Keith A. Hamel

I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

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II. EDUCATION

Obsessions 2 for String Quartet

III. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT RECORD

1997-present Professor, School of Music, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1992-97 Associate Professor, School of Music, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1996-present Vice President, Opus 1 Music Inc., Vancouver, Canada
1987-92 Assistant Professor, School of Music, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1985-87 Assistant Professor, Department of Music, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
1983-85 Teaching Assistant, Department of Music, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1983-85 Studio Tutor, Experimental Music Studio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

IV. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

a) Memberships in professional and learned societies:

Canadian Music Centre -(National) - Board of Directors, Chair of Technology Commitee, Associate Composer
Canadian Music Centre (B.C.) - Chair of Regional Council, Voting Member
Canadian League of Composers - National Council Member
Computer Music Association (International) - Member
Canadian Electroacoustic Music Community - Founding Member
Vancouver New Music Society - Board of Directors (1987-1993)

b) Academic or professional awards and distinctions:

1993 - U.B.C. Killam Faculty Research Fellowship
1990 - New Music Concerts Mozart-200th Anniversary Composition Competition (Third Prize for Paraphrases ).
1987 - Satori Composition Competition (Honourable Mention - Chamber Music)
1986 - C.B.C. Radio Young Composers Competition (Finalist in Percussion Composition Category)
1986 - Queen's National Scholar, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
1985 - Canadian Federation of University Women's Creative Arts Award
1985 - Francis Boott Prize for Choral Composition (Harvard University)
1984 - A.S.C.A.P.-Raymond Hubbell Scholarship, (Harvard University)
1984 - Adelberg Sprague Prize for Orchestral Composition (Harvard University)
1984 - P.R.O. Canada Young Composers' Competition (Prize for Chamber Music)
1983 - P.R.O. Canada Young Composers' Competition (Honourable Mention for Orchestral Music)
1982 - P.R.O. Canada Young Composers' Competition (Prize for Electronic Music)
1982 - Varriell Scholarship, Harvard University
1981 - Medal In Music, Queen's University - (Highest Graduating Average)
1980 - Don Wright Scholarship for Music Education, Queen's University
1979 - P.R.O. Canada Young Composers' Competition (2nd prize for Chamber Music)

c) Professional service and experience:

Consultancies:

1984 - Laser Disc Computer Systems, Cambridge, Mass. - Digital Audio Systems.
1985-86 - Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada - Music Printing Technology.

Journal and Grant Proposal Referee:

Computers and the Humanities
Canadian University Music Review
Computer Music Journal
Ontario Mental Health Association
Rick Hanson Man In Motion Legacy Fund
Social Science and Humanities Research Council
Fonds F.C.A.R (Quebec)
B.C. Science Council
International Computer Music Association Distinquished Paper Award

Juries and Peer Reviews:

1988 - Canada Council Integrated Media Jury
1988 - Canada Council Petro-Canada Creatve Arts Award Jury
1990 - Review for Simon Fraser University of the Summer Music Intensive.
1991 - International Computer Music Conference (Conference submissions)
1992 - C.B.C. Radio Commissions Jury
1992 - Pro Musica Sonic Boom Festival
1993 - Canada Council Commissioning Program
1993-95 - Canada Council Music Disciplinary Advisory Committee
1995 - Canada Council Small Ensembles Program
1995 - Canada Council External Concert Reviewer

Invited Lectureships:

