Carl Stone Solo Concert

Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff can RSVP on WesNest.

Hear a concert by one of electronic music’s most celebrated composers. Carl Stone is a pioneer of computer music, and has been using computers in live performance since 1986. He has been hailed by The Village Voice as “the king of sampling,” and his range of collaborations across music, film, theater, and dance suggest his broadly interdisciplinary approach.

Born in California, Carl Stone divides his time between Los Angeles and Japan. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. Stone’s award-winning music has been presented internationally. He has collaborated with numerous theater directors and choreographers, including Bill T. Jones and Ping Chong. In 1990, Stone produced the score for filmmakers Bruce and Norman Yonemoto’s Made In Hollywood. Stone’s musical collaborations include those with David Grubbs, Otomo Yoshihide, Elliott Sharp, and Yuji Takahashi. Stone is an emeritus professor in the Department of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Japan.