From: Tucker Johnson Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:50:58 +0000 (-0500) Subject: winter 2025 update X-Git-Url: https://git.newer.systems/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e73864bf66ec9183d8de757b87877479bf670dd5;p=documents.git winter 2025 update --- diff --git a/modules/bios.ms b/modules/bios.ms index d68c817..c66a3c4 100644 --- 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 \D'l 7.25i 0' .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 6dbab53..455ae72 100644 --- 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 98f1e7e..a3e3198 100644 --- 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 02625dc..ec84024 100644 --- 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 c495b10..a6f5217 100644 --- 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 d2b8cb4..dfb6f41 100644 --- 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 956d4da..61add05 100644 --- 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 9fb948c..8a4c238 100644 --- 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 8ac393b..5cb7fc4 100644 --- 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