1986 - State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Music, Stony Brook, New York (Guest Lecturer).
1986 - Queen's University Faculty of Education, Kingston, Canada. (Guest Lecturer).
1986 - University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Music, London, Canada.(Guest Lecturer).
1987 - MIDEM Classique, Cannes, France. Participant in round table on the use of technology for Music Printing.
1987 - York University, Toronto, Canada. Soft Music, 1987 (Guest Speaker).
1988 - MIDEM Classique, Cannes, France. Symposium of Music Printing by Computer (Guest Speaker).
1988 - York University, Toronto, Canada. Music and Technology Workshop (Guest Speaker).
1988 - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Summer Music Intensive (Guest Lecture Series).
1989 - State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. (Guest Lecturer).
1990 - Simon Fraser University Summer Music Intensive (Guest Lecturer).
1990 - Participant in a discussion group to assist in the organization of the Culture and Technology Conference sponsored by the Department of Communications.
1991 - Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Canada. (Guest Artist)
1991 - Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington (Guest Lecturer).
1992 - Composer's World - Guest Composer Lecture Series, Toronto
1992 - Pre-Concert Talk - New Music Concerts, Toronto
1993 - Composer Panel - Pro Music Sonic Boom Festival, Vancouver
1993 - Crofton House School (Guest Speaker)
1994 - Port Moody Secondary School - Evening of Electronic Music - (Guest Speaker)
1994 - Participant in the SOCAN Concert Music Think Tank (Toronto)
1995 - "Techniques for Interactive Composition", University of Alberta, Edmonton, (Guest Lecture)
1995 - Contemporary Music - An Open Discusson, University of Alberta, Edmonton, (Guest Lecture)
1995 - Lecture - "Faded Memories, Faded Jeans and other works by Keith Hamel", Espace Projection, IRCAM, Paris, (June 27)

d) Other Public Service:

1988 - Shad Valley Liason Programme: 1 week lecture series
1989 - U.B.C. Connect: Lecture on Electroacoustic Music
1989 - Shad Valley Liason Programme: 1 week lecture series
1991 - U.B.C. Continuing Education Course - Introduction to Electroacoustic Music
1991 - U.B.C. Connect - 3 lectures on Electroacoustic Music
1992 - U.B.C. Continuing Education Course - Introduction to Electroacoustic Music
1992 - U.B.C. Connect - 3 lectures on Electroacoustic Music
1993 - U.B.C. Connect - Computer Music Lecture

V. RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONALLY RELATED SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

Software Development and Research Projects

NoteWriter II. Music Notation software for the Macintosh computers. Released
commercially by Passport Designs, Inc. in 1988 and by Opus 1 Music Inc. in 1995.
Composition Design System. Composition modelling software for Macintosh computers. Funded by Canada Council Integrated Media Grant.
Graphics-Based Music Analysis System (with John Roeder) Object-oriented music editor. Funded by SSHRC.
NoteWriterAB. Modifications to the NoteWriter music notation software package to support the Ailler - Brennink Chromatic Notation System.
Extensions to the IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation to support Common Music Notation (IRCAM, Paris)
Development of a prototype Multimedia Composer Browser for the Canadian Music Centre (Toronto).
NoteAbility. Music Notation software for NEXTSTEP computers. International distribution agreement signed between UBC Industry Liason Office and Opus 1 Music Inc., Vancouver, Canada. Released commercially in 1996.
Orchestration CD-ROM. Development of a teaching CD-ROM to be used in conjunction with MUSC 309 (Orchestration). Funded by the School of Music Multimedia Resource Centre through the U.B.C. Innovation Fund
CSound On-line. Development of on-line courseware for MUSC 320 (Computer Music). Funded by the School of Music Multimedia Resource Centre through the U.B.C. Innovation Fund.

b) Research or equivalent grants received:

1985 - Canadian Music Centre. Investigation of the Current State of Music Printing and Editing by Computer. ($10,000)
1985 - Queen's University Graduate School of Arts and Science Equipment Grant. Music Software Development ($4000).
1986 - Canada Council Integrated Media Grant (with B. Pennycook). Development of A MIDI-Based Composition System. ($15,000)
1986 - Queen's University Principal's Development Fund. Equipment Grant ($5000)
1987 - U.B.C. Research Grant for Software Development ($2000).
1987 - Canada Council Integrated Media Grant. Extensions to the Composition Design System. ($17,000)
1988 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. (with J. Roeder - principal investigator). Development of a Graphics-Based Music Analysis System. ($30,000)
1993 - U.B.C. Killam Faculty Research Fellowship ($15,000)
1995 - Grant for School of Music Multimedia Resource Centre from UBC Innovation Fund 1994-1995 (co-applicant with John Roeder and Bob Pritchard) ($116,000)
1996 - Grant for School of Music Multimedia Resource Centre from UBC Innovation Fund 1995-1996 (co-applicant with John Roeder and Bob Pritchard) ($60,000)

c) Theses supervised:

