Jack Vees

{{Short description|American composer and bassist}} '''Jack Vees''' (born 1955) is an American composer and bassist from [[Camden, New Jersey]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.turquoiseguitar.com/en/composers/index.php|website=Turquoise Guitar Editions|access-date=2016-03-26|title=Tge}}</ref>

==Biography== Both a performer (electric bass<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/09/arts/the-new-innovators-salute-the-old.html|title=The New Innovators Salute the Old|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|date=1996-09-09|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>/guitar and electronics) and a composer, Vees has written music for his own ensemble, Chez Vees,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19940828&id=ukogAAAAIBAJ&pg=4193,9106984&hl=en|title=The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> and for groups such as Ensemble Modern, [[California EAR Unit]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-22-ca-1827-story.html|title=Music Reviews : California E.A.R. Unit at County Museum of Art|last=WAGER|first=GREGG|date=1988-04-22|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-10-ca-2389-story.html|title=Music Reviews : Theatrical Program by the E.A.R. Unit|last=WAGER|first=GREGG|date=1989-02-10|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> and [[Zeitgeist (ensemble)]]. He has collaborated with performers Ashley Bathgate, [[Libby Van Cleve]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://libbyvancleve.com/oboe-unbound/|title=Oboe Unbound|website=Libby Van Cleve, oboist and author|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Amy Knoles,<ref name=":2" /> Jeffrey Krieger, and [[Benjamin Verdery|Ben Verdery]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artsglobal.org/en/people/benjamin-verdery/|title=Arts Global - Benjamin Verdery - Biography|last=sàrl|first=GlobalVision Communication sàrl & Lauriedesign|website=www.artsglobal.org|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> as well as various choreographers and video artists. Influences include [[Louis Andriessen]], [[John Cage]], [[George Crumb]], [[Charles Ives]], [[Erik Satie]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palersproject.com/looking-glass/repent_vees.htm|title=Repent Walpurgis : Jack Vees|website=www.palersproject.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> [[Joel Thome]], and [[Captain Beefheart]] (Don Van Vliet).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.library.yale.edu/oham/vees_TOC|title=OHAM: Jack Vees Table of Contents {{!}} Yale University Library|website=web.library.yale.edu|access-date=2016-03-26|archive-date=2015-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219164241/http://web.library.yale.edu/oham/vees_TOC|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Vees holds an undergraduate degree from [[Glassboro State College]] and an M.F.A. from [[California Institute of the Arts]]. Previous composition teachers include [[Louis Andriessen]], [[Vinko Globokar]], [[Stephen L. Mosko]], [[Bernard Rands]], and [[Morton Subotnick]].<ref name=":4" />

Vees currently resides in Guilford, Connecticut with his wife [[Libby Van Cleve]]. He was formerly the operations director and instructor of the Center of Studies in Music Technology at the [[Yale School of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://music.yale.edu/resources/csmt/|title=Center for Studies in Music Technology - Yale School of Music|website=Yale School of Music|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-26|archive-date=2016-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326082655/http://music.yale.edu/resources/csmt/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notable compositions ==

=== Solo (with or without electronics) === ''National Anthem'' (2000) for guitar and electronics<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/festival-of-new-american-music/all-hail-benjamin-verdery|title=All Hail Benjamin Verdery {{!}} SFCV|website=www.sfcv.org|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

''Surf Music Again'' (1996) for guitar and electronics<ref name=":0" />

''Rocket Baby'' (1994) for electric cello and midi cellos<ref name=":0" />

''Apocrypha'' (1986) for oboe and electronic tape<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Madsen|first=Emily|date=2010|title=Music for Oboe and Electronically Produced Sounds|url=http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/13312/Madsen.pdf;jsessionid=B5F2EB796A5546F7F95BA534CFDBE9FE?sequence=1|journal=University of Maryland Doctoral Degree Recital Program|access-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref>

''John Henry'' (1984) for bass guitar<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bangonacan.org/1988/may/bang_on_a_can_marathon_rapp_arts_center|title=Bang on a Can Marathon - R.A.P.P. Arts Center - 1988 - Bang on a Can|website=bangonacan.org|access-date=2016-03-26|archive-date=2016-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601151621/http://bangonacan.org/1988/may/bang_on_a_can_marathon_rapp_arts_center|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Small ensemble === ''Piano Trio (Hulk Smash!)'' (1994) for three players on two pianos<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-11-ca-47530-story.html|title=Flirting With Rock and Chamber Classics|last=WOODARD|first=JOSEF|date=1997-04-11|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

''Tattooed Barbie'' (1991) for 12-string guitar, oboe, and computer<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" />

''Saints Before the Vanishing Point'' (1990) for small ensemble<ref name=":1" />

''Colorized Chaplin'' (1989) for electric guitar and harpsichord<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bangonacan.org/1992/may/bang_on_a_can_marathon_new_york_society_for_ethical_culture|title=Bang on a Can Marathon - New York Society for Ethical Culture - 1992 - Bang on a Can|website=bangonacan.org|access-date=2016-03-26|archive-date=2017-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510131101/http://bangonacan.org/1992/may/bang_on_a_can_marathon_new_york_society_for_ethical_culture|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Child Bride'' (1988) for cello, electronics, and midi<ref name=":3" />

=== Theatrical works / opera / multimedia === ''Feynman'' (2003-2005), chamber opera<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Quantum Theory And Opera|last=Wise|first=Brian|date=2005-06-19|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

''Piece for Composition'' (1987) for multimedia and percussion<ref name=":2" />

== Discography == 2001: '''Ben Verdery – Soe-Pa'''. CD Baby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guitarramagazine.com/BenjaminVerdery|title=Musician Interviews & Biographies|website=www.guitarramagazine.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> * ''Strummage'' 2000: '''The Restaurant Behind the Pier'''. [[Recommended Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/2008/12/bonus-freebie-jack-vees.html|title=Undercover Black Man: Bonus freebie: Jack Vees|last=Man|first=Undercover Black|date=2008-12-18|website=Undercover Black Man|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> * ''The Restaurant Behind the Pier'' * ''John Henry'' * ''Monsiur Piñata'' * ''Surf Music II'' 1998: '''Emergency Music'''. [[Composers Recordings, Inc.]] * ''Prom Face Devotion'' 1997: '''Surf Music Again'''. [[Composers Recordings, Inc.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.american-music.org/publications/bullarchive/artic233.htm|title=Recent Articles and Reviews|website=www.american-music.org|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> * ''Tattooed Barbie'' * ''Stigmata non Grata'' * ''Piano Trio'' * ''Rocket Baby Electric'' * ''Piano Trio (Hulk Smash!)'' * ''SPNFL'' * ''Surf Music Again''

== Publications == The Book on Bass Harmonics. Alfred Music Publishers. 1981.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailynutmeg.com/2013/02/04/this-week-in-new-haven-february-4-10/|title=This Week in New Haven (February 4–10)|website=Daily Nutmeg|date=4 February 2013|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

== References ==

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