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BIOGRAPHY

Kenneth Lampl received his D.M.A. in composition from the Juilliard School in New York City and is currently the Associate Chairman of the Music Department at Hofstra University. His first international recognition came with the winning of the Prix Ravel in composition at the American Conservatory in Fontainbleau, France. Many awards soon followed including four ASCAP Composer Awards, two New Jersey State Council for the Arts Fellowships, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Awards to Young Composers, the Gretchanov Memorial Prize in Composition from the Juilliard School and fellowships from the foundations of Henry Mancini, George Gershwin, and Richard Rogers. With over twenty symphonic compositions to date, his music has been performed by such prestigious musical organizations as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, the Delaware Symphony, the Greenville Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Jupiter Symphony and the Absolute Ensemble.

As a composer of film music, Lampl had the opportunity to work with John Williams at the Tanglewood Music Festival. His film credits include music for “Pokemon: The First Movie: Mew vs Mew Two”, Pokemon Mewtwo Returns, the Academy Award winning “Six Miles of Eight Feet” and the Emmy award winning “Empty”. Lampl’s recent projects include scores to Dante Tomaselli’s “Satan’s Playground” and Justin Francis’ “The Way Down”.

EDUCATION

The Juilliard School:
Doctor of Musical Arts, Music Composition/Theory, 1996.

Composition Studies with Milton Babbitt and John Corigliano.

Rutgers, The State University:
Master of Arts, Music Composition/Theory, 1991.
Composition Studies with Charles Wuorinen.
Conducting Studies with Jens Nygaard.

Rutgers, The State University:
Bachelor of Music, Music Composition, 1986.
Composition Studies with Charles Wuorinen.

The Tanglewood Music Festival:
Composer Fellow, 1998.
Composition Studies with John Williams.
Conducting Studies with Jorma Panula.

The American Conservatory in Fontainbleau:
Certificate in Composition, 1989, 1990.
Composition Studies with Tristan Murail, Betsy Jolas and Gilbert Amy.
Conducting Studies with Jean Pierre Marty.

AWARDS

ASCAP ASCAP Concert Music Awards: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Emmy Award: Empty, dir. by Mica Herman, Student Film Division, Original Score, 2001.
Academy Award: Six Miles of Eight Feet, dir. by Ben Tomlin, Student Film Division, Original Score, 2000.
Houston Film Festival: Honorable Mention, Believe, dir. Aaron Saidman, Original Score, 2000.
New York University: Outstanding Original Score, Six Miles of Eight Feet, 2000.
The American Music Center: Margaret Jory Copying Assistance Grants, 1995.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts: Composition Fellowship, 1991, 1996, and 1998.
Tanglewood Music Festival: TMC Composition Fellowship, 1998.
Gretchanov Memorial Prize in Composition: The Juilliard School 1995.

ASCAP Awards to Young Composers: 1991.
Richard Rodgers Fellowship: The Juilliard School 1993.
Henry Mancini Scholarship: The Juilliard School 1993.
Cincinnati Symphony Young Composers Award: Parallax, 1991.
ASCAP Raymond Hubbell Fellowship: 1991.
Prix Ravel: The American Conservatory in Fontainbleau, 1990.
Outstanding Performance: The Notre Dame Jazz Festival, 1989.

The Sentinel, directed by Clark Johnson, 20th Century Fox, Theatrical Trailer, 2006.
Satan’s Playground, directed by Dante Tomaselli, Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2006.
The Way Down, directed by Justin Francis, 2005.
Someday Soldiers, directed by Micah Kohler, 2004.
Still Waters, Directed by Cinque Northern, Kodak Directors Award 2002.
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns, additional music, Warner Bros., 2001.
Empty, directed by Mica Herman, Sundance Channel, Student Emmy Award 2001.
Jet Lag, directed by Rolf Gibbs, Berlin Film Festival 2001.
Stefan’s Magic Bell, directed by Sam Zalutsky, NYU First Run Festival 2001.
Go Deep, directed by Bret Carr, 2001.
Pokemon: The First Movie, additional music, Warner Bros., 2000.
Six Miles of Eight Feet, directed by Ben Tomlin, Sundance 2000, Student Academy Award 2000.
Believe, directed by Aaron Saidman, SCI FI Channel 2000.
Taino, directed by Edwin Figueroa, New York Latino Film Festival 2000.
Jackson Down, directed by Caroline Neil, NYU First Run Festival 2000.
Physical Pain, directed by Laurie Collier, NYU First Run Festival 1999.
The Ocean, directed by Dante Tomaselli, pre-production, 2007 release.
Office Space, directed by Ben Tomlin, post-production, 2007 release.

