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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. 2008 NEWS:
>>> 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.
2007 NEWS:
>>> Monday, Oct. 8: Major update to this site! There are now over 74 minutes of music available for download, much of which is from the past year. Most is available from the completely redone works page, and the rest requires some hunting.
>>> Thursday, April 12: Stephen will perform an improvisation entitled Sketch With 64 Colors on a vintage Buchla 200 synthesizer controlled by a laptop running Max/MSP at Stony Brook's Electronic Music Concert. The concert is Thursday, April 12, at 8 PM in the Staller Center Recital Hall at Stony Brook University and will also feature a performance by avant-garde trombonist Monique Buzzarté and premieres of two video/music works by the late experimental artist Greg T. Jones. The concert is free.
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