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Bio

Christopher Jette is a curator of lovely sounds; a composer, performer, educator and concert organizer. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of California Santa Barbara. Christopher received a MM from the New England Conservatory and a BA from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. His main teachers have been Robert Cogan, Curtis Roads and Clarence Barlow. His compositions, both electronic and acoustic are concerned with the various roles of cognition in the perception of sound. Christopher has created a large range of acoustic and electronic compositions and frequently collaborates with artists of various disciplines. Collaborators have included video and installation artists, visual artists, computer programmers and dancers. An intuitive inquiry, composition serves as a venue for the exploration and consideration of issues important to the modern situation. His music has been performed in England, Italy, New Zealand, France and throughout the United States.

 

 

CV

Activities

Publications

• Jette, Christopher. “Decompartmental: Conversing with Clarence Barlow.”The Computer Music Journal. Volume 33, Issue 4 (2009) pp.10-22.
•  Bakht, Salman & Jette, Christopher. “WWW.LOVELYWEATHER.COM: A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE AUDIO-VISUAL ENVIRONMENT”, Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Stony Brook, USA, 2010.
• Jette, Christopher. “In Vitro Oink: A Composition for Piano and Wii-Remote”, eContact. Volume 13.2, April 2011.
• Jette, Christopher & Kirchoff, Keith. “WII PLAY PIANO: COMPOSING FOR PIANO AND WII-REMOTE” ”, Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Huddersfield, England, 2011.

Conferences

• Paper presented : “Art is in the Ear of the Beholder.” at The International Hildegard von Bingen Society 25th Anniversary, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA (2008).
• Artist participant :  Steitishcher Herbst: Modes of Listening Graz, Austria (2007).
• Installation and Poster : “www.lovelyweather.com” at the International Computer Music Conference, Stony Brook, NY (2010).
• Piece and Paper : “In Vitro Oink” at the International Computer Music Conference, Huddersfield, UK (2011).
• Composition presented : “SoundLines” at the International Computer Music Conference, Huddersfield, UK (2011).

Teaching Experience

• Associate Professor: Music 8 (Class composition) and Music 88 (Composition lessons), University of California Santa Barbara (2010-2011).
• Electronic Music Instruction : Palo Alto Children’s Theater Summer Arts Program (2010, 2011).
• Teaching Assistant : Music 109L series (Digital Audio Montage), University of California Santa Barbara (2007-2010).
• Private Violin Instructor : Oshkosh, WI and Boston, MA (1995-2003).
• Private Composition Instructor : Boston, MA (2002).
• Violin Instructor : University Wisconsin Oshkosh Summer String Program (1998).
• Violin Instructor : Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (1998) Michigan.

Online Teaching Materials

• 8eighty8 - blog in support of Music 8 and 88 (class compostion) at UCSB (2010-2011).
• viscollsounAP - website for a class on collaborative sonic and visual art (2010).
• some notes - from qualifying exams (2009).
• portfolio - tracing development as an artist teacher/scholar (2003-2005).

Organizational Activity

• Electronic Music Concert at Palo Alto Children's Theater : Created new wor for and organized a concert supporting a literacy project (2010).
• Student Composer Concert Series UCSB : Creation of the series and organization of three concerts a year (2006-2009).
• Composition Forum UCSB : Organization and curation (2006-2009).
• Pioneers of Electronic Music Conference : Administrative and artistic organization of a three day event bringing together Jean-Claude Risset, John Chowning, Max Mathews, Clarence Barlow, Curtis Roads and JoAnn Kuchera-Morin (2009).
• Pescadrom Concert Series : Currated concerts at The Pescdrome in Santa Barbara (2006-2007).
• Grocery Store Sushi : Founding member of a New York based music/new media collective. http://www.grocerystoresushi.com  (2008-present).
• Security : The organization of a concert event where invited artists (composers, improvisers, visual artists, and architects) examine different aspects of the word “security” (2005).
• Music in Education National Consortium New England Conservatory Liaison : Codesiged  Digital Portfolio System supporting documentation across member institutions.  www.music-in-education.org (2004-2005).
• Artistic and Business Manager : Wild Whip Records, an independent record label (2003-2004).
• USS Composers at University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh : Founding composer and performer of a new music group (1996-1998).

