Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
Associate Research Professor in Music Composition and Theory
Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition in our research department, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, born in Quebec, lived for nineteen years in England, where he was Professor of Composition and Improvisation at the University of Huddersfield.
A composer and performer on electric bass and electronic devices, since the 1990s he has been engaged in electroacoustic and chamber mixed music, in post-free-jazz on bass and laptop (as part of the London-based Loop collective), as well as the production and performance of popular music. In his projects, these three often isolated scenes merge into a distinctive musical proposition, giving his productions a highly personal sound.
His academic research is also fueled by this approach to musical practice and is expressed through an ongoing open dialogue with teaching and mentoring in composition (studio, instrumental, mixed), studio production (pop, improvised music, jazz), computer music, and sound design. Encouraging and guiding a variety of approaches to artistic research has been central to his experience at Huddersfield, where continual exchanges between musician-researchers of all styles allow for the sharing of diverse methods and interests.
His list of publications includes peer-reviewed articles, computer software tools, musical works, and albums. He has led many projects, both musical and academic, most of which have received top-level funding.
Pierre Alexandre has taught and conducted masterclasses at various institutions in Europe and North America and has served as a doctoral jury member in the UK, France, and Sweden. He has also represented this type of research in various international contexts, in line with his multifaceted activity: artistic, through the music itself; community-based, within practitioner groups and through organizing concerts; academic, through conferences and talks, and on various scientific committees and peer-review panels.
Pierre Alexandre studied composition with Michel Tétreault, Marcelle Deschênes, and Jonty Harrison; bass with Jean-Guy Larin, Sylvain Bolduc, and Michel Donato; analysis with Michel Longtin and Stéphane Roy; and studio techniques with Francis Dhomont, Robert Normandeau, and Jean Piché. In 2005, he earned his doctorate, and a few years later, he was appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Music:
- Spaces Unfolding + Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – Shadow Figures (2024) Bead
Records, Leeds
https://www.beadrecords.com/spaces-unfolding-pierre-alexandre-tremblay-shadow-figures/
- P.A.Tremblay - une promenade improbable. (2023), solo electronic
performance, commissioned by Art Zoyd Studio.
Papers:
- Tremblay, P.A., Green, O., & Roma, G. (2022). Enabling Programmatic Data
Mining as Musicking: The Fluid Corpus Manipulation Toolkit. In Computer
Music Journal, 45(2), pp.9–23.
- Tremblay, P.A., Green, O., & Roma, G. (2019). From Collections to Corpora:
Exploring Sounds through Fluid Decomposition.In Proceedings of the ICMC
2019, New York
Research projects and related software:
- P.A.Tremblay et al - The Fluid Corpus Manipulation project (2017-22) ERC
consolidator grant. www.flucoma.org
- P.A.Tremblay, A. Harker - The HISSTools Impulse Response Toolbox (2011-12)
https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/14897/
More informations: www.pierrealexandretremblay.com
