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John Supko

Associate Professor of Music
Music
Box 90665, Durham, NC 27708-0665
059 Mary Duke Biddle Building, Box 90665, Durham, NC 27708

Artistic Works


Crossed Shadows

Musical Composition January 1, 2024 Performance by Red Clay at Duke

Time Becomes Again

Musical Composition January 1, 2024

The Bridge of Suns

Musical Composition January 1, 2023

Rhapsody of the Double Object

Musical Composition January 1, 2023

Desire Without an Object of Desire

Musical Composition January 1, 2021

Soleil Noir

Musical Composition January 1, 2020 https://johnsupko.com/Soleil-Noir

THE_OPER&

Choreography Digital Media Musical Composition Theatrical Production January 1, 2018 https://johnsupko.com/THE-OPER

Naples ultra

Musical Composition January 1, 2018 https://johnsupko.com/Naples-ultra

This Window Makes Me Feel

Choreography April 1, 2017

A Mystery

Musical Composition January 1, 2017

Broken on the Wheel of Night

Musical Composition January 1, 2017

Only a Visitor

Musical Composition January 1, 2017

divine the rest

Audio Recording Musical Composition January 1, 2015

s_traits

Audio Recording Musical Composition January 1, 2014 https://johnsupko.com/s_traits-1

Until I Plunge into the Deep

Musical Composition January 1, 2014

VEXED

Musical Composition September 1, 2012

R!

Musical Composition August 1, 2012

HIMALAJA

Musical Composition July 1, 2012

I asked for names of all that is

Musical Composition July 1, 2012

ALL SOULS

Musical Composition January 1, 2012

VANISHING POINT (for 2013)

Musical Composition January 1, 2012

FLESH (for 2013)

Musical Composition January 1, 2012

Allerzielen (provisional title)

Musical Composition December 1, 2011

NC Music Teachers Association

Musical Composition October 29, 2011

This City

Musical Composition Musical Performance October 1, 2011

USINE

Musical Composition Musical Performance September 1, 2011

Inland Ocean

Musical Composition Musical Performance December 1, 2010

Rooms

Musical Composition November 1, 2010

Without Stopping

Musical Composition Musical Performance August 7, 2010

Straits II (acoustic version)

Musical Composition May 1, 2010

This Window Makes Me Feel

Musical Composition Musical Performance February 1, 2010

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Musical Composition January 1, 2010

Straits

Musical Composition Musical Performance November 1, 2009

Inland Ocean

Musical Composition November 1, 2009

Straits

Musical Composition July 1, 2009

This River

Musical Composition April 1, 2009

Songs of a Landloper

Musical Composition January 1, 2009

Dream Cuisine

Musical Composition January 1, 2007

Everybody Says Everything

Musical Composition January 1, 2007

Littoral

Musical Composition Musical Performance January 1, 2007

Exhibitions, Screenings, & Performances


New Creations

Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University · November 10, 2024 The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet gave the second performance of the work they commissioned, "Crossed Shadows" for saxophone quartet and tape. https://www.youtube.com/live/leCoRDrn75U?feature=shared&t=5388

Red Clay Saxophone Quartet Recital

UNC-Greensboro · November 2, 2024 World premiere.

Extended Music Collective

Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL · July 10, 2024 Performance of my 2015 work "Divine the Rest" by the international ensemble Extended Music Collective.

Christopher Cairns 80th Birthday Concert

Cairns Sculpture Studio, Philadelphia, PA · May 28, 2024 World premiere of selections from "The Bridge of Suns" for soprano voice, violin, and cello.

Earspace Ensemble at Duke

Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University · December 8, 2023 Performance of selections from "The Bridge of Suns"

Ashley Smith Faculty Recital

University of Western Australia Conservatorium, Perth, Australia · August 3, 2023 Australian world premiere of "Rhapsody of the Double Object" for bass clarinet and tape.

Ensemble Modern Young Artists Academy

Frankfurt, Germany · July 17, 2022 German premiere of "Biloxi Anapanasati" by Else, If Else, who commissioned it. https://johnsupko.com/Biloxi-Anapanasati

Banff Summer Festival

Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada · July 5, 2022 Canadian premiere of "Biloxi Anapanasati" by Else, If Else, who commissioned it.

