winter 2025 update

diff --git a/modules/bios.ms b/modules/bios.ms
index d68c81765b34c8c01df6e917ba892a4ca380784b..c66a3c47e9bff4e89611a9b5ef99b5b7e24dab8b 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/bios.ms
+++ b/modules/bios.ms
@@ -1,54 +1,29 @@
 \# root = ../bios.ms
 .sp 0.5
 .heading "Full Bio"
-.lj
 .sp 0.3
-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, 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.
 .sp 0.3
-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.
 .sp 0.3
-A consistent supporter of new music, Tucker has helped organize many events,
-festivals, and concerts, and served various music organizations throughout his
-academic career. He serves as technical director of 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, WXXI Classical, 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 soprano Jamie Jordan.
+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.
 .sp 0.3
-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 with Belgian saxophonist Floris Van Der
-Veken, and 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.
 .sp 0.3
-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,
-Matthew Barber, David Liptak, Baljinder Sekhon, Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice,
-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.
+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.
 .br
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 .sp 0.3
@@ -63,7 +38,7 @@ Tucker's music has been concertized and honored at festivals and events, includi
 Other honors include the Belle S. Gitelman Prize, Marjorie Jane Brewster Memorial Music Scholarship, Peter T. Luckie Award, and Warren Benson Scholarship.
 .sp 0.3
 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, Matthew Barber, David Liptak, Baljinder Sekhon, Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice, and Susanna Hancock.
+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.
 .br
 \D'l 7.25i 0'

diff --git a/modules/commissions.ms b/modules/commissions.ms
index 6dbab537c86ef43e3f4f0b2b1cac6a9cb8fc10bb..455ae72ff89b6a098a90754633bd1c2af601848d 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/commissions.ms
+++ b/modules/commissions.ms
@@ -3,37 +3,44 @@
 .TS
 tab(|) nospaces;
 rW5|lx.
+2025|T{
+.B "Evan Heuermann"
+\(em
+composition for brass quintet insprired by Don Cherry
+.I "Cherry Blossoms" ) (
+.sp .25
+T}
 2024|T{
 .B
 .pdfhref W -D https://www.matchstickpercussion.com/ Matchstick Percussion
 .R
-\(en
+\(em
 .I "Strike Anywhere vol. 1" :
 composition for percussion quartet with portable instrumentation
 .sp .25
 T}
 2023|T{
 .B "John McGovern"
-\(en
+\(em
 composition for solo multi-percussion using only cowbell instruments
 .I "...for me, the cowbell..." ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2021|T{
 .B "Eastman Graduate Composers' Sinfonietta"
-\(en
+\(em
 composition for sinfonietta
 .I "Commonplace Common Tones" ) (
 .br
 .B "Eunmi Ko and Robert McCormick"
-\(en
+\(em
 composition for piano and percussion
 .I "Even the Pieces I can't Remember" ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2020|T{
 .B "John McGovern"
-\(en
+\(em
 composition for snare drum and multi-media
 .I "The Ecstasy of Communication" ) (
 .sp .25
@@ -42,14 +49,14 @@ T}
 .B
 .pdfhref W -D https://www.composinginthewilderness.com/2019 Composing in the Wilderness
 .R
-\(en
+\(em
 composition inspired by a 6-day kayaking journey in Prince William Sound, Alaska
 .I "Or Maybe While Crossing" ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2018|T{
 .B "Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra"
-\(en
+\(em
 composition for youth orchestra
 .I "JetFuel" ) (
 .sp .25

diff --git a/modules/honors.ms b/modules/honors.ms
index 98f1e7e72377c5f9f34a0026f06cb9634f3beafa..a3e3198661638372a367be9c8577fb4e7bbec4b6 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/honors.ms
+++ b/modules/honors.ms
@@ -5,44 +5,44 @@ tab(|) nospaces;
 rW5|lx.
 2024|T{
 .B "Belle S. Gitelman Prize"
-\(en
+\(em
 Eastman School of Music
 .I "Net Clarity" ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2023|T{
 .B "Belle S. Gitelman Prize"
-\(en
+\(em
 Eastman School of Music
 .I "Circumnutation" ) (
 .br
 .B "Special Opportunity Grant"
-\(en
+\(em
 Institute for Music Leadership
 .I "to attend the Penn State International New Music Festival & Symposium" ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2021|T{
 .B "1st Place: Undergraduate Research in Arts and Humanities"
-\(en
+\(em
 Penn State University
 .I "Listening to Ghosts, Imagining Lost Futures: Metaphor and Structure in Wears and Tears" ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2020|T{
 .B "Marjorie Jane Brewster Competition"
-\(en
+\(em
 Penn State University
 .br
 .B "Peter T. Luckie Award"
-\(en
+\(em
 Penn State University
 .I "A Presence Within Reassembly" ) (
 .sp .25
 T}
 2019|T{
 .B "Dot-the-Line Call for Scores"
-\(en
+\(em
 Dot-the-Line, South Korea
 .I "CO" ) (
 .sp .25