The New Picasso, Orchestration of Broadway Bound Production, Jonathan David Sloate 2002.
Empires, Orchestration, Lamya album “Learning from Falling” J-Records 2002.
Caligula, Orchestration, “Live at the Manhattan Center”, Victor Calderone 2002.
Nightmare/Relentless, Orchestration, “Live at the Manhattan Center”, Victor Calderone 2001.
Mechwarrior 3, Griffen/Bacal Agency, Theatrical Trailer, 1998.
Mechwarrior 3, Griffen/Bacal Agency, Television Commercial, 1998.

Pong, Griffen/Bacal Agency, Television Commercial, 1999.
Tonka Joe, Griffen/Bacal Agency, Television Commercial, 1998.

Commissions and Performance Highlights

Piano Concerto No. 1
            The Oakland East Bay Symphony, Stanley Sperber, conductor.
It’s Like That!
            The Kansas City Symphony, Daniel Hege, conductor.
            The Delaware Symphony, Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor.
            The Greenville Symphony, David Pollitt, conductor.
            The Juilliard Orchestra, Jeff Milarsky, conductor.
            The Acapulco Symphony, Chuck Mangione, conductor.
            The National Ballet Company of Puerto Rico, recorded performance.
Parallax for Large Orchestra
            The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor.
            The Rutgers University Orchestra, Peter Rubardt, conductor.
An American Festival Overture
            The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Kerri-Lynn Wilson, conductor.
Empire of the Sun
            The Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, Kenneth Lampl, conductor.
Symphony No. 1
            The I.F.A.M. Festival Orchestra, Joseph Primavera, conductor.

The Winter's Tale
            The Juilliard Orchestra, Michael Morgan, conductor.
The Irrevocableness of a Vanished Past
            The Jupiter Symphony, Jens Nygaard, conductor.
            The Absolute Ensemble, Kristjan Jarvi, conductor.
Let the D-Flo! Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
            The Absolute Ensemble, Kristjan Jarvi, conductor.
Passacaglia for String Orchestra
            The Jupiter Symphony, Jens Nygaard, conductor.
I Have a Dream - for Soprano, Narrator and Orchestra
      The Juilliard Orchestra, Michael Morgan, conductor.
Statiphony for Wind Ensemble
            The Rutgers Universiy Wind Ensemble, William Berz, conductor.
Theloniology
            Tashi - Fred Sherry, Cello and Richard Stoltzman, Clarinet.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Hofstra University: Associate Chairman of the Music Department, Director of Music Technology and Music Business Program, 2002- present. Instructor of Introduction to Electronic Music, Advanced Electronic Music, Music Technology for Music Education, Music Industry and Music Appreciation. Duties include coordination and administration of the Music Department, Music Technology and Music Business Program; maintenance, management and budgeting of the computer music lab and recording studio.

The Juilliard School: Adjunct Professor of Music Theory, 1996-1999. Instructor of Graduate and Undergraduate Counterpoint in the Baroque and Renaissance styles as well as Graduate Analysis and Fundamentals of Musicianship for Undergraduates. Duties included selection of course materials, creation of syllabus, lecturing, and grading.

Rutgers the State University: Adjunct Instructor, 1998. Orchestration. Selected course materials and created syllabus. Duties included lecturing, grading, and meeting with students.

The International Festival for Art and Musical Education: Director of Jazz Studies, 1996-1997. Instructor of Jazz Theory, Improvisation and Solfege as well as director of the Jazz Ensemble. Duties included designing the curriculum and selection of course materials, coordinating program, lecturing and overseeing performing ensembles.

The American Festival for the Arts: Director of Education, 1994-1995. Designed and implemented education programs for weeklong residencies for a touring music festival.

The New Jersey Summer Arts Institute: Director of Jazz Studies and Music Theory, 1991-1995. Coordinator of Jazz Program and instructor of Theory, Solfege and Saxophone. Duties included designing curriculum and selection of course material, lecturing, and conducting Festival Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble.

Where are the Mozart’s of Today? The College Music Society Conference, Kansas City, Sept. 2002.
Where are the Mozart’s of Today? The American Culture Society Conference, Toronto. March 2002.
Where are the Mozart’s of Today? Eunomios Journal for Theory, Analysis and Semiotics of Music. Sept. 2001.
Post-Modernism and Cultural Hegemony, Alfred University, New York. January 1998.
John Williams: Inside the Tanglewood Film Music Seminar, Film Score Monthly Vol. 3 No. 9 Sept. 1997.
Modernism and Popular Culture, The New School for Social Research, New York. December 1996.
A Theory of Semiotics of Music, Dialogues on Post Modernism Conference, University of Oregon. March 1995.