Jeffrey Hass
{{Short description|American classical composer (born 1953)}}
Jeffrey Hass (born November 24, 1953, in New York) is a contemporary American classical composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. He is best known for his compositions combining electronic soundtracks with solo instruments or with large ensembles such as wind ensemble{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=John Wayne |date=3 April 2010 |title=Current Trends in Electroacoustic Music for Wind Ensemble, p.18- |url=https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1153&context=etd |website=University of Memphis Digital Commons}}{{Cite journal |last=McCutchen |first=Matthew G. |date=2009 |title=Examination of the History and Winning Pieces of the National Band Association's Composition Contest: 1977-2008 |url=https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A180859/ |journal=DigiNole: FSU's Digital Repository |language=en}} and orchestra. He currently serves the Jacobs School of Music as professor emeritus.
Biography
Hass studied at the Stecher and Horowitz School of Music from 1960 to 1971. He then attended Vassar College and graduated with a B.A. in music in 1975.{{cite web |title=Music - After Vassar |url=https://www.vassar.edu/music/after-vassar |website=Vassar College}} He continued his education at Rutgers University, earning an M.A. in Music Composition and Theory in 1979. Finally, he received a D.Mus. in Composition, Theory and Electronic Music, with High Distinction, from the Indiana University School of Music in 1989.
Hass was a composition faculty member at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University (retiring in 2019) where he served as Director of the School's Center for Electronic and Computer Music from 1984 to 2019.{{Cite web |title=About: Our History |url=https://cecm.sitehost.iu.edu/about/index.html|website=Center for Electronic & Computer Music |language=en-US}} He was also appointed adjunct professor of Dance Technology in 2007 and currently serves the Jacobs School as professor emeritus.{{cite web |title=Emeritus Faculty : Jacobs School of Music Bulletin |url=https://bulletins.iu.edu/iub/music/2022-2023/faculty/emeritus.shtml |website=Indiana University}}
Later in his career, he developed an interest in composing works for contemporary dance and ballet, often accompanied by visual projection.{{Cite web |title=Jacobs School composer receives two prestigious honors: IU News Room: Indiana University |url=https://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/7535.html|website=Iu.edu}} Several of his video works are for prerecorded dancers placed in a virtual 3D motion graphics environment{{Cite web |title=Jeffrey Hass computer music video part of IU Jacobs School of Music 'Decade of Commissions? |url=https://music.indiana.edu/news-events/news/info/2017/12/jeffrey-hass-computer-music-video-part-of-iu-jacobs-school-of-music-decade-of-commissions.html|website=Jacobs School of Music |language=en-US}} or for live interactive video projection based on dancers’ movements and actions.{{Cite web |title=Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2010), Sydney, Australia |url=https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2010/nime2010_489.pdf }}
Upon retirement, Hass produced an online electronic textbook, Introduction to Computer Music,{{cite web |title=Introduction to Computer Music |url=https://cmtext.indiana.edu/ |website=Indiana.edu}} which has been adopted for courses around the world.{{Cite web |title=Introduction to Computer Music, Dannenberg, p.9 |url=https://icm.music.cs.cmu.edu/icm-online/icm-text-2nd-ed.pdf }} He had previously served on the music faculty of Rutgers University-Newark and the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Hass's acoustic compositions have been performed by the Louisville Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, American Concerto Orchestra (Chicago), the U.S. Army Band and the Concordia Chamber Orchestra.{{Cite web |last=indiana.edu |first=IU Office of Creative Services, iuweb @ |title=The Music of Jeffrey Hass |url=https://intranet.music.indiana.edu/departments/academic/composition/recordings/hass/index.html|website=Jacobs School of Music Intranet |language=en-US}} In addition, his electronic and video works have been performed both nationally and internationally at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF),{{Cite web |title=New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2018 |url=https://www.nycemf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-Program-Book-with-Cover-1.pdf }} Australasian Computer Music Conference (ACMC), New Interfaces for Music Expression (NIME), World Dance Alliance Global Summit and the Matera Intermedia Festival MA/IN.