diff --git a/modules/lop.ms b/modules/lop.ms
index 02625dcbe521c0537f76dd0a5a5a20ff8d62f4a9..ec84024db92776259dfcc6867ff7f94ecbc83be6 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/lop.ms
+++ b/modules/lop.ms
@@ -5,6 +5,61 @@
 tab(|) nospaces;
 rW5|lW30|lw27|lx.
 [date]|[title]|[performer(s)]|[venue]|
+11/17/24|T{
+.B "CO"
+.sp -0.2
+.I "[saxophone, piano]"
+.sp 0.73
+T}|T{
+Katherine Weintraub, Eunmi Ko
+.sp 0.75
+T}|T{
+OH, Cincinnati: Cohen Family Studio Theatre
+T}
+10/4/24|T{
+.B "Improvisation"
+.sp -0.2
+.I "[saxophone, laptops]"
+.sp 0.73
+T}|T{
+TAPH Duo
+.sp 0.75
+T}|T{
+PA, State College: Esber Hall
+T}
+10/4/24|T{
+.B "Quartets"
+.sp -0.2
+.I "[high-order ambisonic fixed media]"
+.sp 0.73
+T}|T{
+ambisonic playback
+.sp 0.75
+T}|T{
+PA, State College: Esber Hall
+T}
+10/4/24|T{
+.B "Choruses"
+.sp -0.2
+.I "[saxophone, live-electronics]"
+.sp 0.73
+T}|T{
+Floris Van der Veken
+.sp 0.75
+T}|T{
+PA, State College: Esber Hall
+T}
+9/26/24|T{
+.B "Choruses"
+.sp -0.2
+.I "[saxophone, live-electronics]"
+.sp 0.73
+T}|T{
+Floris Van der Veken
+.sp 0.75
+T}|T{
+NY, Rochester: Hatch Recital Hall
+T}
 06/1/24|T{
 .B "Quads I"
 .sp -0.2
@@ -56,10 +111,10 @@ T}
 3/26/23|T{
 .B "Improvisation"
 .sp -0.2
-.I "[Johnson/Van der Veken]"
+.I "[saxohpone, laptops]"
 .sp 0.73
 T}|T{
-Tucker Johnson, Floris Van Der Veken
+TAPH Duo
 .sp .75
 T}|T{
 NY, Rochester: Klibourn Hall

diff --git a/modules/low.ms b/modules/low.ms
index c495b10ee80cafb647e3ce16fb6e5a678395a0bb..a6f52176effc51dce3df9a3e8cd0975e21f0737a 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/low.ms
+++ b/modules/low.ms
@@ -5,39 +5,51 @@
 tab(|) nospaces;
 rW5|lW50|lw10|lx.
 [year]|[title]|[duration]|[forces]
-2024|T{
-.B "Inner Clarity" \*{\[dg]\*}
-T}|10 minutes|T{
-wind ensemble
+2025|T{
+.B "Net Clarity" \*{\[dg]\*}
+T}|22 minutes|T{
+clarinet, piano
 .sp .75
 T}
  |T{
-.B "Latter Clarity" \*{\[dg]\*}
-T}|11 minutes|T{
-solo clarinet, sinfonietta
+.B "Apples & Pairs" \*{\[dg]\*}
+T}|6 minutes|T{
+violin duo
+.sp .75
 T}
  |T{
-.I "commissioned by the Eastman Graduate Composers' Sinfonietta"
-.sp .75
-T}| |T{
-.sp .75
+.B "Cherry Blossoms" \*{\[dg]\*}
+T}|7 minutes|T{
+brass quintet
 T}
  |T{
-.B "Net Clarity" \*{\[dg]\*}
-T}|22 minutes|T{
-clarinet, piano
+.I "commissioned by Evan Heuermann"
+.sp .75
+T}| |T{
 .sp .75
 T}
  |T{
-.B "Reassembly Redux" \*{\[dg]\*}
+.B "Quartets" \*{\[dg]\*}
 T}|8 minutes|T{
 ambisonic fixed media
 .sp .75
+T}
+2024|T{
+.B "Choruses"
+T}|10 minutes|T{
+alto saxophone,
+ambisonic live-electronics
+.sp .75
 T}
  |T{
 .B "QUADS I"
 T}|8 minutes|T{
 percussion quartet
+T}
+ |T{
+.I "commissioned by Matchstick Percussion"
+.sp .75
+T}| |T{
 .sp .75
 T}
 2023|T{
@@ -115,12 +127,6 @@ T}
 T}|2 minutes|T{
 vibraphone, live-processing
 .sp .75
-T}
- |T{
-.B "Transpile"
-T}|8 minutes|T{
-alto saxophone
-.sp .75
 T}
 2020|T{
 .B "Falling Paths, Coloring Grounds"

