Bio: Jenifer Knippel is an interactive composer, performer and educator of live electronic music. Jenifer is a recent graduate student of Intermedia Music Technology at the University of Oregon under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Stolet. Her thesis performance, Sedna: Goddess of the Sea, was a live intermedia event using movement, narration and electronic music. Knippel was born in Ashland, Oregon and got her Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition and Saxophone Performance at Southern Oregon University after taking a 3-year break to live and study movement in Miami and New York.
Jenifer is very passionate about new music. She has played the saxophone in many ensembles and recitals that support new music from living composers. She frequently performs with the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (ECCE), Oregon Composers Forum (OCF), Future Music Oregon (FMO) and the TaiHei Ensemble.
Knippel has done sound design and incidental music for several plays including The Good Person of Szechwan, The Merchant of Venice and Vinegar Tom. She also studied movement and technical theatre at SOU, participating as an actor and a technician for many plays.
In her current work, Knippel has focused on live electronic music performance using a variety of gadgets such as an infrared sensor, Wacom graphic tablet, and various game controllers to control the sonic and videographic domains. In addition, Knippel is actively involved in collaboration with dance.
In addition to a wide education, she also currently hired as an Assistant Recording Engineer and as an assistant to the Information Technology Department within the School of Music and Dance at the UO. This past summer she offered a course entitled Digital Audio Recording and MIDI Techniques for Composers. Visit her website http://jameliasoundproductions.com/ to see videos and learn more.
