Glennon and Barbara Javors, choreographers, and • • Arie Stavchansky, video artist. AWARDS Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States/American Society of Composers, Authors•and • • Publishers (SEAMUS/ASCAP) Student Commission, 2004, First Prize Digital Art Award, 2003, Grand Prize, Awarded by Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Dal Niente Composer Competition, 2007, Chicago, honorable mention Eastman Computer Music Center Electroacoustic Music Competition, 2006 honorable mention Miami ISCM Composition Competition, 2005, finalist, chosen to represent U.S. in World New Music • • Days, Stuttgart, Germany International Contemporary Music Contest “Città di Udine”, 2005, Italy, finalist Pierre Schaeffer International Competition of Computer Music, 2005, finalist Society of Composers, Inc./American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (SCI/ASCAP) • • Student Composition Commission, 2004, finalist LECTURES University of California, San Diego – 2008 Harvard University – 2007 University of Redlands – 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark – 2007 Computer/Human Interaction Conference, tour of Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, • • Stanford University – 2007 Universidad Nacional de Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 2006 Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany – 2006 San Francisco State University – 2001 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY • •
2003–2004 2003 2000–2002	University of Texas at Austin – Consultant, Office of Computing Technologies. Albertson’s School of Music, Austin, Texas – Instructor of guitar, trumpet, and piano: Responsible for individual lessons. Rocket Network, Inc., San Francisco, California – Lead Software Test Engineer.
COMMISSIONS Insomnio Ensemble (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – Composition for chamber orchestra, 2008 The Kenners – Composition for saxophone and piano with electronics, 2008 Michael Straus – composition for saxophone, electronics and video, 2007 Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University, for “newstage: CCRMA at • • the Knoll” festival – Negative Mirror, Part II, 2006 SEAMUS/ASCAP – Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I, 2005 PUBLICATIONS AND CITED WORKS “The Electromagnetically-Prepared Piano and its Compositional Implications” – in Proceedings of the • • 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 125-128 “Meaning(s) and Structure in The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude by Per Bloland” – by Jay C. • • Batzner, in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University • • of Minnesota, pp. 44-46 “The Polarized Composer: Addressing the Conflict of Musical Upbringings in Today’s Young Composers” • • – in Proceedings of the Third Annual Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of • • Minnesota, pp. 10-12 “Thingvellir” – in Society of Composers, Inc. Journal of Scores Vol. 37 European American Music • • Distributors Corporation RECORDINGS "Negative Mirror, Part II" - on Music From Stanford 541, Vol. 3, Innova Recordings. Performed by • • Inauthentica (forthcoming) "Prelude: Dissent” – on Contemporanea 2004 CD, TauKay Edizioni Musicali (taukay 126). Performed • • by the Mikrokosmos Ensemble. “Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I” – on Music from SEAMUS, Volume 15. 2004 SEAMUS/ASCAP • • Student Commission. Performed by Chryssie Nanou. “Prelude: Dissent” – on Society of Composers, Inc. CD 21, Mood Shifts Capstone Records (CPS-8748) “Quintet for solo saxophone and live electronics” – on Adolph Meets the Mad Machine, The Dal Niente • • Composers Group. Performed by Brian Sacawa (forthcoming). SELECTED PERFORMANCES FeXIV (Iron Fourteen) (commission by Michael Straus, 2007), for alto saxophone and electronics with • • • • • video • • Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois: Michael Straus, saxophone – May 2008 • • Super Happy Fun House, Houston, Texas: Michael Straus, saxophone – May 2008 • • Gassman Electronic Music Series, University of California, Irvine: Michael Straus, saxophone – • • • • April 2008 • • Music Box Series, Climate Theater, San Francisco, California: Michael Straus, saxophone – • • • • April 2008 • • Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz, California: Michael Straus, saxophone – April 2008 • • CCRMA Concert Series, Stanford University: Michael Straus, saxophone – April 2008 Stillas (2007), for brass quintet • • Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford University: Meridian Arts Ensemble – February 2008 Negative Mirror, Part II (commission by CCRMA, 2006, revised 2007), for flute, clarinet, violin, • • • • violoncello, percussion, and piano with electromagnets • • Chapman University: Inauthentica Ensemble – September 2007 • • Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Insomnio