diff --git a/modules/positions.ms b/modules/positions.ms
index d2b8cb4730ccdd62e7117e552610dc17382fb165..dfb6f41ed40d0a943d529f8bfbfb0d56318262cf 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/positions.ms
+++ b/modules/positions.ms
@@ -190,5 +190,6 @@ Work Sample:
 .pdfhref W -D https://youtu.be/VGQAU11vmZo?feature=shared -A , Dido and Aeneas
 by Penn State Opera Theatre
 .KE
-.sp .25
+.nr PD 0.3v
+.sp .5
 .LP

diff --git a/modules/presentations.ms b/modules/presentations.ms
index 956d4da28954e5edf74e9603c0a1261576798b26..61add05f35dd94892a663f1605286b2d1b61c008 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/presentations.ms
+++ b/modules/presentations.ms
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ whose machinations and motivations are possibly mysterious?
 .B
 .pdfhref W -D https://www.wxxiclassical.org/musicians-of-rochester-1/2023-03-01/eastman-david-liptak-retirement-composer Eastman composer David Liptak looks forward to the next chapter
 .R
-\(en
+\(em
 Musicians of Rochester (3/01/2023)
 .br
 Interview with composer David Liptak

diff --git a/modules/programs.ms b/modules/programs.ms
index 9fb948c2c38eb2b13e9fe98303a54726637db857..8a4c238d820858697fa52d50c0666a07c1487369 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/programs.ms
+++ b/modules/programs.ms
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ T}
 commissioned work:
 .I "...for the discernment of vocations with... "
 (Shawn Matevetsky - tabla, New Jersey Percussion Ensemble: Payton Macdonald - conductor)
-.sp .25
+.br
 .B "USF International New Music Festival"
 [Tampa, FL]
 \(em planning, hosting

diff --git a/modules/research.ms b/modules/research.ms
index 8ac393ba4f14e221570fb1d50040b70a4677e602..5cb7fc492dda7bd0b01dcd1b9ed995ba02a4c828 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/research.ms
+++ b/modules/research.ms
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 \# root = ../cv.ms
 .heading "RESEARCH"
 .LP
+.nr PD 0v
 .B "Instruments and tools for improvisation and composition"
-\(en Independent Study (ongoing since 12/2021)
-.br
-\[bu]\0
+\(em Independent Study (ongoing since 12/2021)
+.IP \(bu 1.8
 Custom software instruments for improvisation and live performance, handmade
 midi controllers, modified and networked computer systems created from recycled
 hardware
-.br
-\[bu]\0
+.IP \(bu
 Custom software and scripts for composition written in a variety of computer languages
-.br
-\[bu]\0
-Some of this work available on
-.pdfhref W -D https://github.com/tuckerjohnson github
+.IP \(bu
+Some of this work available through my public
+.pdfhref W -D https://git.newer.systems git repositories
+.nr PD 0.3v
 .LP
+.nr PD 0v
 \###############################################################################
-.B "Thesis:"
+.B "Eastman Master of Arts Thesis:"
 .BI "Computer Instrument Design in Digital Signal Processing Pedagogy"
-\(en (2022-2023)
-.br
-\[bu]\0
-Researched technical and philosophical issues in DSP pedagogy
+\(em (2022-2023)
+.IP \(bu 1.8
+Researched technical and philosophical issues in DSP pedagogy and proposed
+ideas for digital instrument design as a central pillar of a DSP curriculcum
 .sp .25
+.nr PD 0.3v
 .LP