Collaborative Works

• The Electro-Acoustic Piano Album Volume I : Produced, Recorded, and created cover art
for an album featuring pianist Keith Kirchoff http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/keithkirchoff2 and http://itunes.apple.com/us/com/us/album/the-electro-acoustic-piano/id450499778 (2011).
• METAMORPHOSIS : Sound design for a play by Betsy Franco presented at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre (2011).
• F.A.T.LAB : Choreographed culinary experience bringing sound, food and visual art together with Alejandro Casazi (visual) and Joel Chapman (chef). Presented at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (2010).
• Cell Tango : Interactive sonification and visualization with George Legradey (design), Angus Forbes (visuals) and Christopher Jette (sonification). Presented at Laurence Hall of Science, Berkeley CA and Mediations Biennale Exhibition, Poznan Poland (2010).
• Retratro : Visual Music composition in collaboration with Alejandro Casazi (video). Installed in 16 channel audio and surround video. Presented stereo version at UCSB Media Arts and Technology End of Year Show (2009).
• Empatheia Ballare : Installation with Alejandro Casazi (visuals) and Christopher Jette (sound). Shown at The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (2009) and Artbo, Bogota Columbia.
• Lungen : An IHC grant, international collaboration which scored 35 minute electronic composition and score for four vocalists, in conjunction with dancer, visual artist and light designer. http://www.casazi.com/lungen (2008).
• Daiku : Audio-Visual work with Alejandro Casazi (visuals) and Christopher Jette (sound). Shown at the Santa Barbara Art Museum and the Los Angeles Biennial. http://www.casazi.com/daiku (2008/2009).
• Readings From the Beaches of Troy : A Setting of Trojan Women as a collaborative performance piece with James Orsher. An outdoor interactive sound work presented as a component of UCSB’s Primavera Festival (2008).
• Waldorf Statlir : Founding member of this electronic noise-music duo. http://waldorfstatlir.blogspot.com (2007-2009).

Awards

• Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant : UCSB (2011).
• Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship : UCSB (2011).
• Doctoral Student Travel Grant : UCSB (2011).
• Selected for performance : Italian Association of Musical Informatics XVII (2010).
• Artistic Residency : Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (2009).
• Grant : University of California Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Media Arts Award recipient for a collaborative work with Salman Bakht (2009).
• 1st Prize : Corwin Chamber Music Competition (2008).
• 1st Prize : Corwin Electronic Music Competition (2007).
• 1st Prize : New England Conservatory Piano Department Contemporary Music Competition (2005).
• Merit Award : New England Conservatory (2003-2005).

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
• International Computer Music Association (ICMA).
• The National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA).
• Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS).

Performances of Note

• SoundLines : CCRMA Stanford University, April 2011.
• Suson : AIMI XVIII, Turino Italy, October 2010.
• In Vitro Oink : University of York, York England, April 2010.
• Cell Tango :   Mediations Biennale Exhibition, Poznan Poland, September 2010.
• Chitetrombera Blu : The Tank, New York City, March 2009.
• UnStaFectu : The Wine Cellar, Auckland New Zealand, February 2008.
• TphubonV : Jordan Hall, Boston MA, November 2004.
• Suson : Manhattan School of Music, New York, September 2008.
• Inter : Lotte Lehman Hall, Santa Barbara, November 2009.
• aiOrbPljectanes : Bethany Lutheran Church, Seattle WA, May 2006.
• Snapshots : Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, Milwaukee WI, August 2005.
• Circle: Fontainebleau Castle, Fontainebleau France, July 2004.

 

Academics

Education

• University of California Santa Barbara : PhD candidate, Music Composition (2006-2012).
• New England Conservatory : Masters of Music, Music Composition with honors and Music In Education Emphasis (2003-2005).
• University of Wisconsin Oshkosh : Bachelor of Arts,  Music Performance (violin) (1993-1998).

Primary Teachers   

• Curtis Roads (2008-2010) Composition /Vice Chair Media Arts and Technology   University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Clarence Barlow (2007-2009) Corwin Chair of Composition University of California, Santa Barbara.
• JoAnn Kuchera-Morin (2006-2007) Composition/Media and Technology faculty University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Robert Cogan (2002-2005) Composition/Theory faculty New England Conservatory.
• Ira Sprecher (2001-2002) Private Composition Instructor.
• James Chaudoir (1995-1998) Composition/Theory faculty University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
• Bruce Wise (1996-1998) Composition/Theory faculty University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
• Clara Fenyo Bahcall (1987-1999) Violin faculty University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.  Applied instructor Instrumental Emphasis degree.

Seminar Instructors

Allain Gaussin, Andre Bon, John Luther Adams, Lee Hyla, Liz Phillips, Malcolm Payton, Marcos Novak, Michael Gandolfi, Michael Obst, Natasha Barrett, Pozzi Escot, Trimpin, Todd Reynolds, Yves Daoust.

Further Artistic Training

• Fontainebleau American Conservatory. Fontainebleau, France (2004).
• Orford Sound Art Workshop. Orford, Canada (2008).
• CNMAT MaxMSP Day School. Berkeley, California (2009).
• Stanford University Soundart Workshop. Palo Alto, California (2010).