Pete Stollery studied composition at the University of Birmingham, where he was one of the first members of BEAST (Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre) in the early ’80s. He composes music for concert hall performance, particularly music for loudspeakers and more recently has created work for outside the concert hall, including sound installations and internet projects. He has collaborated with practitioners from othe r artistic disciplines, particularly dance and sculpture and has produced music and sound design for a number of UK visitor attractions including Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.
Until 2022, he was Professor of Composition and Electroacoustic Music at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, delivering courses on the creative applications of technology in music and music education to students, schoolchildren and the general public.
His main creative interest is in how humans respond to sounds in their immediate surroundings and how an engagement with sound relates to a notion of place and identity. He has recently created a number of internet-based sound maps, many community-led, encouraging users to listen to sounds of a particular places without having to be physically present, whilst at the same time curating rich online museums of sound.
His music is published by the Canadian label empreintes DIGITALes.
www.petestollery.com