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-Tucker Johnson is a composer, performer, and educator pursuing the Ph.D. in Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
-His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation.
-He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience.
-Many of his works commune with music from other times and places, establishing links and references to histories of musical culture.
-Experiences reading, hiking, and amateur botanizing can be found intertwined in his work, alongside a passion for open-source software and teaching.
+Tucker Johnson is a composer, technologist, and educator based in Brockport, NY. His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation. He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience. Many of his works engage with music from other times and places, establishing connections and references to histories of musical culture. Experiences reading, hiking, and amateur botanizing are intertwined in his work, alongside a passion for open-source software and teaching.
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-Tucker's music has been concertized and honored at festivals and events, including the Dot-The-Line new music festival (Seoul), Longy Divergent Studio (Boston), soundSCAPE Festival (Cesena), Composing in the Wilderness (Prince William Sound & NYC), Shastra Rhythm Workshop (New Jersey), and the Penn State New Music Festival (State College).
-In 2021, he was awarded the Marjorie Jane Brewster Memorial Music Scholarship, given to one graduating Penn State student each year to pay for graduate studies at another institution.
-Additional honors include the Belle S. Gitelman Prize, Peter T. Luckie Award, and Warren Benson Scholarship.
+Tucker's music has been concertized and honored at festivals and events, including the Dot-The-Line new music festival (Seoul), Longy Divergent Studio (Boston), soundSCAPE Festival (Cesena), Composing in the Wilderness (Prince William Sound & NYC), Shastra Rhythm Workshop (New Jersey), and the Penn State New Music Festival (State College). In 2021, he was awarded the Marjorie Jane Brewster Memorial Music Scholarship, given to one graduating Penn State student each year to pay for graduate studies at another institution. Additional honors include the Belle S. Gitelman Prize, Peter T. Luckie Award, and Warren Benson Scholarship.
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-A consistent supporter of new music, Tucker has helped organize many events, festivals, and concerts, and served various music organizations throughout his academic career.
-During the 2023-24 season, he served as technical director for OSSIA New Music, a student-run organization at the Eastman School of Music committed to performing the works of contemporary composers.
-He has also worked with the Hochstein School, Penn State's Living Music, and the New Music Consortium.
-Additionally, Tucker serves as a sound engineer, technician, and teaching assistant with the Electroacoustic Music Studios at Eastman (EMuSE) and has produced hundreds of electroacoustic works in this position with artists such as Alan Pierson, John Chowning, and Kotoka Suzuki.
+A consistent supporter of new music, Tucker has helped organize many events, festivals, and concerts and served various music organizations throughout his academic career. During the 2023-24 season, he served as technical director for OSSIA New Music, a student-run organization at the Eastman School of Music committed to performing the works of contemporary composers. He has also worked with the Hochstein School, Penn State's Living Music, and the New Music Consortium. Additionally, Tucker serves as a sound engineer, technician, and teaching assistant with the Electroacoustic Music Studios at Eastman (EMuSE) and has produced hundreds of electroacoustic works in this position with artists such as Alan Pierson, John Chowning, and Kotoka Suzuki.
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-In his research, he has worked to develop approaches to music composition and collaborative improvisation using mathematics, networked computer instruments, machine listening, ambisonics, and other computer-assisted methods, with a tendency to favor recycled and reclaimed computer hardware.
-Listeners can hear this work in improvised performances by his duo TAPH, with Belgian saxophonist Floris Van Der Veken, and in recordings with percussionist/guitarist John McGovern.
+In his research, he has worked to develop approaches to music composition and collaborative improvisation using mathematics, networked computer instruments, machine listening, ambisonics, and other computer-assisted methods, with a tendency to favor recycled and reclaimed computer hardware. Listeners can hear this work in improvised performances by his duo TAPH, with Belgian saxophonist Floris Van Der Veken, and in recordings with percussionist/guitarist John McGovern.
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-He holds the MA and Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and the BM from Penn State University.
-He also studied at the University of South Florida.
-He has studied with Robert Morris, Elizabeth Ogonek, Matthew Barber, David Liptak, Baljinder Sekhon, Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice, Paul Reller, and Susanna Hancock.
-Tucker serves as instructor of the Penn State Young Composers Institute, a virtual program for high school students running in the fall, spring, and summer.
+Tucker serves as an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Fredonia and an instructor for the Eastman Community Music School, teaching courses and lessons in composition, electroacoustic music, media composition, and music technology. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music. He holds the MA and the Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, as well as a BM from Penn State University. Additional studies were completed at the University of South Florida. His principal teachers have included Robert Morris, Elizabeth Ogonek, Matthew Barber, David Liptak, Baljinder Sekhon, Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice, Paul Reller, and Susanna Hancock.
