Jonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison studied with Bernard Rands, Elisabeth Lutyens, and David Blake at the University of York (UK), graduating with a DPhil in Composition in 1980. Between 1976 and 1980 he lived in London (UK), where he worked with Harrison Birtwistle and Dominic Muldowney at the National Theatre, producing the electroacoustic components for many productions, including Tamburlaine the Great, Julius Caesar, Brand, and Amadeus, and also taught electroacoustic composition at City University. More
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Jonty Harrison
Scunthorpe (England, UK), 1952
Residence: Birmingham (England, UK)
- Composer
Main releases
Appearances
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Various artists
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Francis Dhomont, ed.
Complements
Selected works
- Abstracts (1998), 17:30orchestra and 8-channel fixed medium
- Afterthoughts (2007), 15:598-channel fixed medium
- Aria (1988), 10:54stereo fixed medium
- BEASTiary (2012), 8:2072-channel fixed medium
- BEASTory (2010), 8:10multichannel fixed medium
- Concertino (1988), 4:00alto flute (or other woodwind instrument) and processing (optional)
- EQ (1980), 15:00soprano saxophone and stereo fixed medium
- Espaces cachés (2014), 13:5430-channel fixed medium
- … et ainsi de suite… (1992), 19:17stereo fixed medium
- Free Fall (2006), 7:548-channel fixed mediumCycle: ReCycle
- Going / Places (2015), 60:0032-channel fixed medium
- Hot Air (1995), 22:12stereo fixed medium
- Internal Combustion (2005-06), 11:438-channel fixed mediumCycle: ReCycle
- Klang (1982), 9:00stereo fixed medium
- Pair / Impair (1978), 11:48stereo fixed medium
- Petit prélude parallèle (2018), 8:40ambisonic fixed medium
- Rock ’n’ Roll (2004), 11:438-channel fixed mediumCycle: ReCycle
- Some of its Parts (2012-14), 11:25violin and/or percussion and/or piano and 5.1-channel fixed medium
- Sorties (1995), 15:14stereo fixed medium
- Splintering (1997), 19:51stereo fixed medium
- Streams (1999), 16:128-channel fixed mediumCycle: ReCycle
- Surface Tension (1996), 13:01stereo fixed medium
- Undertow (2007), 12:198-channel fixed medium
- Unsound Objects (1995), 12:59stereo fixed medium
Blog
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Saturday, August 26, 2017 / General
Associazione Prima Materia presents the Sounds Almost Real masterclass on September 5-9, 2017 San Quirico In Collina (near Florence, Italy) with Jonty Harrison. More
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Sunday, September 28, 2014 / General
The two 2014-15 Klinger Electroacoustic Residents (KEAR) at Bowling Green State University (Ohio, USA) have been announced. John Young will spend his two weeks in the multi-channel / ambisonic studio at the end of October 2014 and Jonty Har… More
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Monday, June 16, 2014 / In concert
Musiques & Recherches presents the concert Portrait musical de Jonty Harrison on June 20, 2014 at Espace Senghor in Brussels (Belgium) with the composer diffusing 5 of his works including the new Espaces cachés (premiered in Montpellier (Fr… More