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Stephen Lee (b. 1982) is a composer of electronic, electroacoustic, and acoustic music who lives on Long Island, NY. He is especially interested in interactive music and laptop improvisation, and the notion of human/computer interaction strongly influences all facets of his work. He teaches Max/MSP and has created a wide array of Max patches for laptop improvisation, synthesis, analog hardware emulation, and other applications.Since March 2006, he has hosted "Under the Groove," a biweekly radio show on WUSB Stony Brook, 90.1 FM. The show is every other Friday night/Saturday morning from midnight until 3 AM Eastern Time. The show can be heard from anywhere in the world by going to www.wusb.fm and clicking on the streaming webcast.
Stephen is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in composition at Stony Brook University, where he has studied with Margaret Schedel, Daniel Weymouth, and Daria Semegen. In 2004, he earned a Bachelor of Music in composition/theory from Vanderbilt University, where he studied with Stan Link, Michael Rose, and Michael Kurek. In 2002 and 2003, he attended the Brevard Music Center, where he studied with Bright Sheng, Gunther Schuller, Claude Baker, and Dan Locklair. 2009 NEWS:
>>> Friday, May 22: Stephen is moving, which means Under the Groove is unfortunately coming to an end. The last show will be Friday/Saturday May 22/23 from midnight to 3 AM.
>>> Wednesday, Mar. 11: Stephen's piece Blue Bottle for fixed audio will be played in Stony Brook's annual Earfest concert. The concert is at 8 PM in the Staller Center Recital Hall at Stony Brook University. The concert is free and will also feature 60x60.
>>> Wednesday, Dec. 10: Stephen's piece Windswept Figures for fixed audio will be played in the Stony Brook Composers' Concert. The concert is at 8 PM in the Staller Center Recital Hall at Stony Brook University. The concert is free and will also feature works by Krystal J. Grant, Andrea Daly, Paul Epstein, Bogdan Scurtu, and Phil Salathé.
>>> Sunday, Nov. 23: Stephen's piece Windswept Figures for fixed audio will be premiered as part of Stony Brook University's annual computer music concert, Aural Architectures. The concert is at 8 PM in the Staller Center Recital Hall at Stony Brook University. The concert is free and will also feature electroacoustic works by Peter Castine, Phil Salathé, Travis Ellrott, Margaret Schedel, and William Susman, as well as a tárogató performance by clarinetist Esther Lamneck.
>>> Thursday, Oct. 30: An excerpt from Stephen's upcoming fixed audio piece, Windswept Figures, will be played on the New West Electronic Art & Music Organization (NWEAMO) concert. The concert is at 8 PM in the Staller Center Recital Hall at Stony Brook University and will be followed by a second concert at 10:30 PM in the University Café. Both concerts are free and will also feature works by Robert Mackay, Juraij Kojs, Travis Elrott, Tom Lopez, Eric Lyon, Sam Pluta, Tim Poulin, CK Barlow, and Joshua Fried.
>>> Monday, May 19: Adam Gordon will premiere Goon Rush, Stephen's work for trumpet and electronics, as part of a concert of interactive works by Stony Brook students. The concert is free and will take place on May 19 at 7:30 PM in the University Café at Stony Brook University.
>>> Monday, May 12: Stephen will be VJing part of the Sonic Residues afterparty at the University Café at Stony Brook University on May 12. There will also be a VJ set by viDEO sAVant, and Odd Nosdam will be DJing. The party will happen immediately after the Sonic Residues Concert, which is at 7:30 PM in the Wang Center Theater at Stony Brook. The concert is free and will include performances by Pamela Z, Joshua Fried, Kinesthetech Sense, and others.
>>> Tuesday, April 29: The score to Stephen's piece Thrushes sing as the sun is going will be on display at the Sonic Residues Exhibition in the SAC Gallery at Stony Brook University from April 29 to May 12. The exhibition also includes works by Luke DuBois, Grady Gerbracht, Takafumi Ide, Annea Lockwood, Nick Fox-Gieg and Christina McPhee, Nobuho Nagasawa, Timothy Nohe, Jxel Rajchenberg, and others.
>>> Sunday, April 13: There will be a repeat performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I (see April 9) on Jonathan Shapiro's percussion recital on April 13 at 8 PM, at Stony Brook University's Staller Center Recital Hall. The recital is free.
>>> Wednesday, April 9: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I will be performed by Jonathan Shapiro, Jeff Butterfield, Stephen Lee, Levy Lorenzo, Craig Buying, and Sebastian Armoza on the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players concert. The concert takes place April 9 at 8 PM at Stony Brook University's Staller Center Recital Hall. The concert is free and will also feature works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Vinko Globokar.
>>> Wednesday, March 5: Stephen Lee and sound artist Stephan Moore will perform an improvisation at Stony Brook University's annual Earfest concert. The concert will take place Wednesday, March 5, at 8 PM in the Staller Center Recital Hall. The concert is free and will also feature works by Allen Strange, Travis Ellrott, Mara Helmuth, Trevor Wishart, Hildegard Westerkamp, Stephan Moore, and Jacob ter Veldhuis.
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