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Stephen F. Lilly

A Dash of Noise

About Me

Born in Bellevue, Washington, to an environmental science major and a Caucasian, composer Stephen F. Lilly (a graduate of the University of Maryland, the Lionel Hampton School of Music, Kamiakin High School, and Sunset View Elementary) began life as a bass player. He has played with a cornucopia of illustrious unknowns including The Nick Garrett Band (NGB), Bucko-Bunny-Meister and the Flapjack Special, Ommadawn, TAFKA Dervish, The Washington-Idaho Symphony Orchestra, The Palouse Jazz Conspiracy, Not Too Shabby, C9, Lugnut, and Dyslexic Head. When Dr. Lilly is not looking for another place to squeeze in a phat-ass run, he composes the quasi-avant-garde electro-acoustic and non-traditional acoustic music you hear on this site (for instance, like staring at a word..., a work for DC-based soprano Stacey Mastrian based on the poetry of Ivan Molton) and teaches music theory at Towson University and digital audio production at the Art Institute of Washington. On a more private note, Dr. Lilly enjoys walks on the beach, the music of Agostino Di Scipio, books by Thomas Pynchon.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/20/2006
Band Members: On full moons and leap years, I still perform with the Bay Players:
The Classic Line-up
Mike Boyd
Ben Levy
Kristian Twombly
Steve Wanna

Influences: Agostino Di Scipio, Thomas DeLio, Luciano Berio, Luigi Nono, Iannis Xenakis, Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, Wesley Fuller, Morton Feldman, and Earle Brown
Sounds Like: Works List

Instrumental/Vocal:
se una notte
for actor

Two for Orchestra
I. Five Minutes
II. Ix

E.B. a 4
for four unspecified performers
E.B. a 5
for five unspecified performers

A Sextet of Seven for Ecstya
for soprano, alto flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and contrabass

Damage
for violin, violoncello, and piano

Rook
for solo piano

Jennifer's Tigers
for solo violin

Electroacoustic
Variations on a Series of Impulses
a voltage-control studio composition

statics (Appulse 3): congruent
statics (Appulse 3): cyclian
statics (Appulse 3): convergence
 composed with software designed by the composer

Homogeny (Appulse 2)
a voltage-control studio composition

Like staring at a word...
for soprano and tape

Appulse
for computer-generated tape

Publications
"...at other times, the distances: Structural Contrasts in Timbre and Rhythm"
on Radial Matrix: Multi-dimensional Electroacoustic Music,
a DVD from Capstone Records: CPS-8769 (2006)

"Form as an Outgrowth of Timbre and Rhythm: Wesley Fuller's Sherds of Five"
in Perspectives of New Music volume 43, number 1 (Winter 2005)
Record Label: I-Will-Give-You-a-CD-If-You-Ask-for-One Records
Type of Label: None