Professor Peter Stollery

Professor Peter Stollery The University of Aberdeen School of Education Chair in Music work +44 (0)1224 274601 work fax +44 1224 274900 pref p.stollery@abdn.ac.uk www.petestollery.com pref Room 011 School of Education University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA

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Biography

Pete Stollery BMus(Hons), MA, PGCE, PhD is Professor of Electroacoustic Music and Composition. He studied at the University of Birmingham with Jonty Harrison and was a founding member of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre). His compositions are performed around the world at major festivals and conferences and most works are available on CD. A solo DVD-A was released in 2006. He is also passionate about education and working with young and emerging composers.

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Research Interests

Artistic Statement

When I first became involved in electroacoustic music, I was fascinated with the way that technology could allow the composer to work directly with sound, in a similar way to a sculptor or potter working with his/her materials. The ability to manipulate material at this basic level is, of course, a central aspect of my music for tape alone, which falls aesthetically very much within the traditions of the musique concrète and acousmatic music of France and Québec. This can be seen most obviously from later pieces which are concerned with the interplay between the “meanings” associated with sounds and these sounds as pure sonic material, divorced from any mimetic connotation. My music involving live performers also uses these ideas, particularly during the creation and subsequent development of materials and structures within the compositional process - a vocal or instrumental gesture might be generated through improvisatory techniques, much in the same way as I might improvise with sound transformations in a studio environment.

One of my main concerns as a composer is to communicate as clearly and succinctly as possible to the audience. This is not to imply that I am attempting to present only “accessible” music to audiences, rather that I wish to provide opportunities for the listener to become aware of the inner workings of sound objects. Thus, there is little in my music which can be likened to “broad brush-work” - attention to detail and the positioning of sound objects within a prescribed time frame is paramount, allowing the listener to become aware of the intrinsic qualities of the sounds themselves.

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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

• Miller, NA., Gregory, J., Semple, S., Aspden, RM., Stollery, P. & Gilbert, FJ. (2012). 'Relationships Between Vocal Structures, the Airway, and Craniocervical Posture Investigated Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging'. Journal of Voice, vol 26, no. 1, pp. 102-109.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.10.016
  [Online] AURA: Rest_Paper_27_May_10.pdf
• Miller, NA., Gregory, J., Semple, S., Aspden, RM., Stollery, P. & Gilbert, FJ. (2012). 'The Effects of Humming and Pitch on Craniofacial and Craniocervical Morphology Measured Using MRI'. Journal of Voice, vol 26, no. 1, pp. 90-101.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.10.017
  [Online] AURA: LNH_HNH_paper_draft_3.pdf
• Stollery, P. (2005). 'The Wow Factor? A Comparative Study of the Development of Student Music Teachers' Talents in Scotland and Australia'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 37, no. 1, pp. 105-117.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2005.00101.x
• Stollery, PJ. & Mcphee, A. (2002). 'Some Perspectives on Musical Gift and Musical Intelligence'. British Journal of Music Education, vol 19, no. 1, pp. 89-102.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0265051702000165

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings

Chapters

• Stollery, P., Mcphee, A. & McMillan, R. (2006). 'The Wow Factor? A Comparative Study of the Development of Student Music Teachers' Talents in Scotland and Australia'. D Lines (ed.), in: Music Education for the New Millennium: Theory and Practice Futures for Music Teaching and Learning. Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues, Wiley-Blackwell.

Contributions to Conferences

Abstracts

• Stollery, PJ. (2009). 'Keynote presentation, Sound Travels'.
• Stollery, PJ. (2008). 'Plans de Sons et Paysages Sonores'. Akousma 5, Montreal, Canada, 10/12/08 - 13/12/08,.

Other Contributions

• Kim, S-J, Stollery, P. & Whyte, R. 'Three Types of Engagement with Place Through Acousmatic Listening and Composition'.

Non-textual Forms

Digital or Visual Products

• Stollery, P., (2011). 'Scènes'. , 2011, Digital or Visual Products, empreintes DIGITALes, Montreal, Canada.
• Stollery, PJ., (2009). 'Deep Wireless 6'. , 2009, Digital or Visual Products.
• Stollery, PJ., (2007). 'Un son peut en cacher un autre'. , 2007, Digital or Visual Products.
• Stollery, P., (2005). 'Vibro No.3: The Citizen Band Issue'. , 2005, Digital or Visual Products.
• Stollery, P., (2005). 'Far Afield - A Webbed Hand Compilation: Banchory Ears (Track B02)'. , 2005, Digital or Visual Products, Webbed Hand Records, Roslindale, MA, USA.

Web Publications and Websites

• Stollery, PJ. & Marston, PG., 'Hilton Soundscape: internet-based sound art'. , 2013, Web publication/site.
• Stollery, PJ., 'Changing Landscapes: multimedia research project'. , 2013, Web publication/site.
• Stollery, P., 'Three Cities: multimedia research project'. , 2012, Web publication/site.

Performances

• Stollery, PJ., (2008). 'b3:dz'. , 2008, Performance.

Compositions

• Stollery, P., (2012). 'crossing_bergen'. , 2012, Composition.
• Mealor, P., Stollery, P. & Davidson, P., (2012). 'Seventy Four Degrees North: Full Opera Score'. , 2012, Composition, Novello.
• Davidson, PRKA., Stollery, PJ. & Mealor, P., (2010). '74 degrees North'. , 2010, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., 'Diverse Tremblings: composition for contrabass flute and digital sound'. , 2010, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2008). 'b3:dz: composition for organ and digital sound'. , 2008, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2007). 'Back to Square One'. , 2007, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2006). 'Planar'. , 2006, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2006). 'scenes/rendez-vous'. , 2006, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2005). 'Fields of Silence'. , 2005, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2005). 'Gordon Soundscape'. , 2005, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2005). 'Resound'. , 2005, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2004). 'Banchory Ears'. , 2004, Composition.
• Stollery, PJ., (2003). 'Vox Magna'. , 2003, Composition.

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