John Palmer (composer)

John Palmer ( born 1959 ) is a British composer, pianist and musicologist.

John Palmer studied piano in Zurich and at the Lucerne School of Music at Grazia Wendling and Eve Serman, where he received his diploma in piano. He attended composition courses at Edison Vasilievich Denisov and Vinko Globokar. His postgraduate studies took him back to London, first at Trinity College of Music, where he received his Fellowship Diploma in composition, then. At the Royal Holloway University of London and at the City University London, where he received his doctorate in composition specialist He also studied conducting with Alan Hazeldine at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and analysis of Jonathan Cross at the University of Bristol. Palmer participated in further studies with Vinko Globokar on International Masterclasses in Dartington, England, in part. Then he dealt particularly with the music of Jonathan Harvey, whom he consulted regularly for two years. In the 1970s, John Palmer was very active as a pianist in chamber of improvisation and experimental music. Since 1980, he has many works for orchestra and various chamber music ensembles, and composes instrumental, choral and electro-acoustic music. Performances and concert activities as a composer, pianist, and conductor Klangprojektionist have taken him to Europe, America and Asia. Since 1992 he has been a regular guest professor at various universities and conferences in Europe and North America. 1990 to 1995 he was a lecturer at the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2000 and Senior Lecturer in Composition at the University of Hertfordshire, where he was also director of research. Since 2000 he is professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart.

Compositions (selection )

Orchestra

  • Omen (1991) for orchestra with choir
  • Concertino (1991 )
  • Hypothetical Questions (1992-2012)
  • There ( 1992) for string orchestra
  • Within (1993-2002) for solo piano ( microtonal voted ), Orchestra with Choir

Chamber Orchestra

  • You (1992-2008) for trombone, chamber orchestra and electronics
  • Legend (1994-2008) for harp and chamber orchestra

Ensemble

  • Koan (1999) for solo shakuhachi and ensemble ( fl, ob, bcl, sleeps, Kl, Vl, Vla, Vc)
  • Asgard (1987-2001) for Fl, B- Clear, Vl, Vla, Cello, Piano, 2 speakers, electronics
  • Waka (2003) for solo percussion and ensemble ( fl, ob, B- Clear, piano, Vl, Vla, Vc)

Chamber Music

  • First String Quartet ( jeu de mort ) ( 1986)
  • Theorem ( 1995) for piano trio
  • Second String Quartet ( dream) (1996 )
  • Between ( 2000) for violin and harpsichord
  • Transitions (2000 ) for violin, clarinet, cello, piano
  • Still ( 2001) for bass flute, 6 & 12-page guitar, viola
  • Transference (2010 ) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
  • Crossing dialogues (2013 ) for violin, cello, vibraphone, piano

Instrumental

  • Musica Reservata (1989 ) for piano
  • Satori (1999) for harpsichord
  • Hinayana (1999) for oboe
  • Drang (1999) for accordion
  • Without (2004 ) for violin
  • Almost (2006) for cello
  • Over (2006 ) for violin
  • En avant (2006 ) for piano
  • Trans -solo 1 (2010 ) for piano
  • Trans -solo 2 ( 2010) for Bb clarinet

Electric acoustic (including acousmatic )

  • Beyond the Bridge ( 1993) for cello and electronics
  • Renge-kyo (1993) for piano and electronics
  • Encounter (1998) for harpsichord, world percussion and electronics
  • " ... as it flies ... " (2001) for tape
  • Transfiguration (1999-2006) for trombone and electronics
  • I am (2002) for tape
  • Inwards (2005-06 ) for bass flute and electronics
  • In the Temple ( 2006-07) for tape
  • Present Otherness (2008) for tape

Awards / Honours

Discography

  • "In the temple" - Animato Records ACD6144.
  • " I Am" - Animato Records ACD6143.
  • " Musica Reservata " - Animato Records ACD6136.
  • " Transference " - Taukay CD137.
  • Beyond the Bridge Edition Memnosyne, Synthesis 8, LD278058/59.
  • Phonai in Electroshock, 2 ELCD 006
  • Epitaph in Electroshock 3 ELCD 007
  • Theorem in Living Artists Recordings, Vol.3.
  • Present otherness in Sargasso SCD 28057
  • Beyond the Bridge, Phonai, renge-kyo, Spirits, vision - Sargasso SCD 28023
  • Encounter, Hinayana, Epitaph, Between - Sargasso SCD 28038
  • Koan, silent, satori - Sargasso SCD 28049
  • Waka '... as it flies ...', nowhere - Sargasso SCD 28053
  • Inwards, urge, transient, tranfiguration, fado - Sargasso SCD 28059

Writings

  • Introduction to ' Images of the mind (1997). Paper for the 1997 International Congress KlangArt ' New Music & Technology ' in Osnabruck, Germany. Posted in ' Music and New Technology 3, music in the virtual space ' (edited by Bernd Enders ), University Press Rasch, Osnabrück ( 2000). ISBN 3-934005-64-0.
  • Conceptual models of interaction: towards a perceptual analysis of interactive composition (1997/ 1998). Paper for the 1997 Sonic Arts Network Conference, University of Birmingham, UK, 10th - 12th January 1998. Posted in Seamus Journal, USA, Vol XIV, no 1, Summer 1999. Society for Electro -Acoustic Music in the United States, Sonic Arts Network
  • Perceptual Abstraction and Electroacoustic Composition (1998). Paper for the 1998 Seamus Conference, Dartmouth College, NH, USA, 16.-18. April 1998 (1997/ 1998). Posted in Seamus Journal, USA, Vol XIII, No. 2, Fall 1998. Society for Electro -Acoustic Music in the United States
  • Listening: towards a new awareness of a neglected skill (1997). Paper for the Stockholm Hey Listen! International Conference on Acoustic Ecology, 9th - 13th June 1998 Published by "the Royal Swedish Academy of Music", June 1998.
  • Which Global Music? (1999). Paper for the 1999 Congress Klangart, Osnabrück, Germany, June 1999. Posted in ' Music and New Technology 4' (edited by Bernd Enders ), epic music Osnabrück University Press ( 2003). ISBN 978-3-923486-01-4 epic music publisher, read article
  • The lesson of freedom: Remembering Luc Ferrari ( 2005). Posted in ' Soundscape - The Journal of Acoustic Ecology ', Vol 6, No. 1, Spring / Summer 2005. ISSN 1607 - 3304Soundscape
  • Jonathan Harvey's Bhakti for chamber ensemble and electronics (2001), Edwin Mellen Press, Studies in History and Interpretation of Music. ISBN 0-7734-7436-6 ( melle press)
  • With A. Honeybone, J. Blumhof, M. Hall: Integrating Skills Development with Academic Content in Higher Education. A guide to the work of the Hertfordshire Integrated Learning Project, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire, UK, 2001.
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