Bryan Kip Haaheim
After spending many years as a freelance bassist, composer/arranger and producer in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kip Haaheim received his bachelor’s degree from California State University at Hayward, his master’s degree in composition from the University of Minnesota, and his doctorate in composition from the University of Arizona. His discography includes an eclectic mix of styles—jazz, world music, rock and avant garde. These days he is primarily a composer on the faculty of the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He has far ranging interests in music composition and his work is a synthesis of eclectic influences from Olivier Messiaen and Georgy Ligeti to The Beatles, Trent Reznor and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
In recent years, Haaheim has specialized in the field of electroacoustic music and sound design and is particularly interested in collaborative work. His 2002 Summit Records DVD release Sacred and Profane features digital music in full surround-sound audio with digitally processed video. Within the field of electroacoustic music he is interested in using “real world” sound in unusual and innovative ways. His creative tendencies often involve multi-media and he has worked with numerous choreographers and other artists on productions with dancers and mixed visual media. He also has created music, audio and sound design for interactive installations, live electro-acoustic performances and internet-based “webcasts.”
Haaheim has had major works performed (in the case of interactive work, installed) in San Francisco, Eugene (Oregon), Houston, New York, Santa Fe, Kansas City (Missouri), Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis and elsewhere in the United States. He has had works performed internationally in Luebeck, Toronto, Mexico City, Paris and Tel Aviv.