Ensemble – September 2007 • • International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark: Insomnio Ensemble – August 2007 • • Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, New England Conservatory: Callithumpian • • • • Consort – June 2007 • • Stanford University: Inauthentica Ensemble – May 2007 • • Eyedrum Arts Space, Atlanta, Georgia: Bent Frequency Ensemble – October 2006 • • newstage: CCRMA Dedication Festival, Stanford University: Emma Moon, flute; Matt Ingals, clarinet; • • • • Nicholas Ong, piano; Graeme Jennings, violin; Collin Oldham, violoncello; Loren Mach, • • • • percussion; Christopher Jones, conductor – April 2006 • • Stanford University: Callithumian Consort – April 2006 Quintet for Solo Saxophone and Electronics (2005) • • SEAMUS 2008 National Conference, University of Utah: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – April 2008 • • Oberlin College Conservatory of Music: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • Eyedrum Arts Space, Atlanta, Georgia: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – February 2008 • • Dartmouth College: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • Club SAW, Ottawa, Ontario: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • Arraymusic, Toronto, Ontario: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • Dreamland Theater, Ypsilanti, Michigan: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Michael Straus, saxophone – February 2008 • • Peabody Institute: Michael Straus, saxophone – April 2007 • • Bowbird TBD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – February 2007 • • An Die Musik LIVE!, Baltimore, Maryland: Michael Straus, saxophone – December 2006 • • Open Society Concert Series, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – December • • • • 2006 • • University of Miami: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – November 2006 • • University of California, Berkeley: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – November 2006 • • CCRMA Concert Series, Stanford University: Eliot Gattegno, saxophone – November 2006 • • CCRMA Concert Series, Stanford University: C.R. Kasprzyk, saxophone – February 2006 • • Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Minnesota: Brian Sacawa, saxophone • • • • February 2006 • • Red Room Collective, Baltimore, Maryland: Brian Sacawa, saxophone – December 2005 • • University of Arizona: Brian Sacawa, saxophone – October 2005 Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I (commission by SEAMUS/ASCAP, 2005), for piano with • • • • electromagnets • • Harvard University: Sebastian Berweck – November 2007 • • University of Redlands: Sebastian Berweck – October 2007 • • Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford University: Chryssie Nanou, piano – February 2007 • • The Composer Next Door, KCSC-FM radio broadcast – January 2007 • • Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany: Yvonne Lee, piano – August 2006 • • Stanford University: Chryssie Nanou, piano – November 2005 • • CCRMA Concert Series, Stanford University: Chryssie Nanou, piano – July 2005 • • CNMAT, University of California, Berkeley: Chryssie Nanou, piano – May 2005 • • Julliard School, New York, New York: Nicholas Ong, piano – April 2005 • • SEAMUS 2005 Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana: Chryssie Nanou, piano – April • • • • 2005 “… walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past…” (2004), for solo flute and tape • • Margaret Lancaster Guest Recital, Stanford University – January 2005 Perigon vs. Dr. Saw (2004), for percussion duo • • Stanford University: Florian Conzetti and Terry Longshore, percussion – October 2004 The Twilight of Our Minds (2004), for orchestra and live electronics • • Maxfest, Stanford University: Stanford Symphony Orchestra – April 2007 • • Under Construction Series, Berkeley, California: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra – April 2006 Graveshift (2004), for tape with video • • ZKM Institute for Music and Acoustics, Karlsruhe, Germany – May 2008 • • Society of Composers 2008 National Conference, Georgia State University – February 2008 • • Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau, Dresden, Germany – November 2007 • • 8th Seoul International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea – September 2007 • • SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, San Diego Convention Center – August 2007 • • Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (imeb), Bourges, France – June 2007 • • Visual Music Marathon, Northeastern University – April 2007 • • 27th Annual New Music & Art Festival, Bowling Green State University – October 2006 • • Sonoimágenes, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina – August 2006 • • Medi(t)ations: Australasian Computer Music Conference, University of