Jean-Paul Perrotte

Jean-Paul Perrotte is an American composer of French and Ecuadorian descent whose work includes compositions for electronics, acoustic instruments, voice, video, dancers, and improvisations using Max/MSP. His works have been performed internationally and presented in prestigious art galleries like the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. He has also co-written a chapter with Dr. Van Hoesen titled Sound Art - New Only in Name: A Selected History of German Sound Works from the Last Century from the edited volume Germany in the Loud Twentieth Century.
Dr. Perrotte received his Ph.D. in Composition from the University of Iowa in 2013 and is currently Assistant Professor of Composition and is Director of the ElectroAcoustic Composition Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno. A collection on DVD of his video/sound works and compositions is available on Ravello Records distributed worldwide by Parma Records.