Jeffrey Stolet

Composer

(b. 1955, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)

Jeffrey Stolet joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1988 and is currently a Philip H. Knight Professor of Music and director of the Music Technology programs in the School of Music. Stolet received a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Texas at Austin where he studied electro-acoustic music with Russell Pinkston, Karl Korte, and Barton McLean.

Stolet's compositions have been presented throughout America, Europe, Japan, and Australia, and are available on the Newport Classic and Cambria labels. The most recent presentations of Stolet's work include concerts, exhibitions, and festivals in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Milan, Barcelona, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, and New York. In 1992, The Main Event made its European premiere by opening the Treffpunkt Cultural Center in downtown Stuttgart to sold out houses, while To Eat the Last Messiah, "a provocative and stimulating" work for computer music, amplified piano and theater, premiered in America. During 1992, portions of To Eat the Last Messiah were performed in Paris. In 1999, Stolet's Frankenstein premiered in the Theatre Nationale in Reims, France and was greeted with an enthusiastic response. His most recent compositions include a series of pieces for infrared controllers, Max, Kyma, and the Yamaha Disklavier, Tokyo Lick, Burn & Wound Department, and Things I Do With My Fingers, the score for Leon Johnson's performance art work Faust/Faustus, and a media opera for mezzo soprano with computer animation and computer-generated sound created in collaboration with computer artist Ying Tan, Caminos Terrible, Desiertos Crueles (Wicked Paths, Cruel Deserts).

Stolet also directs Future Music Oregon, the Computer Music Center at the School of Music, and the C.P.U. Concert Series. At the University of Oregon, Stolet has developed the curriculum for a Bachelor of Science in Music Technology degree, a Master of Music in Intermedia Music Technology, and the curriculum for Intermedia Music Technology as a Secondary Area for music students pursuing doctoral degrees. Beyond creating new curricula, Stolet has collaborated with The New Media Center at the University of Oregon to transform an original electronic music textbook into Electronic Music Interactive, an internet-deliverable, multimedia document containing motion animations, sound, and glossary where the student can engage the content interactively that has received rave reviews in the press.

Page 2: Short Vita.

Page 3: Summary of recent works and recognition (1995 - 2000).

email: stolet@darkwing.uoregon.edu