Robert Scott Thompson

Robert Scott Thompson is a composer of ambient, instrumental and electroacoustic music. 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. His primary teachers include Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa and F. Richard Moore. He creates work in a wide variety of forms ranging from chamber and orchestral music to works for the virtuoso soloist, computer music, and experimental video art.

He is the recipient of many prizes and distinctions for his music including the First Prize in [http://www.musica.cz/musnova/MN03-FIN.htm Musica Nova] 2003 (Czech Republic), First Prize in the 2001 Pierre Schaeffer competition (Italy) and awards in the XVI Concorso Internazionale “Luigi Russolo” (Italy), [http://www.jml-irino.jp/IrinoPrize/IrinoPWinner1991_2000.html Irino Prize Foundation Competition 1995] for chamber Music (Japan), and [http://www.imeb.net/MFLi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=909&Itemid=194 Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges (France)] , among others. He was a Research Assistant of the [http://www.jstor.org/pss/3680355 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 [http://www.musik-kons.dk/english/diem/index.php 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 computer music works and also for his many recordings which have been broadcast worldwide.

His music is published on recordings by [http://www.emfmedia.org/ EMF-Media] , [http://www.neumarecords.com/ Neuma] , Drimala, [http://www.capstonerecords.org/ Capstone] , Hypnos, [http://www.oasisproductions.com/ Oasis/Mirage] , Groove, [http://www.lensrecords.com/ Lens Records] , [http://www.spaceformusic.com/ Space for Music] , Zero Music and [http://www.aucourantrecords.com/ Aucourant] record labels, among others.

While composing and recording takes up most of his creative time, he is also involved in various tangent activities. He is active as a composer for films and often collaborates as an audio mastering engineer, creating master recordings for labels such as Funtone and CRI (Composer's Recordings, Inc.). On the technical side, he has collaborated with Micro Technology Unlimited, and assisted in the development of [http://www.mtu.com/basics/noiseremove.htm DNOISE] – a real-time digital audio noise reduction software application.

He is a contributing author for two books, "Computer Music Techniques for the Electronic Musician" and "Software Synthesis, Sound Design and Programming", both by Dr. Eduardo Reck Miranda and published by Focal Press in 1998 and 2002 respectively. He is currently under contract for a book with [http://www.areditions.com/ A-R Editions, Inc.] on the subject of musical signal processing and sonic design using Csound 5. He was named the Distinguished Honor’s Professor of Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences in 1994 where he is Professor of Music Composition and Coordinator of Music Technology Studies in the School of Music.

External links

Listening

* [http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=346 Art of the States: Robert Scott Thompson] one work by the composer ("Acouasm" - composed in 2001)

Websites

* [http://www.robertscottthompson.com robertscottthompson.com] Personal website.
* [http://www.aucourantrecords.com Aucourant Records] Publisher/Distributor website.
* [http://www.lensrecords.com Lens Records] Publisher/Distributor website.
* [http://www.emfmedia.org EMF Media] Publisher website.
* [http://www.cdemusic.org CDeMusic] Distributor website.