John Supko

Artistic composition · 2024 Composition for harp and tape. The electronic tape part was created, in part, by custom generative music software developed by the composer. ... Cite

Artistic composition · 2024 Composition for saxophone quartet and tape. The musical material for this work was partially generated from human speech through the use of custom software applications. ... Link to item Cite

Rhapsody of the Double Object

Artistic composition · 2023 Composition for bass clarinet and tape. ... Cite

The Bridge of Suns

Artistic composition · 2023 A song cycle for soprano voice, violin, and cello. Composed for soprano Ah Young Hong. ... Cite

USINE (2022 version)

Artistic composition · 2022 Composition for mixed sextet (or more instruments) and generative, interactive electronics. Revised for a new, 21-hour performance in Lausanne, Switzerland in April 2022. ... Link to item Cite

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND BILLION PIECES FOR PIANO AND COMPUTER

Artistic composition · 2021 This is an ongoing collaborative project with the astounding pianist and composer Conrad Tao, commissioned for him by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Consisting of an autonomous, interactive software system and improvised live piano performan ... Link to item Cite

Desire Without an Object of Desire

Artistic composition · 2021 Piano trio ... Cite

Soleil Noir

Artistic composition · 2020 String quartet. ... Link to item Cite

Biloxi Anapanasati

Artistic composition · 2020 Composition for double bass, piano, percussion, and tape. Includes poetic text written by composer. ... Link to item Cite

THE_OPER&

Artistic production · 2018 THE_OPER& (“the operand”) is an opera that talks to its singers and its audience. The conversation includes us because we are all living in a world increasingly mediated by technology, and we are all trying to understand what that means. Operas normally co ... Link to item Cite

Naples ultra

Artistic composition · 2018 Electronic composition made from custom generative software using a sample library of broken instruments made by Found Sound Nation. ... Link to item Cite

Score and Sound Design for "PIG FILM"

Artistic composition · 2018 I wrote the score and made the sound design for Josh Gibson’s Pig Film, which received its world premiere at the 2018 Edinburgh Film Festival and its US premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival the same year. Called by one reviewer an “hour-long, black & ... Link to item Cite

This Window Makes Me Feel

Artistic production · April 2017 Choreographed work for Duke student dancers, using original music by John Supko, for the Duke Dance Program spring dance concert ChoreoLab 2017. ... Cite

Only a Visitor

Artistic composition · 2017 An eight-movement suite for alto sax, viola, cello, piano, and generative electronics ... Cite

Broken on the Wheel of Night

Artistic composition · 2017 Composition for solo viola and 7.1 surround-sound electronics ... Cite

A Mystery

Artistic composition · 2017 Composition for chamber ensemble and electronics. ... Cite

How I Taught My Computer to Write Its Own Music

Other Nautilus · February 12, 2015 I wanted to build the ideal collaborator. Was I ever surprised. ... Link to item Cite

L’Imitation du sommeil

Artistic composition · 2015 Commissioned for the French guitarist Jérémy Jouve by the Paris-based Listen Ensemble, "L’Imitation du sommeil" was premiered at the Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France on 12 May 2015. It received its second performance in Fran ... Link to item Cite

Divine the Rest

Artistic composition · 2015 In "Divine the Rest" I try to generate serendipity through the interweaving of human expression and computer operations. NOW Ensemble plays minimally notated pitch material –– single notes, dyads, chords, but no notated rhythms –– according to a variety of ... Link to item Cite

divine the rest

Artistic composition · 2015 Over the last five years or so, I've been trying to realize a dream: I want to engineer musical serendipity and make it the basis of my work as a composer. Rather than writing a score in which every detail of a piece is clearly indicated (and temporally fi ... Cite

Divine the Rest

Digital art · 2015 "Divine the Rest" appears on the New Amsterdam Records release "Dreamfall", an album of pieces composed for and performed by the NOW Ensemble. ... Link to item Cite

s_traits

Digital art · November 4, 2014 "s_traits" is an album of generative electronic music written by composer John Supko and media artist Bill Seaman on the Manchester, UK label Cotton Goods. s_traits is the product of three minds: two human, one artificial. With a discarded electronic track ... Link to item Cite

s_traits

Digital art · 2014 "s_traits" is an album of generative electronic music I made with Bill Seaman. It was released in 2014 on the Manchester (UK) label Cotton Goods. We started our collaboration by making a sample library from the discarded electronic track to an early vers ... Link to item Cite

The Devouring Shore

Artistic composition · 2014 A work for percussion quartet and generative electronics. The players and loudspeakers surround the audience to create an immersive, endlessly evolving sonic environment of noise, pitch, and whispered text. ... Link to item Cite

Until I Plunge into the Deep

Artistic composition · 2014 Composition for flute, harp, percussion, and generative electronics. ... Cite

divine the rest

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ALL SOULS (revised & expanded version 2012-2013)

Other · November 2013 Cite

A Free Invention for George Pitcher

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FLESH

Other · March 2013 Cite

s_traits

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VEXED

Artistic composition · September 2012 J.P. Supko, VEXED (September, 2012). My contribution to the Generous Ensemble's Vexations Project. Flute & Magnus chord organ. ... Cite

R!

