Jennifer L. Wilsey
E-mail: jenniferlwilsey@gmail.com
Education
- MFA, Performance and Literature with Improvisation Specialization, Mills College, 2012
- Recipient of the Margaret Lyon Prize
- Deep Listening Certificate, Deep Listening Institute, 2010
- BA in Music, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1990
- Concentration: Percussion Performance
Courses Taught
Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer
- Deep Listening Online Certificate Program
- MUS 003, Musicianship I – IV
- MUS 006, Diatonic Harmony and Counterpoint II
- MUS 155, Advanced Chromatic Harmony and Post-Tonal Analysis
- MUS 378, Percussion and Improvisation Ensemble
- MUS 138/438, Individual Instruction Percussion
- MUS 129/429, Percussion Methods
- MUS 121, Ear Training II
- MUS 320, Ear Training IV
Teaching and Coordinating Experience
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Musicianship Program Director, Music Department, Mills College—Fall 2016 to present
Artistic Director, Pauline Oliveros Tribute, Mills College, January 2017
Teacher, Deep Listening Online Certificate Program, Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer, 2016 to present
Mentor, Deep Listening Online Certificate Program, Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer, 2015
Visiting Assistant Professor, Musicianship Program Supervisor, Advanced Musicianship, Music Theory—Music Department, Mills College—Fall 2013 – Spring 2016
Lecturer, Musicianship Program Supervisor, Advanced Musicianship—Music Department, Mills College—Spring 2012 – Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, Musicianship Program Supervisor, Advanced Musicianship—Music Department, Mills College—Fall 2010 – 2011
Teaching Assistant, Musicianship Level III—Music Department, Mills College—Spring 2010
Local Coordinator, Deep Listening Retreat—Deep Listening Institute (now the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- IONS Retreat Center, Petaluma, California—2010
- Rose Mountain, New Mexico—2009
Lecturer, Ear Training, Music Department, Sonoma State University—Fall 2006
Private Instructor and Workshop Leader, Individual and Group Instruction in Piano, Percussion, Drum Set, Music Theory, Musicianship, Improvisation, and Composition—1988 – Present
Selected Performances
2017, Timpanist/percussionist for The Magic Flute, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2016, The Bloom, Shelton’s House Concerts, Sebastopol, CA
2016, Gestaltish, benefit concert for Outsound Presents, Berkeley, CA
2016, Duo with vocalist David Katz, Signal Flow Festival, Mills College
2015, Duo with guitarist Jakob Pek, Studio Grand, Oakland, CA
2015, Gestaltish, Center for New Music, San Francisco Community Music Center, and Musicians Union, San Francisco, CA
2014, Viv Corringham and Friends, a trans-bay multimedia consort, at the Luggage Store Gallery, Berkeley Arts Festival, and the Nunnery, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2014, Luna Ensemble at Berkeley Arts Festival, the Luggage Store Gallery, Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, and Duende, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2014, Gestaltish, at Berkeley Arts Festival, the Luggage Store Gallery, and the Center for New Music, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2014, The Bloom, Shelton’s House Concerts, Sebastopol, CA
2014, The Renga-9, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA
2013, Guest performance with the Condry / Kozik duo, and as a member of the Luna Ensemble, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA
2013, Duo with Jay Kreimer, and Trio with Viv Corringham and Tom Bickley, Deep Listening: Art / Science International Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2013, Gestaltish, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA
2012, Gesltaltish, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco; Actual Café, Emeryville, CA
2011, The Bloom, at Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, CA, and at Shelton’s House Concert, Sebastopol, CA
2010, Deep Listening Post-Retreat Concert, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010, The Bloom, Shelton’s House Concert, Sebastopol, CA
2010, Timeless Pulse Quintet, Pauline Oliveros Schuman Award Concert, Columbia University, NY
2009, The Bloom, Shelton’s House Concert, Sebastopol, CA
2009, Timeless Pulse Quintet, Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival, Montréal, Canada
2008, Marimba Pulse (percussion duo with Julia Harrell), Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA
2005, Duo with Tom Bickley, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002, Timeless Pulse Quintet, Center for New Music and Audio Technology, Berkeley, CA
1997, The Good Sound Band, Annie’s Hall, Berkeley, CA
1993, Timeless Pulse, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin Headlands, CA
1993, Timeless Pulse (trio with George Marsh and Jon English), Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA — as part of the High Tides Festival, with support from Meet the Composer, Inc, the National Endowment for the Arts, Dayton Hudson Fund, ARCO Foundation, The California Arts Council, The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, and ARTS, Inc.