Vexations / Usine

Théâtre 2.21 · April 9, 2022 - April 10, 2022 Continuous 21-hour performance of a new (2022) version of "Usine" by ensemBle baBel, who commissioned it, joined by Ensemble Batida. https://theatre221.ch/spectacle/444/vexations-usine

ensemBle baBel & Ensemble Batida

Neuchâtel, Switzerland · April 2, 2022 45-minute performance of new (2022) version of "Usine" by ensemBle baBel, who commissioned it, joined by Ensemble Batida.

Duke Performances Presents: Ciompi Quartet

Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University · February 19, 2022 The Ciompi Quartet gave a performance of "Soleil Noir" in a concert sponsored by Duke Performances in Baldwin Auditorium on Duke's campus.

Portfolio Project

Rubenstein Arts Center · February 8, 2022 Performance of "Soleil Noir" as part of the Ciompi Quartet's annual Portfolio Project series.

Ciompi Quartet Recital

online broadcast performance · April 17, 2021 Online pre-recorded broadcast performance (premiere) of "Soleil Noir" by the Ciompi String Quartet, who commissioned it. https://johnsupko.com/Soleil-Noir

Kaufman Center Pop-up Performances

NYC storefront · March 3, 2021 Conrad Tao gave the NYC premiere of this piece, which features a generative and interactive software system, in a storefront in NYC. The audience was whoever happened to be passing by on the street. Loudspeakers projected the sound on the facade of the building. https://johnsupko.com/OHTB

Heaven Gallery Performance

Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL · November 16, 2019 A performance of "This Window" by Anatolia Evarkiou-Kaku, flutes, Rebecca McDaniel, percussion, Carl Alexander, countertenor, and Henry Stewart, piano.

Conrad Tao Workshop (open to public)

Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University · November 13, 2019 A workshop/performance of "ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND BILLION PIECES FOR PIANO & COMPUTER" with Conrad Tao that was open to students and the public.

Extended Play Festival

City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia · August 31, 2019 Performance of "This Window Makes Me Feel" by Intercurrent at the Extended Play Festival in Sydney, Australia.

panSonus Recital

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia · August 8, 2019 Multimedia performance of "This Window Makes Me Feel" by panSonus at the Unviersity of Melbourne.

Athens International Film Festival

Athens, Greece · April 8, 2019 A screening of Josh Gibson's "PIG FILM", for which I composed the score and made the sound design.

RiverRun International Film Festival

Winston Salem, NC · April 1, 2019 Three screenings of Josh Gibson's "PIG FILM", for which I composed the score and made the sound design, on 10, 11, and 14 April 2019

The Philip K. Dick Film Festival

Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA · March 14, 2019 A screening of Josh Gibson's "PIG FILM", for which I composed the score and made the sound design.

New Orleans Film Festival

New Orleans, LA · October 21, 2018 U.S. premiere of Josh Gibson's "PIG FILM", for which I wrote the score and made the sound design.

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh, Scotland · July 26, 2018 World premiere screening of Josh Gibson's "PIG FILM", for which I wrote the score and made the sound design.

nief-norf Summer Festival

University of Tennessee-Knoxville · June 24, 2018 Performance of "The Devouring Shore" for percussion quartet and generative electronics by nief-norf, who commissioned it. https://johnsupko.com/The-Devouring-Shore-1

ChoreoLab

Reynolds Theater, Duke University · April 14, 2018 Excerpts from the Seaman/Supko album "s_traits" choreographed by Prof. Barbara Dickinson and danced by Duke Dance Program students as part of the annual ChoreoLab.

THE_OPER&

von der Heyden Studio Theater, Rubenstein Arts Center · March 8, 2018 - March 10, 2018 Four performances of "THE_OPER&", a generative, multimedia opera. Music and text by John Supko & Bill Seaman Narration by Bill Seaman Performed by Lorelei Ensemble Direction & stage design by Jim Findlay Video by Bill Seaman Video programming by Keith Skretch Music programming by John Supko Machine learning programming by Matthew Kenney Lighting design by Masha Tsimring Choreography by Anna Barker https://johnsupko.com/THE-OPER

UTM Contemporary Music Group Supko Portrait Concert

University of Tennessee-Martin · November 29, 2017 University of Tennessee-Martin Contemporary Music Group premiere performance of "A Mystery", which they commissioned, as part of a Supko Portrait concert.