Adelaide, Australia – July 2006 • • DXARTS Concert, University of Washington – April 2006 • • Trans’Electroacoustique, Gmem, Centre National de création musicale, Marseille, France – January • • • • 2006 • • International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, Spain – September 2005 • • 13th International Electro-Acoustic Festival, Brooklyn College, New York – March 2005 • • MusiCollage: a Happening by CCRMA and Friends, Stanford University – February 2005 • • Society of Composers, Region 6 Conference, University of Texas at San Antonio – February 2005 • • Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Minnesota – February 2005 • • Most Significant Bytes Concert, Mount Union College – November 2004 • • Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival – November 2004 • • Imagine 2 Concert, University of Memphis – November 2004 • • SoundImageSound Concert, University of the Pacific – September 2004 • • Ears, Eyes and Feet, University if Texas at Austin – May 2004 Clouds of Oran (2003), for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, violoncello, and piano • • MATA Festival Opening Concert, New York, New York: Ann Cecil, flute; Andrew Sterman, clarinet; • • • • Russ Johnson, trumpet; Molly Morkoski, piano; Hiroko Taguchi, violin; Mary Wooten, violoncello – • • • • September 2005 • • University of Texas at Austin: Ellen C. Johnson, flute; Chris Howard, clarinet; Chris Carillo, trumpet; • • • • Trevor Gureckis, piano; Stephanie Teply, violin; Ben Westney, violoncello – May 2004 • • University of Texas at Austin: New Music Ensemble – October 2003 The Wondrous Delight of Profound Ineptitude (2003), for tape • • Free Play 6: Listening Chamber, Grand Valley State University – January 2007 • • Computer Music at Stony Brook XIV, SUNY Stony Brook – November 2004 • • International Computer Music Conference, Miami, Florida – November 2004 • • Ai-maako 2004 IV Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Santiago de Chile – October • • • • 2004 • • Electronic Music Midwest, Lewis University – September 2004 • • Zeppelin 2004-Del Acuerdo y el Conflicto, Barcelona, Spain – May 2004 • • University of Texas at Austin – May 2004 • • Central Missouri State University – April 2004 • • SEAMUS 2004 National Conference, San Diego State University – March 2004 • • Primavera en la Habana, Havana, Cuba – March 2004 • • Louisiana State University Festival of Contemporary Music – February 2004 • • Society of Composers, Region 6 Conference, Arkansas State University – January 2004 • • KUNM FM 89.9 radio broadcast, Albuquerque, New Mexico – November 2003 • • Digital Art Awards, Tokyo, Japan – November 2003 • • Electric Latex Conference, University of North Texas – November 2003 • • CKCU FM 93.1 radio broadcast, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – November 2003 • • The Electric Rainbow Festival, Dartmouth College – August 2003 • • Ears and Feet, University of Texas at Austin – May 2003 Prelude: Dissent (2003), for string quintet (quartet plus double bass) • • Presidio Chapel, San Francisco, California: Worn Chamber Ensemble – April 2007 • • Stanford University: Graeme Jennings and Erik Ulman, violin; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola; Leighton Fond, • • • • violoncello; Tim Spears, double bass – December 2006 • • Contemporanea New Music Festival, Udine, Italy: Mikrokosmos Ensemble – October 2004 • • University of Texas at Austin: Stephanie Teply and Amber Archibald, violin; Aurelien Petillot, viola; • • • • Ben Westney, violoncello; Jacy Cobalis, double bass; Rob Deemer, conductor – May 2004 • • Gamma UT Music Theory Conference, University of Texas at Austin: Ashley Rath and Liza Landers, • • • • violin; Megan Chisom, viola; Ben Westney, violoncello; Jacy Cobalis, double bass; Rob Deemer, • • • • conductor – March 2003 Study for Oboe and Electronics (2002) • • University of Texas at Austin: Crystal Hall, oboe – December 2002 Underwater (2002), for tape • • KUNM FM 89.9 radio broadcast, Albuquerque, New Mexico – November 2003 • • CKCU FM 93.1 radio broadcast, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – November 2003 • • Electric Latex, Louisiana State University – November 2002 Thingvellir (2001), for trumpet and piano resonance • • Society of Composers National Student Conference, University of Iowa: Aren Van Houzen, trumpet – • • • • April 2004 • • Society of Composers, Region 6 Conference, Arkansas State University: Rob Alley, trumpet – • • • • January 2004 • • University of Texas at Austin: Chris Carillo, trumpet – March 2003 UNIVERSITY SERVICE • •
2003 1997–1998 1997–1998	University of Texas Music Department Composers Forum, Co-director San Francisco State University Music Educators National Conference, Chapter President San Francisco State University, Student Representative to the faculty
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