Kristi A. Allik was born in Canada and has received degrees from
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Music), Princeton University (M.A.
in Music Composition), and University of Southern California (D.M.A. in
Music Composition). She has received numerous commissions and awards,
including Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants, Chalmer’s
Award, and has won international acclaim and prizes from the Bourges
International Electroacoustic Music Competition and Ars Electronica.
Allik's work
synthesizes the stylistic and cultural resources of serialism, jazz,
and Estonian folk music and the influence of minimalism. She has
created electroacoustic music compositions, soundscape installations,
multimedia works, orchestral works, opera, music for soloists, and
chamber music. Her works have been performed in Europe, U.S.A., South
America and Canada. Currently she is Associate Professor at Queen's
University at Kingston, where she is Director of the Electroacoustic
Music Studios and the Computer Laboratory for Applications in Music.
She teaches courses in electroacoustic music composition, computer
music, and multimedia.
Allik's most
recent compositions and performances include a veena concerto which was
performed at the Winnipeg New Music Festival (2002) and ~infoweaver:
Haida Gwaii, which was commissioned by the Queen’s Performing Arts and
performed in Kingston in 2003.
Robert
C. F. Mulder is an independent interdisciplinary artist with a
passion for the real-time interaction of light, sound, and
imagination. Among his commissions are new media and integrated arts
commissions for the Canada Pavilion of Expo '86, Ars Electronica
Festival, (Austria 1992), the Berlin music biennale (Germany,1997),
and New Music Concerts (1992, 2000 and 2004). He has won
awards/prizes from the Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition and
Prix Ars Electronica. His works have been staged, screened or
exhibited in Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Hawaii, Europe, Estonia, USA,
Russia, and soon Turkey. He is currently working on a sound sculpture
commission for Toronto Island and developing a Digital Opera about
golf.