1992, Alternate Currents Performance Ensemble, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1992, The Good Sound Band, The Good Sound Festival, Life on the Water, San Francisco, CA
1991, Timeless Pulse, Merkin Hall, NY, and Kingston, NY
1989, Wrestling Worms, American Northwest Tour — California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia
Discography
2014, Full Bloom, with W. Allaudin Mathieu and George Marsh, The Bloom Trio
2014, Chaos Theories, EP release with Gestaltish
2013, The July Amalgam, with David Graves and Jay Kreimer
2010, The Bloom, with W. Allaudin Mathieu and George Marsh
2010, Timeless Pulse: Trio, 2x vinyl LP with Pauline Oliveros and George Marsh
2005, Timeless Pulse Quintet, with Thomas Buckner, George Marsh, Pauline Oliveros and David Wessel
2002, Timeless Pulse Live at CNMAT, with Pauline Oliveros, David Wessel and George Marsh, live at CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technology), Berkeley, CA
2001, Transplant, with poet Cynthia Lenssen and George Marsh
1998, Non-Stop Flight, a Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College with Pauline Oliveros and the Deep Listening Band, Stuart Dempster, David Gamper, The Hub, Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio and guest artists.
1997, The Journey of the Raindrop, with the Voices of the Coming Tribe and composer Joan McMillen
1993, Incantations, with George Marsh, and Kate Jones, producer
1992, The Seven Chakras, with members of The Good Sound Band, including Loren Rush, Janis Mattox, Tim White, and Linda Montano
1988, Wrestling Worms, vinyl LP with Wrestling Worms
Selected Compositions
Electronic:
Soundwalk pour les Trois, for Pauline Oliveros, Carol Ione, and Heloise Gold, 2015
Eye-Swarm Overture, 2011
Good Night, Dark Matter, 2011
Birthday Song for George, 2011
Mixed Ensemble:
Commutations I, for the Luna Ensemble (clarinet, cello, percussion guitar, piano, and 2 electronics), 2014
Song With One Word and Two Birds, for piano, cello and bass, 2011
Ism, for two percussionists, accordion and voice, composed for Timeless Pulse, 1992
Percussion Ensemble:
Pulse Piece for Wooden Choir, 2009
Pulse Piece for Metal Choir, 2008
Global Rolling, 2007
Percussion Trio No. 1, “Gila”, 1989
Solo Piano:
The Well-Tampered Improvisation, 2004
Key Chain Nos. 1 – 3, 1998 – 2004
Music for Children, 1998 – 2000
Dance, 1988
Voice:
reBirthday Song for Pauline Oliveros, sonic meditation for voice(s), any number of performers, commissioned in honor of Pauline Oliveros’ 85th birthday, 2016
Guest Lectures, Presentations and Workshops
2016, Tuning the Imminent Shift, a Deep Listening Participatory Performance Workshop co-presented with Sharon Stewart and Ximena Alarcón at Day of Deep Listening, May 6, EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2015, Guest Lecture-Presentations, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
- Polyrhythm and Changing Meter
- Deep Listening
- Percussion Instrumentation and Orchestration
2013, Presentation-Workshop, Game / No Game: Deep Listening and Music Games for the Educator’s Toolkit, Deep Listening: Art / Science International Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2011, Guest Lecture-Performance, Percussion Worlds and Improvisation, Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2010, Guest Lecture-Performance, Musical Games and Trio Improvisation, Jazz Forum, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2005, Lecture-Performance, Duo Improvisation, with Tom Bickley, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 – 1996, Presentation-Workshops in Transformative Drumming practices for:
