Thompson is a composer of both instrumental and electroacoustic music and is currently Professor of Music Composition at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He earned the B.Mus. degree from the University of Oregon and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). His primary teachers include Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, and F. Richard Moore.
He was a Research Assistant of the Center for Music Experiment (CME) Computer Audio Research Lab (CARL) during the 1980s, assisting significant composers in the realization of advanced computer music works. In 1991, he was named a Fulbright Fellow and Research Scholar by the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) and was Composer in Residence at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM) where he collaborated on fundamental research in computer music and composed the long-form acousmatic work - The Strong Eye. More recently (2007), he was Composer in Residence at the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique (France, 2007) working on an IMEB Commande Commission.
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Robert Scott Thompson | Canto (de Las Sombras) | Clarinet and Fixed Media
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Robert Scott Thompson | Elegy of the Eremocene | Solo Cello
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Robert Scott Thompson | ENTROPY II | Solo Piano
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Robert Scott Thompson | FILIGREE AND SHADOW | Soprano Saxophone and Viola
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Robert Scott Thompson | FLEXURE | 2 Violins
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Robert Scott Thompson | MERIDIAN | Solo Flute
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Robert Scott Thompson | METTĀ | Soprano Saxophone, Percussion (1), and Live Electronics
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Robert Scott Thompson | NEXI | Violin and Viola
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Robert Scott Thompson | NINTH WAVE | Violoncello and Electroacoustic Sound
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Robert Scott Thompson | NULLIUS IN VERBA | electroacoustic computer music
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Robert Scott Thompson | PARATAXIS | Alto Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Viola, Violoncello, Piano, Percussion(1)
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Robert Scott Thompson | PASSAGE | Clarinet and Live Electronics
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Robert Scott Thompson | Polychroma | Piano
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Robert Scott Thompson | PROJECTION: MOBILE - STABILE - MOBILE | Flute (Doubling Alto Flute), Clarinet (Doubling Bass Clarinet), Cello, and Piano
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Robert Scott Thompson | VIVID AIR |
percussion solo with electronics |
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Robert Scott Thompson | Widening Gyre | Clarinet, Signal Processing, and Computer-Generated Tape
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