Greg Schiemer

Gregory Marcellus Schiemer (born 16 January 1949) is an Australian electronic music composer, instrument builder, and teacher. His artistic preoccupations include creative engagement with new technology, music created for non-expert performance and intercultural-interfaith dialogue.

Background and Training

Born in Dunedoo, in Central Western New South Wales, Greg Schiemer attended Holy Cross College, Ryde and finished high school in the Passionist minor seminary at St Ives and at the Sydney Technical College, Ultimo. He completed a B.Mus at Sydney University where he studied composition with Peter Sculthorpe to whom he owes an enduring interest in music from Asia and the world of Harry Partch. Through David Ahern, he discovered experimental music and in particular, the work of Cornelius Cardew and John Cage.[1]

The foundations of his work as composer and instrument-builder were laid while he was a musical collaborator of Philippa Cullen. Working with her electronic dance ensemble, he learned the craft of electronics under the tutelage of electronic engineer Phil Connor and organ builder Arthur Spring and between 1972 and 1975 together they built some of the earliest electronic music systems that react to dance movement.[2]

Between 1976 and 1981 he worked for Digital Equipment Australia, a division of Digital Equipment Corporation, initially in computer field service and later as senior design technician and in 1999 he was awarded a PhD in electronics from Macquarie University.[3]

Teaching and Research

He first taught electronic music composition at the Canberra School of Music from 1983, before moving in 1986 to the Sydney Conservatorium. There he mentored musicians working with new technology and participated in the activities of watt, the electro-acoustic group co-founded by composers Martin Wesley-Smith and Ian Fredericks. In 2003 he moved to the University of Wollongong where he supervised postgraduate composers and coordinated interdisciplinary research involving sound across a variety of disciplines within creative arts and informatics. He was also the lead chief investigator for Australian Research Council projects focused on mobile technology,[4] haptic instruments[5] and microtonal performance.[6]

Instruments

His electronic instruments include:

Composition

Awards

Further reading

References

  1. Jenkins, John. 22 Contemporary Australian Composers. Melbourne: NMA Publications, 1988. www.rainerlinz.net/NMA/22CAC/schiemer.html
  2. Jones, Stephen (2011). Synthetics: Aspects of Art and Technology in Australia 1956-1975. MIT Press. pp. 4, 101–102, 186–202, 273–307, 342–379. ISBN 978-0-262-01496-0.
  3. Schiemer, Greg. MIDI Tool Box: An interactive system for music composition. PhD Thesis, Macquarie University. 1999.
  4. (DP0346291) http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/2003_DP_Org.pdf
  5. (LP0560335) http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/LP05Rd1_ListingbyState_University.pdf
  6. (DP0773667) http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/DP07/DP07_Uni_Wollongong.pdf
  7. Greg Schiemer and Graeme Leak. "Polyphonic Variations". watt ever. Tall Poppies CD TP074. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  8. NIME. "NIME Gallery" (PDF). Mandala 3 and Mandala 4. Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME06), Paris, France. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  9. DAFx. "Welcome Reception Concert by Helsinki Mobile Phone Orchestra" (PDF). Mandala 8. 11th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx-08. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  10. Microfest, Los Angeles. "Mandala 6". Concert 1, 6 May 2007. Microfest: the 2007 Festival of Microtonal Music, co-directed by John Schneider and Bill Alves. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  11. Microtonal Projects, London. "Late at Tate Microtonal" (PDF). Mandala 10. Concert program at the Tate Britain, 1 April 2011. Curated by Stephen Altoft and Donald Bousted. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  12. Wang, Ge; Essl, Georg; Penttinen, Henri (2008). "Do Mobile Phones Dream of Electric Orchestras?" (PDF). Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference, Belfast, 24-29th August. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  13. Wang, Ge (2009). "Designing Smule's iPhone Ocarina" (PDF). Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression: 303–307. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

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