Alden Jenks

ALDEN F. JENKS 726 Alcatraz Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 - Web Site: www.aldenjenks.com Email:- EDUCATION B.A. Yale University (Music Theory) M.A. University of California (Music Composition) Post-graduate seminar with Karlheinz Stockhausen (University of California, Davis) Workshops and collaborations with David Tudor Piano studies with Barbara Shearer, Robert Helps TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND PRESENTATIONS San Francisco Conservatory of Music, (1971 - 2014) Topics taught: Composition Harmony Counterpoint (18th C.) The Music of Stravinsky Early Music of Alban Berg Sonata Form Twentieth Century Music German Lieder (18th - 20th Centuries) "Architectonics": a course tracing experiments in algorthmic processes in musical composition from canon ("Sumer is icumen in") to Webern, Conlon Nancarrow, and contemporary computer composition. Electronic Music: history, literature, and practice; social roles of electronic music (advertising, propaganda, and music as medicine) Naropa Institute (opening session) 1974 (electronic music) Golden Gate Philharmonic: Basic Theory for young musicians (2010 – present) Performer in Stockhausen work "Haus", Darmstadt Composer in Residence at the Vatinee School of Music in Bangkok, Thailand (1989) Lecture on "Nagasaki" at University of California, Hayward, CA (1991) Lecture on "Calcululations" (and performance thereof) at the Electric Mountain Music Festival, Riverton, Wyoming (1993) Composer in Residence, lecturer and performer at the 7th Pusan Electronic Music Association festival. (2001) COMPOSITIONS AND AWARDS My compositional work includes electronic music for recorded media alone and with live performers, and a significant body of music for live performers alone as well. I have composed music for concert, theatre, dance, video and CD-ROM. Among my theatre credits are music for Laura Farabaugh's “Femme Fatale”; a collaboration with mime Peter Kors, “Mummermusic”; and “Those Long Canadian Winters”, for composer-performer with costume designed by artist Peter Veres. Work for video includes music for a play broadcast on cable, “Houses of Mud and Rock”, and music for a prize-winning instructional video, “West Meets East”. Works for dance include “And the Winner Is....” and “Ohio”, commissioned by dancer Karen Attix. The electronic work "Nagasaki" was awarded a prize at the Bourges Festival in 1983, and a work for two pianos, "Marrying Music" was Winner of "Diploma and Medal" from the 3rd ViottiValsesia International Music Competition in 1983. I have been recipient of grants from the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center, and from "Meet the Composer". A complete list of principal works is available upon request. MEMBERSHIPS: I am a member of the following professional organizations: ASCAP American Composers Forum American Music Center Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the U.S. (SEAMUS) The Electronic Music Foundation LETTERS OF REFERENCE Letters of reference are available upon request.