Jo Thomas - Composer
Jo Thomas lives and works as a composer in East and North London. She holds a post at the University of East London lecturing Electronic Sound and Music Culture. NMC recordings and Entr’acte Records release her music. She has received and worked on numerous electronic music commissions both international and local. Her music is also distributed by the British Music Information centre.
She has worked performed and presented her music in places such as University of Stanford, USA, The Tate Modern London, MIT Centre Boston, USA, INA GRM Radio France, Paris, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Electronic Music Studio’s Stockholm and New Federation Square Melbourne.
Her music consistently explores Metaphors of Time, Human Machine Data transfer, Silence and Noise. In more detail her music explores the semiotics of the audio ‘glitch’ expression of Freedom, Failure and Human Rights.
This spring (09) she presented her first solo exhibition in the Ohrenhoch, der Gerauschladen Berlin. This Spring /Summer 09 she is collaborating with the acclaimed musician Andrea Neumann in Berlin and also collaborating with artist Kathy Hinde (performance white cube Bristol May 09 /AHRC application 2009/2010)
She recently finished a major public art sound walk in East London situated within London City Airport, the Excel centre and Thames Barrier Park. The walk is a combination of music and voice, using current recordings of voices based within the Docklands and archive material from the Museum of London,Docklands museum.
She has received support for her music from the PRS Foundation, Snowdon Award Scheme, Mercers Trust, the Arts Council of England the Holst Foundation. Foundation for the Sports and Arts.
Recent international artist residency awards March/ April 09; Space Residency programme Kildare Ireland July/ August 2008; International Composer Residency ‘Alpha’ EMS Stockholm.
June/July 2007; Artist in Residency,University of Hertfordshire. September/October 2005; International Composer Residency Djerrasi Studio’s San Francisco.
