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Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Faculty of Music
- Associate Professor, Teaching StreamFaculty of Music
- University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5, Canada
BIO
Gregory Lee Newsome is Lecturer, Digital Composition in the Music Technology and Digital Media program of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
His music has been described as “beautifully wrought” and “an incredibly intricate and hypnotic web of sound, texture, and rhythm.” Drawing from spectralism, his work is rooted in structure but tempered by intuition.
Computation is a core aspect of his artistic practice, from computer-assisted composition (Python, Opusmodus) to interactive performance (Max/MSP) to live coding (ChucK). He is the author and maintainer of MIDIFlower, a lightweight MIDI input framework for ChucK.
After receiving his Master of Music in Composition from the University of British Columbia, he continued his studies with the late Russian-Canadian master Nikolai Korndorf before travelling to Paris to hone his artistic voice with the iconic Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
He has written music at the request of Arraymusic, Aventa, Daniel Cooper, Ian Hampton, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Mark Takeshi McGregor, Phoenix Chamber Choir, Redshift Music Society, Standing Wave, Tiresias Duo, Vancouver New Music Society, and Vancouver Pro Musica, and his music has been performed and broadcast in North America and Europe.
He has been a resident of the Leighton Artists’ Colony at The Banff Centre (2015, 2014, 2012) and the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC) at the University of British Columbia (2010).
His work Avarice appears on flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor’s latest CD, Sins & Fantasies, which was nominated for ‘Classical Recording of the Year’ by the 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards.
Gregory Lee Newsome has been a committed advocate for contemporary music, serving as a director of Aventa, The Music Gallery, and Vancouver New Music, as host of the radio programme Are You Serious? Music, and as Artistic Advisor for ensemble1534.
From 1998 to 2012, he was a staff member of the Canadian Music Centre, first in Vancouver and then in Toronto.
He is currently writing music for Aventa, Thin Edge New Music Collective, rockeys duo, Rick Sacks, Carla Huhtanen, and Dobrochna Zubek.
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
His music has been described as “beautifully wrought” and “an incredibly intricate and hypnotic web of sound, texture, and rhythm.” Drawing from spectralism, his work is rooted in structure but tempered by intuition.
Computation is a core aspect of his artistic practice, from computer-assisted composition (Python, Opusmodus) to interactive performance (Max/MSP) to live coding (ChucK). He is the author and maintainer of MIDIFlower, a lightweight MIDI input framework for ChucK.
After receiving his Master of Music in Composition from the University of British Columbia, he continued his studies with the late Russian-Canadian master Nikolai Korndorf before travelling to Paris to hone his artistic voice with the iconic Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
He has written music at the request of Arraymusic, Aventa, Daniel Cooper, Ian Hampton, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Mark Takeshi McGregor, Phoenix Chamber Choir, Redshift Music Society, Standing Wave, Tiresias Duo, Vancouver New Music Society, and Vancouver Pro Musica, and his music has been performed and broadcast in North America and Europe.
He has been a resident of the Leighton Artists’ Colony at The Banff Centre (2015, 2014, 2012) and the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC) at the University of British Columbia (2010).
His work Avarice appears on flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor’s latest CD, Sins & Fantasies, which was nominated for ‘Classical Recording of the Year’ by the 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards.
Gregory Lee Newsome has been a committed advocate for contemporary music, serving as a director of Aventa, The Music Gallery, and Vancouver New Music, as host of the radio programme Are You Serious? Music, and as Artistic Advisor for ensemble1534.
From 1998 to 2012, he was a staff member of the Canadian Music Centre, first in Vancouver and then in Toronto.
He is currently writing music for Aventa, Thin Edge New Music Collective, rockeys duo, Rick Sacks, Carla Huhtanen, and Dobrochna Zubek.
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream: Digital CompositionUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Toronto, Canada2015 - present
- Lecturer, Digital CompositionUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Toronto, Canada2015 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ResidencyThe Banff Centre, Leighton Artists’ Colony2014 - 2015
- ResidencyThe Banff Centre, Leighton Artists’ Colony, Faversham, United Kingdom2012 - 2012
- Music Services ManagerCanadian Music Centre, National Office2007 - 2012
- ResidencyUniversity of British Columbia, Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre, Vancouver, Canada2010 - 2010
- Project ManagerCanadian University Music Society, National Office, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2007
- Software DeveloperGLN2002 - present
- CoordinatorCanadian University Music Society, British Columbia Regional Office, Toronto, Canada2002 - 2005
DEGREES
- M.Mus. CompositionUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada2000
- B.Mus. Jazz StudiesCapilano University, North Vancouver, Canada1997
CERTIFICATIONS
- Certificate in Computer Programming ApplicationsRyerson University, Toronto, Canada2013
AVAILABILITY
- Industry Projects
- Collaborative projects
- Media enquiries