UTM Contemporary Music Group Supko Portrait Concert

University of Tennessee-Martin · November 29, 2017 University of Tennessee-Martin Contemporary Music Group performance as part of a Supko Portrait concert.

UTM Contemporary Music Group Supko Portrait Concert

University of Tennessee-Martin · November 29, 2017 University of Tennessee-Martin Contemporary Music Group performance as part of a Supko Portrait concert.

UTM Contemporary Music Group Concert

University of Tennessee-Martin Music Library · November 16, 2017 Performance by UTM Contemporary Music Group.

New World Symphony

Miami Beach, FL · April 29, 2017 World premiere performance of "Broken on the Wheel of Night" for solo viola and 7.1 electronics, commissioned by the New World Symphony.

Jerry Piipponen & Ensemble

Helsinki Music Centre – Musiikkitalo, Camerata Hall · February 16, 2017 Finnish premiere of "Littoral" by Jerry Piipponen and ensemble.

Meehan/Perkins Duo Recital

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL · February 5, 2017 Performance of my percussion duo "Straits" by the Meehan/Perkins Duo, who commissioned it.

UTM Contemporary Music Group Concert

University of Tennessee-Martin · November 17, 2016 Performance of "This Window Makes Me Feel" by UTM Contemporary Music Group.

Interference Ensemble

Levine Music, Washington, D.C. · April 15, 2016 World premiere of "Only a Visitor" by the Interference Ensemble at Levine Music in Washington, DC.

Jérémy Jouve, guitar & Listen Ensemble

Les Passerelles, Pontault-Combault, France · December 13, 2015 Second French performance of "L'Imitation du sommeil", a concerto for classical guitar, countertenor, chamber ensemble, and generative electronics by Jérémy Jouve, guitar, Listen Ensemble, who commissioned it.

Dreamfall Album Release Concert and Q2 Music Broadcast

The Greene Space (WQXR), New York, NY · June 15, 2015 Performance of "Divine the Rest" by NOW Ensemble as part of their "Dreamfall" album release concert, which was simultaneously broadcast by Q2 Music in NYC.

Jérémy Jouve, guitar & Listen Ensemble

Conservatoire de Musique & de Danse d’Aulnay-sous-Bois, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France · May 12, 2015 French world premiere performance of "L'Imitation du sommeil", a concerto for classical guitar, countertenor, chamber ensemble, and generative electronics by Jérémy Jouve, guitar, Listen Ensemble, who commissioned it.

Circuit Bridges

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC · February 22, 2015 A concert presentation of three tracks from the Seaman/Supko album "s_traits" at a concert of the Circuit Bridges series.

nief-norf residency at Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL · November 5, 2014 The second performance of "The Devouring Shore" by the new music collective nief-norf, who commissioned it.

s_traits Album Release Concert ft. Wet Ink & Seaman Generative Video Engine

Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY · October 29, 2014 Album release concert for the Seaman/Supko album "s_traits." This was a performance by members of the Wet Ink Ensemble, who improvised live with the "bearings_traits" engine, which was used to generative the material for the album. Also featured in this concert was Bill Seaman's generative video engine. https://johnsupko.com/bearings_traits

Circuit Bridges

Gallery MC, New York, NY · September 25, 2014 A concert presentation of three tracks from the Seaman/Supko album "s_traits" at a concert of the Circuit Bridges series.

nief-norf Summer Festival

Furman University, Greenville, SC · June 2, 2014 Performance of "This Window" at the annual nief-norf Summer Festival.

nief-norf Summer Festival

Furman University, Greenville, SC · May 27, 2014 World premiere performance of "The Devouring Shore" by nief-norf, who commissioned it, at their annual summer festival.

NOW Ensemble at BargeMusic

BargeMusic, Brooklyn, NY · December 13, 2013 World premiere of "Divine the Rest" by NOW Ensemble, who commissioned it.

All Souls

Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC · November 27, 2013 Second performance of evening-length electroacoustic monodrama "All Souls", based on the novel by Cees Nooteboom, by soprano Ashleigh Semkiw and New Music Raleigh, who commissioned it.