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-Tucker Johnson is a composer, performer, and educator pursuing the Ph.D. in Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
-His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation.
-He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience. Many of his works commune with music from other times and places, establishing links and references to histories of musical culture.
-Experiences reading, hiking, and amateur botanizing can be found intertwined in his work, alongside a passion for open-source software and teaching.
+Tucker Johnson is a composer, technologist, and educator based in Brockport, NY. His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation. He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience. Many of his works engage with music from other times and places, establishing connections and references to histories of musical culture. Experiences reading, hiking, and amateur botanizing are intertwined in his work, alongside a passion for open-source software and teaching.
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-Tucker's music has been concertized and honored at festivals and events, including the Dot-The-Line new music festival (Seoul), Longy Divergent Studio (Boston), soundSCAPE Festival (Cesena), Composing in the Wilderness (Prince William Sound & NYC), Shastra Rhythm Workshop (New Jersey), and the Penn State New Music Festival (State College).
-Other honors include the Belle S. Gitelman Prize, Marjorie Jane Brewster Memorial Music Scholarship, Peter T. Luckie Award, and Warren Benson Scholarship.
+Tucker's music has been concertized and honored at festivals and events, including the Dot-The-Line new music festival (Seoul), Longy Divergent Studio (Boston), soundSCAPE Festival (Cesena), Composing in the Wilderness (Prince William Sound & NYC), Shastra Rhythm Workshop (New Jersey), and the Penn State New Music Festival (State College). In 2021, he was awarded the Marjorie Jane Brewster Memorial Music Scholarship, given to one graduating Penn State student each year to pay for graduate studies at another institution. Additional honors include the Belle S. Gitelman Prize, Peter T. Luckie Award, and Warren Benson Scholarship.
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-He holds the MA and Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and the BM from Penn State University.
-He has studied with Robert Morris, Elizabeth Ogonek, Matthew Barber, David Liptak, Baljinder Sekhon, Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice, Paul Reller, and Susanna Hancock.
-Tucker serves as instructor of the Penn State Young Composers Institute, a virtual program for high school students running in the fall and spring.
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-.heading "Short Bio A"
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-Tucker Johnson is a composer, performer, and educator pursuing the Ph.D. in Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
-His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation.
-He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience.
-Many of his works commune with music from other times and places, establishing links and references to histories of musical culture.
-Experiences reading, hiking, and amateur botanizing can be found intertwined in his work, alongside a passion for open-source software and teaching.
+Tucker serves as an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Fredonia and an instructor for the Eastman Community Music School, teaching courses and lessons in composition, electroacoustic music, media composition, and music technology. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music. He holds the MA and the Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, as well as a BM from Penn State University. Additional studies were completed at the University of South Florida. His principal teachers have included Robert Morris, Elizabeth Ogonek, Matthew Barber, David Liptak, Baljinder Sekhon, Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice, Paul Reller, and Susanna Hancock.
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+.heading "Short Bio "
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-Tucker Johnson is a composer, performer, and educator whose music has been concertized and honored at festivals and events, including the Dot-The-Line new music festival (Seoul), Longy Divergent Studio (Boston), soundSCAPE Festival (Cesena), Composing in the Wilderness (Prince William Sound & NYC), Shastra Rhythm Workshop (New Jersey), and the Penn State New Music Festival (State College).
-In 2021, he was awarded the Marjorie Jane Brewster Memorial Music Scholarship, a scholarship awarded each year to one graduating Penn State student to pay for graduate studies at another institution.
-Additional honors include the Belle S. Gitelman Prize, Peter T. Luckie Award, and Warren Benson Scholarship.
-Tucker completed the MA at the Eastman School of Music under the instruction of Robert Morris, Matthew Barber, and David Liptak. He also completed the BM at Penn State, where he studied with Baljinder Sekhon and Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice.
+Tucker Johnson is a composer, technologist, and educator based in Brockport, NY. His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation. He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience. Many of his works engage with music from other times and places, establishing connections and references to histories of musical culture. Experiences reading, hiking, and amateur botanizing are intertwined in his work, alongside a passion for open-source software and teaching.
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.IP \(bu
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+Guide students through creating and presenting original electroacoustic
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.IP \(bu
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+Teach courses on film composition, music technology, and electronic music
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-Organize and manage digital library and database
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-Troubleshoot and diagnose database configuration, drop-boxing, and playback
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+to form and harmony, electronics, and current stylistic trends in composition
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+Guide students through the creation of multiple compositions for a variety of
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