Dr. Howard Jonathan Fredrics
e-mail: howardfredrics@blueyonder.co.uk
Nationality: USA – Currently holding UK
Residence and Work Permit
Selected
Grants and Awards
¥ AHRB Small Grant for the Creative and Performing Arts (£5000) – (2004-05) for the
composition of a new multimedia opera, ÒThe Whitechapel WhirlwindÓ
¥ Kessler Foundation Grant (£750) to support the performance of ÒThe Whitechapel
WhirlwindÓ opera (2005)
¥ BIAS, Inc. In-kind Grant (£10,000) – software licenses in consideration of the companyÕs
right to distribute impulse response recordings with their products (2003).
¥ Kingston University Blackboard Development Grant (£350) to support development of
electronic curriculum materials (2003)
¥ ASCAP special awards (1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99. 1999-
2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005) ($1000 each award)
¥ Audioease, Inc. Research Grant for development of impulse response data set. -
$4400 awarded in software licenses (Altiverb MAS Plug-in)
¥ Center For Humanities Research Fellowship ($1000), Texas A&M University (2000-2001)
¥ Scholarly and Creative Activities Research Grant ($7500) for composition and research
in Sweden, Texas A&M University (2000)
¥ Computing Equipment Grant ($85,000), College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University,
for development of a Music Computing Lab (2000)
¥ Luigi Russolo Competition Jury Prize for Vagvisa Fšr Mitt Ofšdda Barn (1998)
¥ National Endowment For The Arts Grant for residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts
(1995)
¥ Meet The Composer Grant for performances of Vagvisa Fšr Mitt Ofšdda Barn (1995)
¥ Tampa
Bay Composers' Forum International Competition - for Vagvisa Fšr Mitt
Ofšdda Barn (1995)
¥ Musica Nova Special Prize for The Raven's Kiss (1995)
¥ Luigi Russolo Jury Prize for The Raven's Kiss (1995)
``¥ Hutchinson Fellowship for one year, University of Texas at Austin (1994-95).
¥ Telly Award for PBS series theme, Texas Parks And Wildlife (1994)
¥ Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States award (1994)
¥ Bourges International Electroacoustic Music jury award for The Raven's Kiss (1993)
¥ Emmy Award for PBS series theme, Texas Parks And Wildlife (1993)
¥ Fulbright Grant to Sweden for Music Composition (1992-1993)
Selected Commissions and Publication of Compositions
"Not From This Anger," for baritone and piano, Jomar Press (1980)
"Woodwind Quartet," Jomar Press (1981)
"Baby With The Bathwater," for tape commissioned by Theatre Collective,
Auracle
Music (1987)
"The Open Road," for chamber ensemble, Franklin-Douglas Music (1988)
"Moonlight," for chamber ensemble, Franklin-Douglas Music (1988)
"Robots," for tape, Franklin-Douglas Music (1988)
"The Mockingbird," for baritone and tape, Auracle Music (1988)
"Out in Left Field," for tape, commissioned by Debbie Butts, Auracle Music (1988)
"As The Spirit Wanes," for solo piano, Jomar Press (1988)
"Inventory," for tape, commissioned by Chicago House, Auracle Music (1988)
"The Laundromat," for tape commissioned by Theatre Collective, Auracle Music
(1988)
"Laundry and Bourbon," for tape, commissioned by Theatre Collective, Auracle
Music (1988)
"Chaotic Structures," for interactive electronics, Auracle Music (1989)
"Down," for chamber ensemble with electronics - film score, commissioned by
Michael Cohn, Auracle Music (1989)
"The Accidental Death of An Anarchist," for orchestra, commissioned by Capitol
City Playhouse, Auracle Music (1989)
"Endangered Plants," for chamber ensemble, commissioned by Texas Parks &
Wildlife TV series, Auracle Music (1989)
"Inevitable Conflicts," for soprano and string orchestra, Auracle Music (1991)
"No Help for That," for narrator and tape, Auracle Music (1991)
"The Tragedy of The Leaves," for tape Auracle Music (1991)
ÒPsalm 42,Ófor chorus and organ, Jomar Press (1991)
