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First initiated to the classical guitar, Pierre Alexandre discovered composition and bass guitar during his adolescent years. He completed his bachelor 's degree at the Université de Montréal in 1998, then his Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham in 2005. He teaches composition at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and released his debut acousmatic album on Empreintes Digitales in 2006.
In parallel with his academic path, he formed in 1996 the contemporary jazz ensemble [iks], with which he toured extensively and released six albums to date. He is also part of 'ars circa musicæ ' and 'de type inconnu ', where he improvises on his instrument as well as with sound processing devices. We see him also in the studio for popular music artists, both as producer and session bassist.
He spends his spare time (sic), pursuing his interests in reading and photography, and with his family. In addition, as founding member of the no-tv collective, he does not own a working television set.
" Contemporary jazz composition, improvisation and performance, with [iks]and 'ars circa musicæ' (published by Ora)
" Free improvisation on bass guitar and/or laptop, in solo, duet (with 'de type inconnu') or as a guest with other ensembles;
" Pop studio production and session playing, especially in Afro-American groove-based music.
" Video-music composition;
" Interactive installation;
" Sound-design and instrumental-practice programming
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre and McLaughlin, Scott (2009) Thinking Inside the Box: A New Integrated Approach to Mixed Music Composition and Performance. In: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2009), Montréal, Canada, August 16-21, 2009. International Computer Music Association, pp. 379-386.
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre (2009) Le Cauchemar De L'horloger. [Video]
Hewitt, S. and Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre (2008) Sound Communication: A Standard Syntax for Inter-Application, Inter-Device And Inter-Player Communication Over OSC. In: International Computer Music Conference ‘08, 24-29 August 2008, Belfast. (Unpublished)
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre (2008) Heiko ou l’apparition du héros. [Audio]
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre, Boucher, Nicolas and Pohu, Sylvain (2007) Real-time processing on the road: a guided tour of [iks]'s abstr/cncr setup. In: International Computer Music Conference ‘07, 27-31 August 2007, Copenhagen. (Unpublished)
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre and Bassal, Dominique (2007) Le mixtering : modèle de travail pour une qualité sonore accrue en électroacoustique / Mixtering: A working model for an enhanced sound quality in electroacoustics. eContact!, 9 (3).
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre (2006) Alter Ego. [Composition] (Submitted)
Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre (2005) La rage for drummer and electronics. [Composition] (Submitted)
Pierre Alexandre is interested in supervising any composition project that explores creative subversion of technological means, usually taking the form of a portfolio of original works.
Current Research Students
Derrick Archer - Sound as a continuous spectrum of pitches used in large-scale non-narrative forms (co-supervised by Dr Mathew Adkins)
Scott Hewitt - Methods of Laptop Ensemble Improvisation " (second supervisor Dr Michael Clarke)
Sebastian Berweck - Performance of works for piano and electronics (co-supervised by Dr Philip Thomas)
Adam Jansch - Music: Undefined. Investigating the Creation and Dissemination of Open Form Music Within a Digital Framework (co- supervised by Dr Mathew Adkins)
E-mail: p.a.tremblay@hud.ac.uk
Telephone: 01484 473608
Address:
CAM3/20
University of Huddersfield,
Queensgate,
Huddersfield, HD1 3DH
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