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Jon H. Appleton

Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music
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Departments

  • Music

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Contact Information

Email: jona.@standford.edu
Phone: 802-356-7555
Office: 6242 Hallgarten Hall

Education

B.A. Reed College; M.A. University of Oregon; Graduate work Columbia University

Areas of Expertise

Electro-acoustic music; digital performance instruments; instrumental and choral music composition

Selected Works

  • Le Dernier Voyage de Jean Galup de la Perouse, an opera for 2000 children and the Orchestre Régional de Cannes, commissioned by Orefeo Opera (Nice), (2006).
  • Petite Suite for Solo Violoncello, (composed and performed 2005/2006).
  • "Sheremetyevo Airport Rock," music from SEAMUS CD, Vol 13, EAM-2004, (2004).
  • "Aesthetic Direction in Electronic Music," "Tradition and Change: the Case of Music," "Otahiti: the Development of a Personal Style," in On the Wires of Our Nerves, R Heifetz (ed.), (1989).
  • "Stop Time" for Solo Flute and Tap Dancer, commissioned by M Lancaster, (2000).
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow, (January 2005).

Current Projects

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for Julia Turkina and The Seasons Chamber Orchestra (Russia); Concerto for 'Cello and Orchestra for Alexander Zagorinsky and The Seasons Chamber Orchestra