# Institute of Sonology

The Institute of Sonology is an education and research center for electronic and computer music based at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in the Netherlands.

## Background

The institute was founded at Utrecht University in 1960 as the Studio for Electronic Music (STEM), as a successor to the former studio for electronic music at Philips' NatLab in Eindhoven. In 1964, Gottfried Michael Koenig became the studio's artistic director. The studio grew under Koenig's leadership, and in 1967 an annual international electronic music course was founded which exists to this day.
In 1967 STEM was renamed as the "Institute of Sonology". International attention increased in 1971 with the purchase of a PDP-15 minicomputer which was used to develop programs for algorithmic composition and digital sound synthesis. During the early years of the institute, a series of landmark programs were developed there, including Koenig's Project 1, Project 2, and SSP, Paul Berg's PILE, Werner Kaegi's MIDIM/VOSIM, and Barry Truax's POD. In 1971 the Brazilian composer Jorge Antunes, a precursor of electronic music in his country, was a student at the Institute where he composed the work "Para Nascer Aqui".
In 1986, the institute was moved to the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, hosting the International Computer Music Conference there during its inaugural year.
Current research focuses on algorithmic composition, live electronic music, historical reconstructions of electronic and computer music (including György Ligeti's Pièce électronique Nr. 3 and Edgard Varèse's Poème électronique), field recording, sound installations, and sound spatialization. Alongside the annual one-year course, the institute offers bachelor's and master's degrees in Sonology.

## Discography

* Gottfried Michael Koenig – The Electronic Works (1990) BV Haast
* His Master's Noise (2001) BV Haast
* Kees Tazelaar – Electronic compositions (2004) Near
* Institute of Sonology: Early Electronic Music 1959–1969 (2009) Sub Rosa
* Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music, vols. 1 and 2 (1979) Composer's Voice

## Notable teachers and alumni

* Laura Agnusdei
* Benno Ammann
* Siamak Anvari
* Görkem Arıkan
* Christopher Ariza
* Ángel Arranz
* Rick Banks
* Clarence Barlow
* Jorge Antunes
* Richard Barrett
* Amy Beeston
* Justin Bennett
* Paul Berg
* John Stanley Body
* Konrad Boehmer
* Wim Boogman
* Ernst Bonis
* Daniel Börtz
* Margherita Brillada
* Darien Brito
* Lex van den Broek
* Daniel Brozák
* Billy Bultheel
* William A.S. Buxton
* Guzmán Calzada Llorente
* Nuno Canavarro
* Clifton A. Crego
* Philippa Cullen
* Peter Brian Cusack
* Luc Döbereiner
* Roger Doyle
* Cathy van Eck
* Will Eisma
* Barbara Ellison
* Michael Fahres
* Angel Faraldo
* Jennifer Joan Fowler
* Giulia Francavilla
* Raviv Ganchrow
* Berend Giltay
* Ramón Gonzalez-Arroyo
* Kathrin Grenzdörfer
* Jonas Gruska
* Marie Guilleray
* Bjarni Gunnnarsson
* Takayuki Hamano
* Peter S. Hamlin
* Dirk Haubrich
* Edwin van der Heide
* Wim Henderickx
* Simeon ten Holt
* Steven R. Holzman
* Donia Jourabchi
* Werner Kaegi
* Ji Youn Kang
* Roland Kayn
* Anna Khvyl
* Gottfried Michael Koenig
* Fani Konstantinidou
* Slávo Krekovič
* Johan van Kreij
* Marija Rasa Kudabaitė
* Roland Kuit
* Jos Kunst
* Otto Laske
* Giacomo Lepri
* Cort Lippe
* Igor Lintz Maués
* Dennis Lorrain
* Sergio Luque
* Mári Mákó
* Floris van Manen
* Stelios Manousakis
* Riccardo Marogna
* Alireza Maschayeki
* William Matthews
* Fred Momotenko
* Greta Monach (Vermeulen)
* Hugo Morales Murguia
* Yota Morimoto
* Hibiki Mukai
* Miguel Negrão
* Gary Nelson
* Lucie Nezri
* Lasse Nøsted
* Farzaneh Nouri
* Alberto Novello
* Ka∂lín Ólafsdóttir
* Peter Pabon
* Gabriel Paiuk
* Jan Panis
* Yannis Patoukas
* David Petráš
* Jean Piché
* Sara Pinheiro
* Zoltán Pongrácz
* Luctor Ponse
* Kees van Prooijen
* Dick Raaijmakers (also taught at the Royal Conservatoire's studio for electronic music)
* Takayuki Rai
* Dirk Reith
* Rainer Riehn
* Yamila Rios
* Joel Ryan
* Mauricio Rodriguez
* Wolf Rosenberg
* Robert Rowe
* Edgars Rubenis
* Frank Sacci
* Jo Scherpenisse
* Elmer Schönberger
* Leslee Smucker
* Wouter Snoei
* Milan Stibilj
* Peter Struycken
* Ted Szántó
* Jorrit Tamminga
* Kees Tazelaar
* Martijn Tellinga
* Stan Tempelaars
* David Theriault
* George B. Todd
* Klas Torstensson
* Barry Truax
* Jan Trützschler von Falkenstein
* Henry Vega
* Felix Visser
* Claude Vivier
* Bram Vreven
* Jan Vriend
* Frits van der Waa
* Maarten van Walstijn
* Rodney Waschka II
* Frits Weiland
* Anne Wellmer
* Ekkehard Windrich
* Amnon Wolman
* Semay Wu
* Andrea Young
* Walter Zimmermann