Professor Peter Stollery

Professor in Composition and Electroacoustic Music

BMus(Hons), MA, PGCE, PhD, FRSA

 

Personal Details

Telephone: +44 (0)1224 274601
Fax: +44 1224 274900
E-mail: p.stollery@abdn.ac.uk
Personal website: www.petestollery.com
Address: 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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Central Publications

  • Stollery, PJ. Changing Landscapes, Web publication/site, 2013
  • Miller, NA., Gregory, J., Semple, S., Aspden, RM., Stollery, P. & Gilbert, FJ. Relationships Between Vocal Structures, the Airway, and Craniocervical Posture Investigated Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Article, 2012, Journal of Voice, 26, 1, pp102 - 109, ISSN/ISBN: 0892-1997
  • Miller, NA., Gregory, J., Semple, S., Aspden, RM., Stollery, P. & Gilbert, FJ. The Effects of Humming and Pitch on Craniofacial and Craniocervical Morphology Measured Using MRI, Article, 2012, Journal of Voice, 26, 1, pp90 - 101, ISSN/ISBN: 0892-1997
  • Stollery, P. Three Cities, Web publication/site, 2012
  • Stollery, P. crossing_bergen, Composition, 2012
  • Stollery, P. Scnes, Digital or Visual Products, 2011
  • Kim, S., Stollery, P. & Whyte, R. Three Types of Engagement with Place Through Acousmatic Listening and Composition, Other contribution, 2011
  • Davidson, PRKA., Stollery, PJ. & Mealor, P. 74 degrees North, Composition, 2010
  • Stollery, PJ. Diverse Tremblings, Composition, 2010
  • Stollery, PJ. & Marston, PG. Hilton Soundscape, Web publication/site, 2010
  • Stollery, PJ. Deep Wireless 6, Digital or Visual Products, 2009
  • Stollery, PJ. Keynote presentation, Sound Travels, Abstract, 2009
  • Stollery, PJ. Music @ University of Aberdeen, Other, 2009
  • Stollery, PJ. Plans de Sons et Paysages Sonores, Abstract, 2008
  • Stollery, PJ. b3:dz, Composition, 2008
  • Stollery, PJ. b3:dz, Performance, 2008
  • Stollery, PJ. Back to Square One, Composition, 2007
  • Stollery, PJ. Un son peut en cacher un autre, Digital or Visual Products, 2007
  • Stollery, PJ. Planar, Composition, 2006
  • Stollery, P., Mcphee, A. & McMillan, R. The Wow Factor? A Comparative Study of the Development of Student Music Teachers' Talents in Scotland and Australia, Chapter, 2006, Music Education for the New Millennium
  • Stollery, PJ. scenes/rendez-vous, Composition, 2006
  • Stollery, P. Far Afield - A Webbed Hand Compilation, Digital or Visual Products, 2005
  • Stollery, PJ. Fields of Silence, Composition, 2005
  • Stollery, PJ. Gordon Soundscape, Composition, 2005
  • Stollery, PJ. Resound, Composition, 2005
  • Stollery, P. The Wow Factor? A Comparative Study of the Development of Student Music Teachers' Talents in Scotland and Australia, Article, 2005, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 37, 1, pp105 - 117, ISSN/ISBN: 0013-1857
  • Stollery, P. Vibro No.3, Digital or Visual Products, 2005
  • Stollery, PJ. Banchory Ears, Composition, 2004
  • Stollery, PJ. Vox Magna, Composition, 2003
  • Stollery, PJ. & Mcphee, A. Some Perspectives on Musical Gift and Musical Intelligence, Article, 2002, British Journal of Music Education, 19, 1, pp89 - 102, ISSN/ISBN: 0265-0517

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