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- Robert Scott Thompson is a composer of instrumental and electroacoustic music and is currently Professor of Music Composition at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He earned the B.Mus. degree from the University of Oregon and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). His primary teachers include Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa and F. Richard Moore. He has created work in a wide variety of forms ranging from chamber and orchestral music to works for the virtuoso soloist, computer music, and video and performance art. He is the recipient of several prizes and distinctions for his music including the First Prize in the 2003 Musica Nova Competition (Czech Republic), the First Prize in the 2001 Pierre Schaeffer Competition (Italy) and awards in the XVI Concorso Internazionale "Luigi Russolo" (Italy), Irino Prize Foundation Competition for Chamber Music (Japan), and Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges(France), among others. He was a Research Assistant of the Center for Music Experiment (CME) Computer Audio Research Lab (CARL) throughout the 1980’s, assisting significant composers in the realization of advanced computer music works. In 1991, he was named a Fulbright Research Scholar and was Composer in Residence at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM) where he collaborated on fundamental research and composed the long-form computer music work – The Strong Eye. Over the past decade, he has become increasingly well known internationally for his instrumental and electroacoustic works and also for his many recordings which have been broadcast worldwide. His music is published on recordings by EMF Media, Neuma, Drimala, Capstone, Hypnos, Oasis/Mirage, Groove, Lens, Space for Music, Zero Music, Twelfth Root and Aucourant record labels, among others.
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Mantra - New long-form ambient recording!
A new long-form recording has recently been published - Mantra. Similar to my other long-form works such as Music for a Summer Evening and Manifold. There are several excerpts at the Aucourant Records site if you are interested to take a listen!
www.aucourantrecords.com
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www.aucourantrecords.com
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Posted on June 15, 2009 at 3:18pm —
Gold Flowers Bloom Mercury Petals
The new classical ambient CD is now released!
Sound samples are available at the website: www.aucourantrecords.com
Enjoy!
Sound samples are available at the website: www.aucourantrecords.com
Enjoy!
Posted on June 15, 2009 at 3:16pm —
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