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1998 Distinguished Alumnus Award
Jon Appleton, B.A. (1961), M.M. (1965)
(From Ledger Lines August, 1998)
Jon H. Appleton, a nationally-recognized figure in electronic
music, was named the UO School of Music's Distinguished Alumnus
for 1998. The award was presented at Commencement Exercises at
the School of Music on June 13.
Appleton is a composer, author, and currently
the Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music at
Dartmouth College. He received both his bachelor's
degree (1961) and his master's degree (1965)
from the University of Oregon, and his doctorate
from Columbia University.
A composer of both instrumental and electro-acoustic
music, Appleton is best known for the latter,
much of it composed for the Synclavier, a digital
performance instrument he helped develop. He
is a founding member of the International Confederation
for Electro-Acoustic Music (ICME) and the Society
for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
(SEAMUS). At Dartmouth, he directs the graduate
program in electro-acoustic music, which combines
study in music, computer science, music cognition,
and engineering.
Appleton's music is recorded on the Smithsonian/Folkways
and Centaur labels, and covers a wide spectrum
of styles: chamber music, vocal music, piano
music, theatre music, film scores, as well
as a great deal of music using electroacoustic
and digital technology. He is the author of
four books and dozens of articles concerning
the relationship of music and technology, including:
"21st Century musical Instruments: Hardware
and Software," (Institute for Studies
in American Music, Brooklyn, New York, 1989),
"Science in the Service of Music; Music
in the Service of Science," Computer
Music Journal, 1992.
Appleton has been awarded Guggenheim, Fulbright,
National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment
for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation,
and American-Scandinavian Foundation fellowships.
He has been a fellow at the Dibner Institute
for the History of Science and Technology at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
a visiting professor at the Moscow Conservatory
of Music, and at Keio University in Tokyo,
Japan.
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