65th Annual Festival of American Music

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · November 17, 2013 World premiere of evening-length electroacoustic monodrama "All Souls", based on the novel by Cees Nooteboom, by soprano Ashleigh Semkiw and New Music Raleigh, who commissioned it.

ensemBle baBel

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland · July 12, 2013 Continuous 12-hour performance of "Usine" at the Montreux Jazz Festival by ensemBle baBel, who commissioned it.

World Minimal Music Festival

Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · April 6, 2013 - April 7, 2013 Continuous 21-hour performance of "Usine" at the World Minimal Music Festival in Amsterdam by ensemBle baBel, who commissioned it.

Jack Dettling Senior Recital

Mannes College of Music, New York, NY · March 29, 2013 World premiere of "FLESH" for piano and generative, interactive electronics.

Meehan/Perkins Duo Recital

Yale University, New Haven, CT · February 24, 2013 Performance of "Straits" at Yale by the Meehan/Perkins Duo, who commissioned it.

This Window Makes Me Feel

Juilliard School · December 12, 2012 - December 16, 2012

Straits

University of South Carolina · September 28, 2012

USINE

Romont, Switzerland · September 22, 2012 The Swiss group Ensemble Babel commissioned my work USINE for a 24-hour performance at the Festival de Romont in September 2012. This work is scored for bass clarinet, melodica, saxophones, electric guitar, double bass, drum set & generative electronics.

Straits

Princeton University · July 24, 2012

Straits

(Le) Poisson Rouge, NYC · June 18, 2012

This City

The Flea Theater, NYC · May 25, 2012

Straits

University of Houston Moores School of Music · January 23, 2012

Straits

Duke University · January 21, 2012

Littoral

Lawrence University · January 20, 2012

Littoral

Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH) · November 29, 2011

Rooms

November 22, 2011

Littoral

Galapagos Art Space (Brooklyn, NY) · November 21, 2011 The record release concert/party for "Drawn Only Once," sponsored by the record label, New Amsterdam Records.

Littoral

Columbia U. Radio Station (WKCR 89.9 NYC) · November 20, 2011 A radio performance of the entire 35-minute work on Columbia University's radio station.

This City

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL) · November 11, 2011

This City

Salem College (Salem, NC) · October 29, 2011

Straits

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) · April 30, 2011

Straits

Round Top, TX · April 9, 2011

Inland Ocean

Nelson Music Room, Duke University · April 2, 2011

Inland Ocean

Duke Gardens · March 31, 2011

Inland Ocean

Winthrop University (Rock Hill, SC · March 22, 2011

Inland Ocean

Weymouth Center, Southern Pines, NC · March 6, 2011

Rooms

Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University · January 29, 2011

Without Stopping

Peterborough, NH · August 7, 2010

Straits

Levine School of Music, Washington, DC · May 14, 2010 by the Meehan/Perkins Duo (Todd Meehan & Doug Perkins, percussion), who commissioned the work, with the support of Meet The Composer.

This Window Makes Me Feel

Indianapolis, IN · April 24, 2010 Multimedia performance of "This Window Makes Me Feel" by Nothing in Common

This Window Makes Me Feel

University of Tennessee, Martin · March 28, 2010 by Nothing in Common (Percussionist Andrew Bliss & pianist Mabel Kwan)

This Window Makes Me Feel

The Flea Theatre, NYC · March 28, 2010 Multimedia performance of "This Window Makes Me Feel" in new alto flute version by Due East (percussionist Greg Beyer & flutist Erin Lesser)

This Window Makes Me Feel

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL · March 18, 2010 new version with piccolo by Due East. (Concert was also webcast.)

Littoral

Marshall University (Huntington, WV) · December 3, 2009 A performance of my multimedia work, "Littoral" for flutes (1 player), percussion (1 player) and 5.1 surround-sound electronics in a new version with a newly commissioned video by NYC-based artist Kristine Marx. (35 minutes duration)

Littoral

University of Kentucky (Lexington) · December 2, 2009

Littoral

Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY · October 30, 2009

Littoral

University of Akron (Ohio) · October 28, 2009

Littoral

Duke University · October 25, 2009

This Window Makes Me Feel

Fort Wayne, IN · April 16, 2009 A performance of my multimedia work "This Window Makes Me Feel", which was selected by the jury for the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States National Conference. This work is scored for soprano, piano/electric keyboard, percussion, elec