Eric Stephen Kuehnl
Berkeley, CA
eric@shoko.calarts.edu
http://shoko.calarts.edu/~eric

 

Performances (Music and Film)

Sundance Film Festival
PBS
Santa Cruz Film Festival
Hip Hop Film Festival
Sound/Shift Oakland
The Wickett Museum
American Black Film Festival
Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil
One Reel Film Festival
San Francisco Liberation Radio
Moment's Notice
Tapioka
Houston Film Festival
FilmArts Foundation
European Media Arts Festival
FilmFest New Haven
Johns Hopkins Film Festival
Sarah Lawrence Experimental Film and Video Festival
Arizona International Film Festival
Athens Film and Video Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
San Francisco Black Film Festival
Cine Accion Festival
Foreign Cinema
Prometheus
Artist's Television Access
CalArts Interdisciplinary Festival
CalArts Electro Acoustic Concert Series
Threshold Festival
Oberlin Electro Acoustic Concert Series

Sound for Picture (Partial Listing of Projects)

Albert DiPadova - Due (2003)
Seth Gittlitz - The Rub (2003)
Paul Morrison - Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
Joslyn Lyons - Soundz of Spirit (2003)
Student Film - Spell This! (2003)
Wayde Nishimura - Color Blind (2003)
Kent MacElwee - Have You Seen The Parrots? (2003)
Adam Ballachey - American Dancer (2002)
Jim Norman - Gina Gina (2002)
Abie Hadjitarkhani - Brain Pirates (2002)
M.T. Silvia - Picardy Drive (2002)
Ken Shelf - Humans Being (2002)
Phil Gross - The Obsidian Trail (2002)
San Francisco Black Film Festival Trailer (2002)
Fred Medick - The Story Of I (2002)
Frances Nkara - Downpour Resurfacing (2002)
Melissa Painter - California (2002)
James Cotner - Smothered Isolation (2002)
Greg Martini - Resin Life (2001)
Barndoor Films - Alternate Route (2001)
Jerome Howard - See The Truth (2001)
Mara Wallis - Entertaining Vietnam (2001)
Sony Computer Entertainment - Syphon Filter 3 (2001)
The Monastery Project (2000)
Cine Accion Festival Trailer (2000)
Barbara Klutinis - Journey Swiftly Passing (2000)

Works (Partial Listing of Compositions)

Music for Five Intuitive Players (2004)

For performance at The Plush Room - SF.

Music for Solo Electronics IV (2003)

For performance at Sound/Shift Big Sur.
Part of the Big Sur Experimental Music Festival.

Music for Dance I (2003)

Written for performance with Krista Denio.
For Guitar and Computer.

Music for Solo Electronics III (2002)

For performance at Sound/Shift Oakland.

Music for Solo Electronics II (2001)

For performance on San Francisco Liberation Radio.

Music for Solo Electronics I (2000)

For performance on San Francisco Liberation Radio.

Music for Six Intuitive Players (1999)

Written for performance by the Bang on a Can Allstars.
For violin, cello, bass, electric guitar, clarinet, and percussion.

Music for Conch Shell and Computer (1999)

Inspired by the work of John Cage.
For solo performance with conch shell and computer processing.

Music for Film II (1999)

Live performance with Super 8 film projection.
For percussionist Gustavo Aguilar and computer processing.

Music for Film I (1999)

Live performance with Super 8 film projection.
For percussionist Gustavo Aguilar and computer processing.

Cantos (1998)

Based upon the poem Cantos IX by Pablo Neruda.
For extended vocalist Tom Buckner, guitarist Ryan Francesconi, trombonist Scot Ray, and computer processing.

Music for Three Percussionists and Disklavier (1998)

For djembe, oxygen tanks, tin cans, and computer-controlled Yamaha Disklavier player piano.

Music for Two Electric Guitars and Computer (1998)

For guitarists Ryan Francesconi and Woody Aplanalp, and computer processing.

Electropoesis II (1997)

Based upon the poem Spider Crystal Ascension by Charles Wright
For bassist Nicki Bartnicki and computer processing.

Electropoesis I (1996)

Based upon the poem 1984 by Yusef Komunyakaa.
For clarinetist Mateo Massanet and computer processing.

 

Experience

Digidesign, Daly City, CA 2003-Present

Training Specialist.

Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA 2000-Present

Lecturer in Film Sound. Responsibilities include training and curriculum development for courses in Sound Post Producton, Sound Design, Synchronization, and ProTools.

Cutting Edge Audio Group, San Francisco, CA 2000-2003

Product Specialist. Responsibilities included consultation, system design and integration, as well as technical support and training. Clients included Skywalker Sound, Pixar, Fantasy Records, The Saul Zaentz Film Center,American Zoetrope, Metallica, Santana, Annex Digital, One Union Recording, and more.

NovaLogic, Los Angeles, CA 1999-2000

Game Audio Specialist. Responsibilities included Music Composition, Sound Design, and Mixing for computer games. Projects included Tachyon, Delta Force 2, Armored Fist 3, and F-22 Lightning 3.

DaneTracks, Los Angeles, CA 1999

Intern. Responsibilities included post-production audio related services. Projects included Warner Bros. The Matrix and Universal Pictures GO!



Education

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 1997-1999

MFA in Composition::New Media (1999). Studied with Mark Trayle, Wadada Leo Smith, Tom Erbe, Morton Subotnick, David Rosenboom, and Stephen Mosko. Teaching assistant for composition faculty member Barry Schrader.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH 1994-1997

Bachleor of Music in Electronic and Computer Music (1997). Studied with Gary Lee Nelson,Kris Burns, Pieter Snapper, Randolph Coleman, Richard Hoffman, and Peter Dominguez.

Les Atelier UPIC, Paris, France 1995

Summer Program in Electro-Acoustic Music. Studied with Curtis Roads, Brigitte Robindore, Gerard Pape, and Randall Neal.

 

Awards

California Institute of the Arts Music Scholarship 1997-1999
Oberlin Conservatory Scholarship 1994-1997
Kenyon College Merit Scholarship 1992-1994
National Merit Finalist and Scholarship Recipient 1992

Professional Memberships

International Computer Music Association 1997-Present
Electronic Music Foundation 1997-Present


 

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