Roger Reynolds of UCSD’s music department, was gracious and generous enough to invite some grad students over to his house to have dinner with Philip Glass. Composer/Conductor and chair of the music department Rand Steiger was …
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The Palindrome, Oakland, CA
Barry and Jeff I met Barry Threw at The Spark Festival in Minneapolis, MN last February. He is a very bright and creative musician with monstrous tech chops as well, what a nice combination. So I …
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For a limited time only!
Maxwell Gualtieri and Louis Lopez volunteered to help advertise my farewell gig…this was a bit unexpected…
Steuart Liebig Turns 50! Today….!
Steuart Liebig turns 50 today…Happy Birthday…. Supposedly he shaved his head this morning to celebrate.A KILLER gig of his music will be on Thursday. We had the first rehearsal last night. Here are some photos from …
Ligeti
Ligeti, one of the composers whose choral music (along with Bach, Josquin, Palestrina and Penderecki) has remained eternally in my listening rotation. Whose composition has inspired me since college, and has inspired innumerable other artists of …
The Death of “Industry Standard”
Details available here: https://jeffkaiser.com/scholarship/article-the-death-of-industry-standard/ Citation: Kaiser, Jeff. “The Death of ‘Industry Standard.’” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Conference, Breaking Barriers in Audio, May 2025. https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22824. Abstract In this paper I propose that we as educators and …
Dome Review: All About Jazz
By Glenn AstaritaNovember 10, 2024 “Recorded in an abandoned munitions factory in Alvira, PA. using an ambisonics system without overdubs. The collaborative effort between vocalist and multimedia artist/educator Paul J. Botelho and avant-garde trumpeter/educator Jeff Kaiser …
ATMI-Paper Presentation: Curiosity Focused Pedagogy
I will present my paper, Developing a Curiosity-centered Pedagogy for Music Technology.