Thomas Wells

wells.7@osu.edu

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Thomas Wells

Professor, School of Music

Areas of Expertise
• Multimedia communications
• Digital archiving
• Computer music
• Internet streaming audio

Professor Wells, who studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kent Kennan and Hunter Johnson, is a member of Duo Contemporain, a viola and piano duo that specializes in the performance of contemporary music. His compositions have been performed by major orchestras in the U.S., and his computer music compositions have been performed internationally. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Pennsylvania Arts Council and the Texas Commission for the Arts, and was recipient of the 1990 Governor's Award for Outstanding Individual Artist in Ohio. Professor Wells' reviews and articles have appeared in THE JOURNAL OF MUSIC THEORY, JOURNAL OF THE AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY, and COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL, and he has been active in national and international conferences. His music has been recorded on CRI, and his book, THE TECHNIQUE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC, was published in 1981.

Education
• DMA, University of Texas at Austin