Janis Mattox

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Janis Mattox
Born (1949-03-18) March 18, 1949 (age 76)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Composer
  • pianist
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship (2006)
Musical career
Genres Computer music [1]

Janis Mattox (born March 18, 1949) is an American composer and pianist. An early creator of computer music, she is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow.

Biography

Janis Mattox was born on March 18, 1949 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [1] She obtained her BA at the University of Minnesota in 1972 and her MA at Northwestern University in 1974. [1]

Mattox moved to the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), where she started using computer technology to create her work in 1978. [1] She composed several pieces featuring computerized music; [1] one of these pieces, "Shaman", was sampled in the 1983 album The Digital Domain: A Demonstration. [2] She performed a hymn on Naut Humon's album Swarm of Doves, which Paul Verna of Billboard called one of the album's highlights. [3] In 2002, she created the hour-long electronic piece Solumbra, inspired by poet Cecília Meireles. [4] In 2006, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. [5] She is also a Silicon Valley Fellow. [6] Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner said that some of Mattox's pieces "reflect her interest in combining live performers with computer-generated and processed sounds in an all-encompassing aural and visual experience". [4]

She also does video art, with one of them being the 1992 piece Book of Shadows, which won several film festival awards throughout the United States. [4] She has also performed as a pianist, particularly for the Good Sound Band. [1] She has also worked as a teacher, including in computer music at CCRMA [1] or in piano. [4] She also worked for the Good Sound Foundation as a project consultant. [1]

Her husband Loren Rush is a composer. [1] She is based in Woodside, California. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kuhn, Laura; McIntire, Dennis. "Mattox, Janis". Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Retrieved April 30, 2025– via Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ↑ Farmer, Roscoe (1985). "Review of The Digital Domain: A Demonstration" . Computer Music Journal. 9 (4): 72–73. doi:10.2307/3679630. ISSN   0148-9267. JSTOR   3679630.
  3. ↑ Verna, Paul (January 20, 1996). "Albums -- Swarm Of Doves by various artists". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 3. p. 69. ProQuest   227099258.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth (2006). Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States. Aldershot: Ashgate. p. 100. ISBN   9780754604617. OCLC   60393911.
  5. ↑ "Janis Mattox". Guggenheim Fellowship. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Janis Mattox" . Retrieved April 30, 2025.
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