Completed:

Robert Pritchard (D.M.A. - U.B.C.)
Mark Mitchell (M.Mus. - U.B.C)
Paul Steenhuisen (M.Mus. - U.B.C) (Governor General's Gold Medal)
Brian Jagger (M.Mus - U.B.C.)
Ian Critchley (M.Mus - U.B.C.)
Rui Shi Zhuo (M.Mus - U.B.C.)
Steven Berger (M.Mus. - U.B.C.)
Warren Copeland (M. Mus - U.B.C)
Andrew Stewart (M.Mus. - U.B.C.)
Joseph Rogers (M.Mus - U.B.C.)

In Progress:

Patrick Keeler (M.Mus. - U.B.C.)
Paul Steenhuisen (D.M.A. - U.B.C)
David Scott (D.M.A. - U.B.C)
Brent Lee (D.M.A. - U.B.C)
Anthony Hall (D.M.A. - U.B.C)
Gordon Fitzell (D.M.A. - U.B.C)

VI. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

1988 - Contract with Passport Designs Inc., Half Moon Bay, California for the distribution of NoteWriter Music Printing Software .
1996 - Contract (through UBC Industry Liason Office) with Opus 1 Music Inc. for the distribution of NoteAbility Music Notation Software

Publications Record

a) PUBLICATIONS AND ORIGINAL WORKS:

Journal and Conference Articles:

Hamel, K. "Issues in the Design of Music Printing Software" in Beauchamp, J. and Tipei, S. Eds. Proceedings of the 1987 International Computer Music Conference, Urbana, Illinois. Computer Music Association, San Francisco, California, 325-332 (1987)
Hamel, K., Ripley, B., Blevis, E. and Pennycook, B. "C.D.S: A Functional Approach to Composition" in Beauchamp, J. and Tipei, S. Eds. Proceedings of the 1987 International Computer Music Conference, Urbana, Illinois. Computer Music Association, SanFrancisco, California, 33-39 (1987)
Hamel, K. "Design for Music Printing and Editing Software Based on Notational Syntax". Perspectives of New Music, 27/1 70-83. (1989)
Roeder, J. and Hamel, K. "A General-Purpose Object-Oriented System for Musical Graphics" in Proceedings of 1989 International Computer Music Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 260-263. (1989)
Hamel, K. "Advanced Music Editing Using the NoteWriterª Music Notation Software" in Proceeding of Convergence: C.E.C. Electroacoustic Days at Banff. Banff, Canada, 87-92. (1989)
Hamel, K. "Music Printing", in A. Kent and J. Williams (eds.) Encyclopaedia of Computer Science and Technology, Volume 27, Supplement 12, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 93 - 105 (1993).
Hamel, K. "Music Printing", in A. Kent and J. Williams (eds.) Encyclopedia of Microcomputers, Volume 12, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 81-94 (1993). Reprint of same article above.
Hamel, K., "NoteAbility: A Music Notation System That Combines Musical Intelligence with Graphical Flexibility. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, September 1994. (4 pages)

Music Compositions:

Land Of Shades for 6 Singers and Computer Generated Tape (1982) (9 min.)
Quadrivium for Orchestra (1983) (15 min.)
Obsessions 1 for Chamber Sextet (1984) (17 min.) Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (43 pages)
Symposium II for Percussion and Computer Tape (1985 - revised from 1982) (8 min.).
Obsessions 2 for String Quartet (1985) (17 min.) Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (56 pages)
Obsessions III for Tape and Chamber Ensemble (1987) (10 min.) Commissioned by ARRAYMUSIC (with financial assistance from the Canadian Federation of University Women)
Thrust for MIDI Grand Piano and Electronics (1989) (18 min.) Commissioned by Vancouver New Music (with financial assistance from the Canada Council). Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (48 pages)
WindoW for Alto Saxophone and Interactive Electronics (1990) (12 min.) Commissioned by Julia Nolan. Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (12 pages)
Paraphrases for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Fortepiano, Timpani, Violin and Cello (1990) (8 min.) Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (42 pages)
Refraction for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1991) (10 min.) Commissioned by the Ensemble InterContemporain (Pierre Boulez-director). Editions Musicales Europennes, Paris, France (28 pages) - publication forthcoming
Ca-Non for Flute/Alto Flute, MIDI Piano, Percussion and Interactive Electronics (1991) (8 min.)
Obsessed Again... for Bassoon and Interactive Electronics (1992) (15 min.) Commissioned by Jesse Read. Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (9 pages)
Each Life Converges To Some Centre... for Violin and Piano (1992) (7 min.) Commissioned by Douglas Finch (with the financial Assistance of the Canada Council.) Editions Musicales Europennes, Paris, France (16 pages) - publication forthcoming
Paraphrases for Chamber Orchestra. An orchestration and arrangement of
Paraphrases for Chamber Septet at the request of Uri Mayer for Orchestra London. (1993) (8 min). Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada. (42 pages)
Salem, 1692 for Women's Choir (1993) (10 min.) Commissioned by Elektra Women's Choir (with the financial assistance of the Canada
Council.) Editions Musicales Europennes, Paris, France (36 pages)
Fit For A King for Tape (1994) (3 min.)
Crossfade for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Piano and Percussion (1994) (3 min.)
Faded Memories, Faded Jeans for Clarinet, Cello, MIDI Piano and Percussion. (1995) (20 min.) Commissioned by IRCAM (with financial assistance of IRCAM and the Canada Council.) Editions Musicales Europennes, Paris, France (116 pages) - publication forthcoming
Traces (1995) for Clarinet and Interactive Electronics (9 pages). Commissioned by Jean-Guy Boisvert (with the financial assistance of the Canada Council.) Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada (8 pages)
Vox Humana (1996) for Tape. (4 min.) Requested by Vancouver New Music for their 25th Anniversary Concert.
Wings of Mercury (1996) for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Cello and Double Bass. (12 min.) Commissioned by Vancouver New Music (with the financial assistance of the Canada Council.) (56 pages).

Important Public Performances of Compositions:

Obsessions III - Vancouver New Music Concert at Graceland, Vancouver, Canada. Performed by ARRAYMUSIC. (February 9, 1989)
Thrust - (Robert Silverman, MIDI Piano) Vancouver New Music Concert at Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C. (February 11, 1990)
Thrust - (Robert Silverman, MIDI Piano) Guelph Spring Festival, Guelph, Ontario. (April 28, 1990)
Thrust - (Philip Mead, MIDI piano) 1990 International Computer Music Conference, Glasgow, Scotland. ( September 10, 1990.)
WindoW (Julia Nolan - Alto Saxophone) U.B.C. Recital Hall, Vancouver, B.C. (September 19, 1990)
WindoW (Julia Nolan - Alto Saxophone) Douglas College Recital Hall, New Westminister, B.C. (February 14, 1991)
WindoW (Julia Nolan - Alto Saxophone) Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. (May 7, 1991)
Refraction (Ensemble InterContemporain) Salle Claude Champlain, Montreal, Quebec. (May 22, 1991)
WindoW (Julia Nolan - Alto Saxophone) 1991 International Computer Music Conference - F.A.C.E., Montreal. (October 17, 1991)
WindoW (Julia Nolan - Alto Saxophone) National Saxophone Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan (December, 1991)
Paraphrases (New Music Ensemble). DuMaurier Theatre, Toronto, Ontario (April 6, 1992) Obsessed Again... (Jesse Read - Bassoon). De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (May 9,1992)
Thrust - (Barbara Prichard, MIDI piano) International Glenn Gould Conference, Toronto, Ontario. ( September 26, 1992.)
Each Life Converges To Some Centre... (Geoffrey Michaels - violin, Douglas Finch - piano) U.B.C. Recital Hall, Vancouver. (November 19, 1992).
Paraphrases for Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra London, Uri Mayer - conductor, Memorial Hall, London, Ontario, (April 21, 1993.)
Fit For A King for Tape. Presented as part of the Elvis Cantata, St. Andrews-Wellsley Church, Vancouver, (September 24, 1994)
Faded Memories, Faded Jeans for Clarinet, Cello, MIDI Piano and Percussion, Espace Projection, IRCAM, Paris, (June 27, 1995)
Traces for Clarinet and Interactive Electronics. Premiered by Jean-Guy Boisvert at the International Society of Electronic Arts (ISEA) Conference at Place des Arts, Montreal (September 23, 1995).
Refraction for Clarinet, Violin and Piano. Performed by Vancouver New Music Ensemble at Vancouver East Cultural Centre (April 14, 1996).
Wings Of Mercury for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Cello and Double bass. Performed by Vancouver New Music Ensemble at Art Gallery of Ontario (January 22, 1997).
Wings Of Mercury for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Cello and Double bass. Performed by Vancouver New Music Ensemble at Vancouver East Cultural Centre (February 2, 1997).