- Students of Anna Halprin and the Tamalpa Institute, Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, CA, and Half Moon Bay, CA
- Integral Transformative Practice students of George Leonard, Corte Madera, CA
- Five Branches Acupuncture School in Santa Cruz, CA
- Conference on the History of Consciousness, University of California at Berkeley, CA
- Massage Therapists’ Convention, South San Francisco, CA
Awards, Grants, Residencies and Professional Associations
2013 – Present, Founding member of the Luna Ensemble, a collective of composer/improvisers devoted to soundscape compositions, with Rachel Condry, Nava Dunkelman, Christopher Luna-Mega, Aaron Oppenheim, Crystal Pascucci, Jakob Pek, and Jeanie-Aprille Tang,
2012, Recipient of the Margaret Lyon Music Student Prize, Mills College
2012 – Present, Founding member of Gestaltish, an improvising quartet with composer/improvisers Rachel Condry, Gretchen Jude, and Jacob Peck.
2007 – Present, Percussionist with Sonoma Musica Viva, the Sonoma State University faculty chamber ensemble, Sonoma State University, CA
2006 – 2009, Timpanist and percussionist with American Philharmonic-Sonoma County, performing at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, and with the Cinnabar Orchestra at Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA
2005 – present, Founding member of The Bloom, an improvising trio with W. Allaudin Mathieu and George Marsh
2005, Meet the Composer Grant for lecture-performance, Duo Improvisation, with Tom Bickley, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1993, Residency with Timeless Pulse in preparation for performance at Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1992 – 1997, Member of the Good Sound Band, with composer/performers Loren Rush, Janis Mattox, Jon English, Candace English, Sylvia Nakkach, Tim White, and Mel Graves
1991, Residency with Timeless Pulse, at the Pauline Oliveros Foundation (later Deep Listening Institute), Kingston, NY
1991, Founding member of Timeless Pulse, an improvising ensemble with composer/performers Pauline Oliveros, Thomas Buckner, and George Marsh, and in 2002, including David Wessel.
1986 – 1989, Member of Wrestling Worms, an eleven-piece performance ensemble of original “underground rock”
Advanced Training / Professional Development
2006 - 2009, Deep Listening Certificate Training with Pauline Oliveros, Carol Ione, and Heloise Gold
2007, Timpani, private study with David Herbert, timpanist of San Francisco Symphony
1998-2010, Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition, and Improvisation, private study with W. Allaudin Mathieu
1998-2004, North Indian Vocal Raga, private study with Shabda Kahn
1998, Raga Retreat with Terry Riley
2000-2003, Piano, Taubman Approach, private study with Marc Steiner
2002, Vocal Music of Hildegard von Bingen with Devi Mathieu
1991, 2002, TaKeTiNa Rhythm Approach Workshops with Reinhardt & Cornelia Flatischler
2001, Taubman Approach Intensive, Portland, OR
2001, Piano, Taubman Approach, private study with John Bloomfield
1994, 2000, Afro-Cuban Hand Drumming, private study with Michael Spiro
1992, 1994, Jazz Piano, private study with Don Haas
1993, Drum Set Technique, private study with Freddie Gruber
1993, Orff & Jazz Intensive with Doug Goodkin, San Francisco State University, CA
1992, Orff Intensive Teacher Training, Carmel, CA
1987, Moeller Method Drumming Technique with Jim Chapin
Affiliations
American Composers’ Forum
Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
International Society for Improvised Music
Music Teachers’ Association of California
Percussive Arts Society
References Available Upon Request
