Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974) is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches music composition and technology courses as well as coordinates the composition program. In his first year, Jay received two prestigious grants: one to create collaborative works with visual artist Carla Poindexter and the second to initiate electroacoustic music concerts in Orlando. Prior to this position, Jay was an active adjunct professor at several colleges in the Kansas City area while he completed his D.M.A. in Composition at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory. While at UMKC, Jay received honors including a Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship and a Dean's Doctoral Scholar Fellowship.
Jay's music ranges from instrumental chamber works to electroacoustic compositions. He has participated in numerous national and international festivals including the Wellesley Composers Conference and the International Young Composers' Meeting in the Netherlands. His music is published by Unsafe Bull Music and has been recorded on the Capstone and Vox Novus labels. Jay is a frequent contributor to the new music website Sequenza21.com and a founding member of the composers organization The Collected.
Jay is a sci-fi geek, an amateur banjoist, a home brewer, and juggler.
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1/09/2007
Electronic Instrument Resources
I don't know if many of you know these sites, but I've become quite fond of them. These are especially useful to those working in/with/around electronic music.
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/ contains a great list of electronic instruments from the 1890s up to the 1990s. It includes sound clips whenver possible. A great source for your trautonium needs.
http://emfinstitute.emf.org/, the EMF Institue. Great stuff here, of course.
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/, the FreeSound Project. Lots of great samples here for the taking and sharing.
http://www.sonus.ca/index.html, the Sonus Jukebox of electroacoustic music. Very hip search tool lets you find music based on a wide array of variables. Want to know what electroacoustic composers are doing in, say, Brazil? They have stuff for you to listen to.
On a somewhat related note, I just got a rejection letter from a festival over a month after I got an acceptance letter. I've already purchased plane tickets to go and present my stuff. Clearly one of the letters in a mistake. Could I get a ruling from the learned community on how to proceed?
posted by Jay C. Batzner
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