Jonathan Zorn
lives in Charlottesville, VA
and makes sound with computers, analog electronics, string instruments, and people.
email: jonathan.zorn at gmail.com
recordings available at SET projects
Big Birds - manipulated bird calls - 2009
Big Birds - manipulated bird calls (full audio) - 2009
but (from word pudding) - voice and instrument samples - 2009
Doublebass Feedback Matrix - interactive computer controlled feedback with doublebass -2009
4 a.m. sounds for D.B. - doublebass and interactive electronics - 2007
For Antoine Ferrein - performed by Relache - 2008
The inspiration and text for this piece comes from an essay by Steven Conner, "It took nearly as long for the workings of the voice to be understood as those of the breath - and for similar reasons. By definition, you can't see either process in action. In the early 18th century, there was disagreement about whether the voice was primarily a wind instrument (Dodart), or a string instrument (Antoine Ferrein). Ferrein won the day..." from "Breathing" by Steven Conner
On Edges - saxophones - Kyle Brenders, doublebass and electronics- Jonathan Zorn - 2006
Pressure and Speed for string quartet - recorded in an open reading with the Flux quartet, November 2006. Score pdfs text, violin1 violin2, viola, cello.
Pressure and Speed II - performed by Da Capo - 2008
123456 - the other side of dreaming, a continuation of "Not necessarily a cure for insomnia, but something to do nevertheless" -2007
doublebass bassoon and electronics (take 1) - collaboratively composed graphic score, written and performed with Katherine Young (bassoon) - 2007
doublebass bassoon and electronics (take 2)
impulse push pull - Katherine Young -bassoon, and Rachel Thompson - violin - 2007
The Balkan Situations versus Acid Dionysus. 1, 2
Krivo Horo, Pusztitó, Voi Voi Voi, Aromaneasca, Dragaicuta de la Rasova - Some recordings of The Balkan Situations.
The Woodchuck Likes Me - I made this as a tribute to Lozenge in 2005.
It's Mine Now - a conceptual string quartet that steals from my classmates. I derived the structure from a string quartet by Hiram Navarette. The instruments come from recordings of pieces by Eric Paul, David Jensenius, Kyle Brenders, and Rachel Thompson. 2006
Something for David to Cry About - a piece for voice and samplers based on William Billing's tune David's Lamentation 2006
more mp3s ubuweb
collaboration with Kenneth Goldsmith