Awards and fellowships
National Band Association/Revelli Award,{{Cite web |title=Composition Contests |url=https://nationalbandassociation.org/composition-contests/|website=National Band Association}} Walter Beeler Memorial Award,{{Cite web |title=The Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance/music-ensembles/ithaca-college-bands/walter-beeler-memorial-composition-prize |website=Ithaca College|language=en}} ASCAP/Rudolph Nissim Award,{{Cite web |title=The ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize |url=https://www.ascapfoundation.org/programs/awards/award-recipients/nissim }} Lee Ettelson Award,{{Cite news |last=Critic |first=Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music |title=Pianos Take an Impressive Pounding / Hass piece tops evening of duo music |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/pianos-take-an-impressive-pounding-hass-piece-2825046.php |work=SFGATE |language=en}} United States Army Band 75th Anniversary Composition Competition, Frank Ticheli Wind Ensemble competition, Heckscher Composition Award, Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship.{{Cite web |title=IU Jacobs Professor Jeffrey Hass awarded Bogliasco Fellowship|url=https://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/10733.html|website=Iu.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship Awards, p.9 |url=https://www.bfny.org/images/user/pdf/BF_09AR_web.pdf }}
Publications
- Introduction to Computer Music (an electronic textbook){{Cite web |title=Introduction to Computer Music |url=https://cmtext.indiana.edu/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=cmtext.indiana.edu}}
- Publishers: Keiser Productions (formerly Keiser Southern and Ludwig Music), Manhattan Beach Music
- Advances in Computers, Vol. 36: Computer Applications in Music Composition and Research (with Wittlich and Isaacson){{Cite book |last=Wittlich, Isaacson and Hass |title=Advances in Computers Volume 36 |chapter=Computer Applications in Music Composition and Research |date=1993 |volume=36 |pages=111–202 |doi=10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60271-5 |isbn=978-0-12-012136-6 |chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065245808602715 }}
Work
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|+ !Wind Ensemble with electronics !Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra |
| Lost in the Funhouse (1996){{Cite web |title=Keiser Productions, INC |url=https://keiserproductions.com/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |language=en-US}} |
| All the Bells and Whistles (1997)
|Symphony for Orchestra with Electronics (2005) |
| Concerto for Amplified Piano and Wind Ensemble (2001) |
| Chamber Music
!Works for Dance with Video |
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| Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1990)
|Coming to Light for dance, video projection and digital sound (2006) |
| Liaisons digital soundtrack (1991)
|Dancing Till the Cows Come Home dance, interactive video projection and digital sound (2007) |
| Sussurrando for oboe and digital soundtrack (1993)
|The Nature of Human for dance, interactive video projection and digital sound (2008) |
| Keyed Up for two amplified pianos and digital sound (1996)
|Unstrung for solo dancer, violin, interactive digital music and video projection (2009) |
| Three Etudes for Piano and Electronics (2013)
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| Video Works
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| Magnetic Resonance Music (2009)
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| Three Easy Recipes (2015)
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| Labyrinths (2016)
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| Capsule (2017){{cite web |title=Jeffrey Hass computer music video part of IU Jacobs School of Music `Decade of Commissions?: 12: 2017: Info: News: News & Events: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington |url=https://music.indiana.edu/news-events/news/info/2017/12/jeffrey-hass-computer-music-video-part-of-iu-jacobs-school-of-music-decade-of-commissions.html |website=Jacobs School of Music}}
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Recordings
- Signals: The Instrumental and Electroacoustic Music of Jeffrey Hass: New Music from Indiana University, Vol. 6: Indiana University IUSM-12
- American Piano Concertos Concerto for Amplified Piano and Wind Ensemble, Paul Barnes, piano soloist: Albany Records TROY878{{Cite web |title=Albany Records: American Piano Concertos |url=https://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY878&Category_Code=a-NR |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.albanyrecords.com}}
- Music from Seamus, Vol. 2 Liaisons: New Focus Recordings EAM1993{{Cite web |title=The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States: Music from SEAMUS, volume 2 {{!}} Catalogue |url=https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/music-from-seamus-volume-2/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=New Focus Recordings |language=en-US}}
- Music from Seamus, Vol. 6 Lost in the Funhouse, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble: SEAMUS EAM 9701
- Music from Seamus, Vol. 23 Three Etudes for Piano and Electronics, Kati Gleiser, piano: New Focus Recordings EAM2014{{Cite web |title=The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States: Music from SEAMUS, vol. 23 {{!}} Catalogue |url=https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/music-from-seamus-vol-23/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=New Focus Recordings |language=en-US}}
- New Music from Indiana, Vol. 2: Indiana University IUSM-8
- Beyond the Red Line Lost in the Funhouse: Mark Records
- Centennial Celebration: Indiana University Wind Ensemble All the Bells and Whistles: RIAX Records
- New Music from Indiana, Vol. 1 Sussurando for oboe and electronics, Nancy Argersinger, soloist: Indiana University IUSM-5
- Charlie Argersinger: Cloud Chamber for electronics, with Charles Argersinger: Arizona University Recordings AUR 930
References
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External links
- [http://www.jeffreyhass.org Official website]
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