"The Raven's Kiss," for tape, Auracle Music (1993)
"Vagvisa Fšr Mitt Ofšdda Barn," for soprano and tape, Auracle Music (1994)
"Octte," for chamber ensemble, Auracle Music (1995)
"Variations for Flute Duet," commissioned by G. Margadant, Auracle Music (1995)
"New Horizons," for orchestra and chorus, Commissioned by Burlington Northern
Railroad, Auracle Music (1995)
"Music in the Age of Iron," for flute, tape and video, commissioned by Nathaniel
Bobbitt, Auracle Music (1996)
"Screams From Lima," commissioned by Diffusion i MŽdia,
Auracle Music (1998)
"Anarchist Suite," University Microfilms, Inc. and Auracle Music (1998)
"Music from Wedekind's Lulu," commissioned by Pacific Resident Theatre, Auracle
Music (1999)
"2 Flies," commissioned by Capitol University, Auracle Music (2000)
"Grodorna," for soprano and tape, Auracle Music (2000)
"The Purple Locket," ballet for orchestra, commissioned by the Brazos Valley
Symphony, Auracle Music (2001)
"Northern Lights," for soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion and tape
commissioned by Duo Sonnekus (2001), Auracle Music (2001)
ÒTexas Parks & Wildlife Series Theme – Revised,Ó commissioned by the Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department (2002)
ÒThe Unpardonable SinÓ for mezzo-soprano and piano, Auracle Music, 2003
ÒThe Whitechapel WhirlwindÓ multimedia opera-in-progress. (2005)
ÒNew WorkÓ – for piano and electronics, commissioned by Robert Taub (in-
progress)Ò
¥ Screams From Lima, for computer generated tape, commissioned by Diffusion i MŽdia
CD label, on "Miniatures ConcrŽtes" IMED 9837 (1998).
¥ Vagvisa Fšr Mitt Ofšdda Barn, for soprano and tape on SEAMUS #5, EAM 9601 (1996)
and on ISMEAM 1997 CD, HEAR 103 (1997).
¥ The Raven's Kiss, for tape on the 1994 ICMC CD, DIEM. Also on SEAMUS # 4, EAM
9501 (1995) and as part of the music literature text, SelvŠt SŠvelet, Otava Publishing
P6771, (1997).
¥ Bukowski Songs, a cassette & CD of works for chamber ensemble, voices, and
electronics on the Auracle label, distributed by Water Row Press, Auracle 9601 (1996)
¥ The Tragedy of The Leaves, for tape - CDCM Computer Music Series, v. 20, Centaur,
CRC 2245 (1995). Co-producer and Digital Mastering Engineer for all selections on CD.
¥ Hypnosis for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83 (1995).
¥ Pantomime for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83 (1995).
¥ Out of Whack for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83 (1995).
¥ Clowning Around for chamber orchestra on the Omnimusic series, "Spoof," OM 83
(1995).
¥ Texas Hill Country, for mixed ensemble on the Omnimusic series, "The Natural World,"
OM 66 (1993).
¥ Texas Wildrice for mixed ensemble, on the Omnimusic series, "The Natural World,"
OM 66 (1993).
¥ Underwater Flow for mixed ensemble on the Omnimusic series, "The Natural World,"
OM 66 (1993).
¥ The Open Road, for mixed ensemble, on the Omnimusic series, "American Images,"
OM 28 (1988)
¥ Moonlight, for chamber ensemble, on the Omnimusic series, "Candlelight," OM 31
(1988)
¥ Robots, for electronic media on the Omnimusic series, "Living in The Future,"
OM 33 (1988).
¥ Music For Martha Clarke's Vienna Lusthaus - Orchestrator for Richard Peaslee's music, Musical Heritage Society - MHS 912098Z (1987)
Selected
Publications
Kid Berg,
Uneven Steps. Vol. 2, 2004, p. 6-8.
In The Ring, Jewish Renaissance. Vol. 3, Issue 4, 2004, p. 22.
Review of Studio in a Box, Electronic Musician. September, 2002
Review of Bias Deck 3.01, Electronic Musician, Summer, 2002
Bouncing Off Walls, Electronic Musician, March, 2002, p. 98-103.
Review of NoTAM DSP 1.0, Electronic Musician, May, 2001, p. 188, 190.
Review of
International Computer Music Conference: Evening Concert 3 Array: The
Journal of The International Computer Music Association, Fall, 2000.
