Biography:
Jacob David Sudol (b. Des Moines, Iowa, 1980) writes intimate compositions that explore enigmatic phenomena and the inner nature of how we perceive sound. He currently resides in La Jolla, CA where he is Ph.D. candidate in composition at the University of California at San Diego with Chinary Ung.
Over the last five years some of Jacob Sudol's mentors have included John Rea, Alvin Lucier, Roger Reynolds, Denys Bouliane, Philippe Leroux, and David Dunn. He has also participated in master classes with Helmut Lachenmann, Fred Lerdahl, and Bent Sørensen.
Jacob Sudol has written music for domestic and international performances by many prestigious ensembles and performers including the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Contemporary Keyboard Society, Canadian pianist Xenia Pestova, Taiwanese pianist and composer Chen-Hui Jen, Brazilian percussionist Fernando Rocha, and the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble in collaboration with the McGill Digital Composition Studio. He also frequently performs his own works for instruments and electronics in diverse settings such as the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the International Computer Music Conference, the University of California San Diego, the wulf in Los Angeles, the MATA Festival, and the Issue Project Room in New York City.
Jacob Sudol has been a studio research assistant for Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds since 2007. During the 2005 and 2007 international Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques and 2006 MusiMars festivals he was an electronic assistant for performances with Court-Circuit, Martin Matalon, Matt Haimovitz, Sara Laimon, Moritz Eggert, Manfred Stahnke, the Caput Ensemble, and the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble.
During his free time Jacob Sudol takes an interest in religious phenomenology, literature, acoustics, psychoacoustics, visual art, cinema, poetry, and world folk music. As a composer he always attempts to bring insights from these other fields into his work.
Contact: jacob.sudol@gmail.com
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Tag Archives: string quartets
Mp3 Blog #68: Fausto Romitelli
Fausto Romitelli:”Cupio Dissolvi” (1996)For fifteen instrumentsPerformed by the Ensemble Phoenix BaselNot available comercially ”The Nameless City” (1997)For string orchestra and bells ad libitumPerformed by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester BerlinNot available comercially ”Flowing Down too Slow” (2001)For string quartet and electronicsPerformed by Art Zoyd … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #67: Georg Friedrich Haas
Georg Friedrich Haas:“Hommage à Ligeti” (1985)For two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apartPerformed by Marino Formenti Available on this compact disc from Col Legno String Quartet #1 (1997)Performed by the Kairos Quartet Available on compact disc through Edition Zeitklang * * … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #59: Grido
Helmut Lachenmann:String Quartet #3 “Grido” (2000-2001 rev. 2002)Performed by the Arditti Quartet Not available commercially * * * * * I’m not sure I know what Helmut Lachenmann meant when he titled this string quartet “Grido;” however, listening to this … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #50: Giacinto Scelsi
Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro pezzi su una nota sola (1959)I (F)II (B)III (Ab)IV (A)For chamber orchestraPerformed by the Polish Radio-Television Orchestra Of Krakow Currently Out of Print Sting Quartet #3 (1963)I. avec une grande tendresse (dolcissimo)II. l’appel de l’esprit, dualisme, ambivalence, … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #37: Radulescu, Absence, and Return
Horatio Radulescu:String Quartet #4 “infinite to be cannot be infinite, infinite anti-be could be infinite,” Opus 33 (1976-1987)For nine string quartets or a string quartet surrounded by an imaginary 128 string viola da gamba Performed by the Arditti Quartet Available … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #34: Approaching Silence
Wolfgang Rihm:String Quartet #3 ‘Im Innersten:’ I, schroff (1976)String Quartet #3 ‘Im Innersten:’ II String Quartet #3 ‘Im Innersten:’ III String Quartet #3 ‘Im Innersten:’ IV, äuBerst gedehntString Quartet #3 ‘Im Innersten:’ VString Quartet #3 ‘Im Innersten:’ ZwischenspielString Quartet #3 … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #32: Steve Reich
Steve Reich: “Different Trains: After the War” (1988) For string quartet and tape If you don’t have a copy already go buy Krono’s version, the Smith Quartet Version, or the Quator Bozzini version * * * * * I was … Continue reading
Mp3 Blog #14: John Rea
John Rea:Objets Perdus (1991)For String Quartet Performed by the Arditti Quartet Purchase other recordings of music by John Rea through the Canadian Music Centre John Rea is one of the better living Canadian composers and also one of the more … Continue reading