Erik I.

DeLuca
Erik makes music that moves from being influenced by 90's rock and the New York School of composers, to listening in quiet places. His dissertation, "Fieldworks: a Path to Composing" entwines the boundaries of acoustic ecology, audio documentary, anthropology, and electroacoustic music composition. In 2013 "Winter"a piece for orchestra, voice, and recordings of silencepremiered in Denali National Park by the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra and "Community Listening in Isle Royale National Park", a multi-media sonic ethnography, was featured on a panel at the Society for Ethnomusicology Conference.

Education
2013 2009 2007
Ph.D., Composition and Computer Technologies : University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA - Advisors: Judith Shatin, Matthew Burtner, Ted Coffey, Michelle Kisliuk M.M., Composition and Music Technology : Florida International University, Miami, FL -Advisor: Paula Matthusen -Thesis: [in], an underwater soundscape composition B.S., Communications, Digital Music : University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Residencies]
2013 2012
Bang on a Can Summer Festival. Composer-In-Residence. July. Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Composer-In-Residence. July. 70.8%: An Aqua Acoustic Music Festival. Composer-In-Residence. LSU School of Music. March. Atlantic Center for the Arts. Associate artist with Paul Dresher. May. Grand Canyon National Park. Artist-In-Residence. July. Denali National Park. Artist-In-Residence. January. FEASt Festival. Composer-In-Residence. FIU School of Music. February. North Cascades National Park. Artist-In-Residence. May. Isle Royale National Park. Artist-In-Residence. July. Wesleyan University. Composer-In-Residence. November. Acadia National Park. Artist-In-Residence. August. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Artist-In-Residence. June. Crater Lake National Park. Artist-In-Residence. March. Atlantic Center for the Arts. Associate artist with Alvin Lucier and David Dunn. May. Atlantic Center for the Arts. Associate artist with George Lewis. May. Sound Art Workshop. Orford Arts Center. With Natasha Barrett, Yves Daoust, Alexandre Burton and Paul Rudy. July. Hardware Hacking with Nic Collins. Miami, FL. November.

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Grants And Awards]

2013
Art and Environmental Action Student Scholarship ($10,000) ASCAP Foundation Bang on a Can Summer Institute Fellowship ($417) Digital Humanities Scholars Lab Fellow ($8,000) Buckner Clay Fellow ($3,500) Arts Humanities and Social Science Summer Research Fellowship ($5,000) ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, finalist University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500)

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Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Scholarship ($1,000) ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission, finalist University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) MATA Festival short list University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) GSAS and UVA's Society of Fellows Travel Grant ($3,000) Double Hoo Grant ($5,000) Raven Fellowship ($2,500) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) University of Virginia Travel Fellowship ($500) University of Virginia School of Music Fellowship (tuition waver, living stipend, and health insurance) Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Community Grant ($2,746) Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Scholarship Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Scholarship ($1,000) FIU Student Government Association, special allocations grant ($2,000) Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Fellowship (tuition waver and living stipend) Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Fellowship (tuition waver and living stipend) Interdisciplinary Sound Art Workshop scholarship

Community Engagement]
2013

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Community Listening in Isle Royale National Park, a sonic ethnography. Scholars Lab Fellows Forum. Charlottesville, VA. September Artist talk for passengers of the Ranger III boat. Isle Royale National Park. Lake Superior, MI. August. Lecture on Sonic Ethnography for Wendy Hsus Digital Music-Cultures course. Occidental College. Los Angeles, LA. April. Composition forum presentation. Florida International University. Miami, FL. March Composition workshop. University of Miami. Miami, FL. March Lecture on Sonic Ethnography for Matthew Burtners Ecoacoustics course. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. April. Evening program on listening. Mckee Amphitheater, South Rim. Grand Canyon National Park. August. Afternoon program on listening. Indian Gardens Amphitheater. Grand Canyon National Park. August. Multiple evening programs on listening. Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park. July. Sonic Portraits V with the Youth Conservation Corporation. Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park. July. World Listening Day Listening Session. Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park. July. Lecture on fieldwork for Judith Shatins Music and Computers course. UVa. Charlottesville, VA. March. Artist talks for 70.8%: An Aqua Acoustic Music Festival. LSU School of Music Recital Hall. Baton Rouge, LA. March Artist talk. Tri-Valley Community Library. Healy, AK. January. Sonic Portraits VI with students of the Denali Borough. Murie Science and Learning Center. Denali National Park, AK. January. Artist Talk for choral students of Tri-Valley high school. Healy, AK. January. Lecture on fieldwork for Matthew Burtners Ecoacoustics course. UVa. Charlottesville, VA. December. Composition forum presentation. Florida International University. Miami, FL. November. World Listening Day Session. Isle Royale National Park. Tobin Harbor, MI. July. Artist talk. Isle Royale National Park. Windigo Visitor Center. July. Artist talk. Isle Royale National Park. Rock Harbor Visitor Center. July. Artist talk. North Cascades National Park. Newhalem Visitor Center. May. Artist talk. North Cascades National Park. Upper Skagit Library. May. Judge for Big Shed: The Audio Documentary Podcast Verite +1 competition. April. Lecture on fieldwork for Alvin Luciers Experimental Music Course. Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. November.

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Lecture on fieldwork for the Raven Fellowship Symposium, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. November. Sonic Portraits III with middle school students from the Sabot At Stony Point School. Richmond, VA. November. Sonic Portraits II with the Whitney Museum elementary school students. Valdez, AK. June. Sonic Portraits I with the Sage Community School. Crater Lake, OR. March. Artist talk for the rangers and employees of Crater Lake National Park. Crater Lake, OR. March. Workshop: building homemade record players. Visual Arts Center of Richmond. Richmond, VA. November. Sound Objects: workshop with high school students of the Music Resource Center. Charlottesville, VA. November. Workshop: Building Homemade Record Player. Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Fort Wayne, IN. March.

Publications]
DeLuca, Erik. [in]. Homestead, FL: Everglade Records, 2011. CD. DeLuca, Erik, et al. Mechanisms I-III. Music From Seamus. Torrance, CA: Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, 2010. CD. DeLuca, Erik, et al. Two Habitats. Wet Sounds: A compilation by Joel Cahan of music relating to water. United Kingdom: Newtoy, 2009. CD. DeLuca, Erik, et al. Light Blues. Bell Monks: let the waves carry us. Mine all mine Records. 2012. CD. DeLuca, Erik, and Tim Rains. Sonic Portraits, 2012. [http://www.nps.gov/dena/historyculture/sonic-portraits.htm]

Commissions]
2014 2013
Kendra Emery, saxophones, voice, and electronics. New work. Splinter Reeds, reed quintet and electronics. New work. Andie Tanning Springer, violin and electronics. Blue. Todd Reynolds, solo violin and electronics. Heart. Madeline Shapiro, cello octet and electronics. The Colorado. Bang on a Can, chamber ensemble and pre-recorded sounds. White Blanket. The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and Denali National Park, chamber orchestra, voice, and pre-recorded sounds. Winter. Michael Straus and 70.8%:An Aqua Acoustic Music Festival, Sax Quartet and pre-recorded sounds. The Edge of the Sea. Hamiruge Percussion Ensemble, percussion ensemble and pre-recorded sounds. Cascades. Little William Theater Festival of New Music, Duos: violin, accordion, tuba, and bass clarinet. Four Days of Winter

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