Intervallic Symmetry as Metaphor for A Cybernetic Age, Proceedings
of the International
Computer Music Conference, 2000, p. 32-37, reprinted in the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Vol. XV No. 2 Fall/Winter 2000-2001, p. 5-13.
Lars
Gunnar Bodin's 'Anima': An
Analysis of The Relationship Between Intervallic
Symmetry And The Philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Carl Jung, accepted for 2002 publication in expanded form (expected Fall, 2005) in Ex Tempore: A Journal of Compositional and Theoretical Research in Music.
The Fredrics Impulse Response Archive, audio soundfiles published in The Csound Book,
Richard Boulanger, ed., MIT Press, March, 2000.. Published by Berkley Interactive Audio Systems (BIAS, Inc.) in conjunction with their Peak 4 audio editing and signal processing software, November 2002.
The
Fredrics Collection, a set of Csound software instruments published in The
Csound Book, Richard Boulanger, ed., MIT Press,
March, 2000.
Review of
International Computer Music Conference: Evening Concert 6 Array: The
Journal of The International Computer Music Association, Winter, 2000.
CD Review of Acousmatica I, SAN Diffusion, September, 1999, p. 10-11, reprinted in
eContact: The Journal of The Canadian Electroacoustic Community 2.2. ix, 1999.
Bukowski, Charles, Reach For The Sun: Selected Letters 1978-1994, Volume 3, ed.
Seamus Cooney, Black Sparrow Press, 1999. Includes correspondence with the
author.
Present and Future Methods for Archiving and Storage of Sound Recordings, Proceedings of the Second Symposium of Music (September, 1993). Revised and reprinted in Journal of the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (Winter, 1999).
The History of Compositional Aesthetics in the 20th Century: Polarity and
Reconcilliation, Proceedings of the Second Symposium of Music (September, 1993).
Revised
and reprinted in Shoptalk: The Journal of the Texas Computer Musicians
Network, 1:1 (January, 1997).
Charles Bukowski: An Annotated Bibliography of Poems 1982-1993, Sure 11 (1996)
Liner Notes to Music From SEAMUS Volume 5, EAM 9601 (1996).
Liner Notes to CDCM Volume 20: Music From The University of Texas,
Centaur 2245 (1995).
Liner Notes to Music From SEAMUS Volume 4, EAM 9501 (1995).
Liner Notes to ICMC 94, DIEM, (1994).
Granular Synthesis Orchestra, Csound Magazine, Winter 2000,
http://www.csounds.com/ezine/Winter2000/synthesis/ - citation
Selected Conference Papers
Crosscurrents in Popular and
Experimental Music: A New Model
for Teaching
Electroacoustic
Music Literature, presented at the Technology Institute for Music
Education (TiME) National Conference, Columbus, OH, February, 2001. Also
presented at the North Carolina Computer Music Festival, Raleigh,
NC, March 18, 2002, and at the Annual Meeting of the College Music Society,
September 26-29, 2002
Intervallic Symmetry as Metaphor for A Cybernetic Age, presented at the
International
Computer Music Conference, Berlin,
Germany, August, 2000.
Lars
Gunnar Bodin's 'Anima': An
Analysis of The Relationship Between Intervallic
Symmetry And The Philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Carl Jung, presented at the
New England Conference of Music Theorists, Brandeis University, March, 2000.
The
History of Compositional Aesthetics in the 20th Century: Polarity and
Reconciliation, Second Symposium of Music, Salvator, Bahia, Brazil, September,
1993.
Present and Future Methods for Archiving and Storage of Sound Recordings, Second
Symposium of Music, Salvator, Bahia, Brazil, September, 1993.
Timbre as A Structural Process, presented at Musikhšgskolan, Stockholm (October, 1992),
The Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (February, 1993), and EMS, Stockholm (May, 1993).
Significant
Peformances and Broadcasts
The Whitechapel Whirlwind, a multimedia opera with interactive electronics, voices and instruments.
The Bloomsbury Theatre, London – work-in-progress performance of 45
minutes in duration. (3/2005)
Excerpts broadcast on BBC London Radio. (3/2005)
Additional performance scheduled for October, 2006 at York Hall, London
Northern Lights for soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion and tape
International Computer Music Conference, Miami (11/04)
Broadcast on Resonance FM, London (3/03)
SEAMUS National Conference, Tempe, AZ (3/03)
MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music New Music & Art Festival
(10/02)