Stéphane Roy is a Canadian electroacoustic music

Electroacoustic music

Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...

 composer

Composer

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 and writer on music. An associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre

Canadian Music Centre

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, his works have received awards from international competitions in Canada, the USA, and Europe. He currently teaches electroacoustic techniques and auditory perception at the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

 and is also a faculty member at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. He is the current vice-president of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community

Canadian Electroacoustic Community

Founded in 1986, La Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / The Canadian Electroacoustic Community is Canada’s national electroacoustic / computer music / sonic arts organization and as such is dedicated to promoting this progressive art form in its broadest definition: from “pure” acousmatic...

  He lives in Greenfield Park

Greenfield Park, Quebec

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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Born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Roy earned both a doctorate degree in electroacoustic composition and a PhD in musicology

Musicology

Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

 from the Université de Montréal. He is the author of L’Harmattan (published 2003, Paris), a book on electroacoustic music analysis.

Recordings

• Migrations (empreintes DIGITALes
  Empreintes DIGITALes
  empreintes DIGITALes is a record label founded in 1990 and based in Montreal which specialises in contemporary electroacoustic music, acousmatic and musique concrète.In 2005, empreintes DIGITALes shifted from CD to DVD-Audio.- Composers :* Mathew Adkins...
  
  , IMED 0373, 2003)
• Kaleidos (empreintes DIGITALes
  Empreintes DIGITALes
  empreintes DIGITALes is a record label founded in 1990 and based in Montreal which specialises in contemporary electroacoustic music, acousmatic and musique concrète.In 2005, empreintes DIGITALes shifted from CD to DVD-Audio.- Composers :* Mathew Adkins...
  
  , IMED 9630, 1996)

List of works

• Appartenances (2003)
• La basilique fantôme (1998, 2000), guitar, and tape
• Crystal Music (1994)
• Inaccessible azur (1997), instrumental quartet, and tape
• Masques et parades (2000–2003)
• Mimetismo (1992), guitar, and tape
• Ondes / Arborescences (1987)
• Paysages intérieurs (1988)
• Récit pour cordes (1998)
• Résonances d'arabesques (1990)
• Trois petites histoires concrètes (1998)
• Une âme nue glisse à l'eau vive (2005), film: Denis Chabot / 2005 / 35 mm / coulor / animation / 15 min 55 s / no dialogue