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James Harley

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Assistant Professor

MacKinnon Building Room 214

jharley@uoguelph.ca

519-824-4120 x52989

Education

  • 1994D.Mus., McGill University, B.Mus., Western Washington University, 1982

Areas of Expertise/Specialization

  • Digital Music, Composition, Contemporary Music Analysis, History of Electronic/Computer Music

Selected Publications

  • Xenakis: His Life in Music. New York: Routledge, 2004.
  • "Does the Music Make the Technology Better: The Case of The Residents." In Music, Arts and Technologies: Toward a Critical Approach. Paris: l'Harmattan, 2004.
  • "The Continuous Now: Peter Hatch's Musical Vision and Community Presence." Musicworks 86, 2003.
  • "Considerations of Lutoslawski's Conception of Symphonic Form." Lutoslawski Studies, ed. Z. Skowron, Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • "Formal Analysis of the Music of Iannis Xenakis by Means of 'Sonic Events': Recent Orchestral Works." In Proceedings of Symposium "Prsences de Iannis Xenakis" Paris, 29-30 January 1998. Paris: CDMC, 2001.
  • "The New Nihilism: L'objet sonore and the music of Richard Barrett." Musicworks 72, 1998.
  • "Generative Processes in Algorithmic Composition: Music and Chaos." Leonardo 28/3, 1995.

Selected Compositions/Commissions

  • Wild Fruits: Prologue (2004) for eight-channel electroacoustic sounds and video [McKnight Foundation Composer Fellowship]
  • nMaya (Kokopeli II) (2002) for piano and percussion [Kovalis Duo, The Canada Countil]
  • Chaotika (2002) for percussion, electroacoustic sounds and interactive electronics [D'Arcy Gray]
  • KappaMusik (2001) for amplified ensemble [Kappa Ensemble, The Canada Council]
  • Anasazi (Kokopeli I) (2001) for amplified piccolo, electroacoustic sounds and interactive electronics [Elizabeth McNutt, American Composers Forum]