Artistic composition · August 2012 J.P. Supko, R! (August, 2012). My contribution to Third Coast Percussion's Cage centenary Renga project. ... Cite

HIMALAJA

Artistic composition · July 2012 J.P. Supko, HIMALAJA (July, 2012). Chamber orchestra, 10 minutes. ... Cite

I asked for names of all that is

Artistic composition · July 2012 J.P. Supko, I asked for names of all that is (July, 2012) Soprano, electric guitar, 2 electric basses & percussion; 5 minutes. ... Cite

ALL SOULS

Artistic composition · 2012 J.P. Supko, ALL SOULS (2012). A 65-minute work for soprano, recorded speaking voices & chamber orchestra with sampler; based on the novel "All Souls Day" by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. ... Cite

FLESH (for 2013)

Artistic composition · 2012 I have accepted a commission from the pianist Jack Dettling to compose FLESH, a work for singing/speaking pianist & generative electronics. ... Cite

VANISHING POINT (for 2013)

Artistic composition · 2012 I have accepted a commission from Swiss saxophonist Laurent Estoppey to compose VANISHING POINT, a generative electroacoustic concerto for saxophone & chamber ensemble with spoken text. ... Cite

Allerzielen (provisional title)

Artistic composition · December 2011 I have accepted a commission to compose a work for the soprano Ashleigh Semkiw & an ensemble identical to that of Louis Andriessen's "Dances" (soprano, string quintet, harp, piano, percussion) for a recording project that will pair both works. The duratio ... Cite

Drawn Only Once

Digital art · November 2011 J.P. Supko, Drawn Only Once (November, 2011), New Amsterdam Records, Brooklyn, NY. "Drawn Only Once" received a 5-star review by critic Steve Smith in Time Out New York. "Drawn Only Once" is a CD + 5.1 surround-sound DVD set of two multimedia works, "Lit ... Link to item Cite

NC Music Teachers Association

Artistic composition · October 29, 2011 The NCMTA commissioned my work, "This City," for piano & generative electronics for a performance at their annual convention on 29 October 2011. Chicago-based pianist Mabel Kwan was the soloist. ... Cite

This City

Artistic composition · October 2011 J.P. Supko, This City (October, 2011) "This City" is a work for piano & generative electronics written for pianist Mabel Kwan & based on a text by Robert Fitterman. Duration 17 mins. ca. ... Cite

USINE

Artistic composition · September 2011 J.P. Supko, USINE (September, 2011). "USINE" is a 24-hour work for bass clarinet, melodica, saxophones, electric guitar, double bass, drum set & generative electronics. ... Cite

Inland Ocean

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Inland Ocean

Artistic composition · December 2010 J.P. Supko, Inland Ocean (December, 2010) A new string electroacoustic quartet, commissioned for the Ciompi Quartet. This work explores existential questions in the context of texts generated from recombinations of writings by Thomas Browne, Joseph Conrad ... Cite

Rooms

Artistic composition · November 2010 J.P. Supko, Rooms (November, 2010) This is a series of 12 musical environments for chamber orchestra (9 instruments) & 8-channel electronics. Composed for the Duke New Music Ensemble's "Covers Concert", it is a re-imagining of two of Erik Satie's pieces o ... Cite

Without Stopping

Artistic composition · August 7, 2010 Cite

Straits II (acoustic version)

Artistic composition · May 2010 J.P. Supko, Straits II (acoustic version) (May, 2010) Acoustic revision of an electroacoustic work ("Straits") composed in 2009. This new version is scored for percussion duo alone, 16 minutes. ... Cite

"This Window Makes Me Feel", new version for alto flute

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This Window Makes Me Feel

Artistic composition · February 2010 J.P. Supko, "This Window Makes Me Feel", new version for alto flute (February, 2010) This is a new version of my 2005 multimedia work, "This Window Makes Me Feel", prepared for the upcoming September 2011 commercial release on New Amsterdam Records. ... Cite

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Straits

Artistic composition · November 2009 Straits (November, 2009) (percussion duo & electronics; commissioned by the Meehan/Perkins Duo & Meet The Composer; 16 minutes.) ... Cite

Inland Ocean

Artistic composition · November 2009 I have accepted a commission from Duke University's resident string quartet, the Ciompi Quartet, to compose a new work for their Spring 2011 concert. I have provisionally entitled this work "Inland Ocean". ... Cite

Straits

Artistic composition · July 1, 2009 I was commissioned by the Meehan/Perkins Duo, with the support of Meet The Composer's Commissioning Music/USA fund, to compose "Straits", a 16-minute work for 2 percussionists and electronics. More information on the commission is available here: http://l ... Cite