James Oliverio



	James Oliverio Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Fine Arts
Georgia Tech's Composer-in-Residence and Music Technologist, has credits ranging from full orchestral scores to soundtracks for feature films and television. The composer has won four Emmy Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, as well as a Telly Award for broadcast music composition. His most recent Emmy was for his original score to the film "Time and Dreams," commissioned as part of the United States' successful bid for the 1996 Olympics. Oliverio recently returned from the former Soviet Union where he recorded a CD of his orchestral compositions with the Karkov Philharmonic under the baton of Vakhtang Jordania. His "Timpani Concerto #1 (The Olympian)" received its World Premiere with the Cleveland Orchestra in 1990. During 1992-93, he celebrated six world premiere performances of large scale orchestral and ensemble scores, as well as over 35 performances across the United States. Recent performances include those by the Atlanta Symphony at the Carter Presidential Center, the Atlanta Premiere of "Go Gently My Friend" by the DeKalb Symphony, and the new symphonic band version of the "Timpani Concerto" here at Tech, the world premiere of the "The Science of Imagination" at the Fox Theater for President Clough's Inauguration, and the world premiere of his double concerto for piano, cello, and orchestra entitled "Dark Serenade" by the University Orchestra. Oliverio is very involved with electronic music and multimedia, he teaches courses in these disciplines at Georgia Tech. He serves as Director of the Audio Research Team. Contact information: James Oliverio Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center College of Computing 801 Atlantic Drive Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280 E-mail: james.oliverio@music.gatech.edu

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