Radio Broadcasts of Compositions:

Thrust - West Coast Performance, C.B.C. Stereo (March, 1990)

Thrust - Two New Hours, C.B.C. Stereo (May, 1990)

Thrust - Radio Canada (C.B.C. - French Network) (June, 1990)

Thrust - Arts National, C.B.C. Stereo (June, 1990)

WindoW - Arts National, C.B.C. Stereo (January, 1991)

WindoW - West Coast Performance, C.B.C. Stereo (February, 1991)

Refraction - Radio Canada (C.B.C. - French Network) (June, 1991)

Refraction - Two New Hours, C.B.C. Stereo (July, 1991)

WindoW - Two New Hours, C.B.C. Stereo (November, 1991)

Paraphrases - Two New Hours, C.B.C. Stereo (April, 1992)

Thrust - Two New Hours, C.B.C. Stereo (October, 1992)

Crossfade - West Coast Performance, C.B.C. Stereo (November, 1994)

Traces - Radio Canada, (C.B.C. - French Network) (October, 1996)

Reference Manuals for Computer Software Developments:

These reference manuals accompany music printing software designed and programmed exclusively by Keith Hamel. The design and implementation of these programmes involved research in the areas of: music representation, graphical editors, user interface (i.e. gestural recognition) and laser printing technology.

MusPrint (1986) - Music notation software for the Macintosh computer. (56 pages)

MusScribe (1988) - Professional music notation software. (150 pages)

NoteWriter (1988) - Upgrade and extension of MusScribe. Licensed to Passport Designs Inc., Half Moon Bay, California for International Distribution. (162 pages)

NoteWriter II (1989) - Extension of the NoteWriter software (180 pages).

NoteAbility Music Notation Software Manual (1996). Opus 1 Music Inc., Vancouver. On-line reference manual for the NoteAbility Music Notation Software Package. (Approximately 280 pages.)

b) COMPLETED AND UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL

Commission Reports:

Hamel, K. Report on the Use of Technology for Music Editing and Printing. Report prepared for the National Office of the Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1986. (76 pages)

Unpublished Conference Presentations:

Hamel, K. "Implementation Plans for the C.M.C. Music Printing Network". MIDEM Classique, Cannes, France. 1986.

Hamel, K. "The Current State of Music Printing Technology." Joint Conference of the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian University Music Society. Hamilton, Canada. 1987.

Hamel, K. "Design In Music Notation Software: A Defense of the Graphics Approach" MIDEM Classique, Cannes, France. 1988.

Hamel, K. "Interaction between Live Performance and Electroacoustic Music" WINDOW: Conference on Women and New Technology, Vancouver, Canada, 1990.

Hamel, K. "NoteWriter - A Graphics-Oriented Music Notation System" at the Canadian Music Educator's Association Conference, Vancouver, Canada. 1991

Hamel, K. "NeXTWriter - Music Notation for the NeXT Computer." Multimedia Symposium '92 - U.B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1992

Hamel, K. "NoteAbility - Music Notation for the NeXTStep Computers." PowerUp Conference - Robson Media Centre., Vancouver, Canada, 1996

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