Publications, Funding, and Awards
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Book Chapters
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Do You Hear My Point? Addressing Accessibility Issues Within Spatial Audio.” Curating Access: Global Exhibitions Creative Accommodations, edited by Amanda Cachia, 2022.
Journal Articles
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Creating Interfaces for Live Octophonic Spatialisation of Sound.” Pūrātoke: Journal of Undergraduate Research in the Creative Arts and Industries, 1(1), 2017, pp. 35-48.
Refereed Conference Papers
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Approaches to Spatial Audio for Audiences of All Tyopes of Hearing.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2023.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Gamification and Spatial Music.” Convergence, Leceister, England, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Gamification and Spatial Audio.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Bridget Johnson. “Multichannel Monophonic Spatial Application.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Online, 2021.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Bridget Johnson. “Multiple Monophony and the Multichannel Monophonic Compositional Framework.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Online, 2020.
Refereed Performances
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Spatial Vibrations.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2023.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2023.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Still Moving.” Convergence, Leceister, England, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Still Moving.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “5 Moving Speakers.” International Symposium of Contemporary Music, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Still Moving.” International Computer Music Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “miss u, RD1 – woof woof lol.” New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, United States, 2022 (upcoming)
Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan. Official Selection Thessaloniki Cinedance International Festival, Greece, 2021.
Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan. Official Selection Dance (Lens) Film Festival, Australia, 2021.
Walk With Me - The Verse. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart. Auckland Film Festival, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “lighthouse auralization.” International Society of Contemporary Music Virtual Collaborative Series, Online, 2021.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “miss u, RD1 – woof woof lol.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Online, 2021.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “Four Swinging Speakers.” Tuning Into The Pandemic, Massey University, 2020.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “beyond nearsightedness.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Monash University, 2019.
Draper, Charley, Jesse Austin-Stewart. Critical Mass. 2019 Prague Quadrienniel of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “8x5 Speaker Array.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, 2018.
Panels
Austin-Stewart, Jesse. Making Music Accessible Panel. Massey University, 2021
External Funding
2022, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant funding ($43,545) (primary applicant)
2022, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant funding ($23,100) (primary applicant)
2022, New Zealand Music Commission Capability Grant ($10,000) (primary applicant)
2021, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Cultural Installations and Events Initiative Funding (primary applicant) ($19,990)
2021, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant funding (collaborator) ($74,260)
2021, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant funding (collaborator) ($33,644)
2021, NZ on Air New Music Development Grant (primary applicant) ($6,000)
2021, NZ on Air New Music Single Grant for Solomon Crook (collaborator) ($10,000)
2020, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant funding (collaborator) ($32,019)
2020, Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi Music Award (primary applicant) ($2,000)
2019, Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi Music Award (primary applicant) ($600)
2018, Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi Music Award (primary applicant) ($1,000)
2017-2018, NZ Pacific Lodge Music Scholarship (primary applicant) ($1000)
Teaching Awards
2021, Massey University College of Creative Arts Ratas Award – Special Mention in the Year of COVID for being Tenacious and Tender.
Research Awards
2023, Best Professional Paper, Australasian Computer Music Conference - Approaches to Spatial Audio for Audiences of All Types of Hearing
Creative Awards
2023, Finalist Student Radio Network Nomination EP/Mixtape of the Year - morris st network. felt cute, might delete. Compilation by Fi Carr. Featuring work by Jesse Austin-Stewart and others.
2023, Sound of the Year Awards, Nominee for Best Sound Innovation in Everyday Life - Music for PlayStation
2022, The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Springboard Award ($25,000)
2022, Finalist Student Radio Network Nomination EP of the Year - Sports Dreams. Weather Admitting EP. Music by Shannen Petersen and Fraser Williams. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
2021, Finalist Student Radio Network Nomination EP of the Year - Fruit Juice Parade. the more you question, the further you get from the answer EP. Music by Shannen Petersen and Tharushi Bowatte. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
2021, Semi-Finalist Stockholm City Film Festival. Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan.
Installations
Rollandi, Meg, Jesse Austin-Stewart, Frankie Berge, Terri Ripeka Crawford, Charley Draper, Micheal McCabe, Hannah Smith, Paula van Beek, Nick Zwart. Commissioned by Stuart Foster. Ka Emiemi, 2023 Prague Quadrienniel of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic, 2023.
Rollandi, Meg, Jesse Austin-Stewart, Frankie Berge, Terri Ripeka Crawford, Charley Draper, Micheal McCabe, Hannah Smith, Paula van Beek, Nick Zwart. Commissioned by Stuart Foster. Ka Emiemi, Pōneke Wellington Waterfront, 2023.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Waterfront Monophony, Pōneke Wellington Waterfront, 2023.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Some Swinging Speakers, The Performance Arcade, 2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Waterfront Monophony, Pōneke Wellington Waterfront, 2021/2022.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Four Swinging Speakers. Audio Foundation, 2020.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Multiple Monophony. The Engine Room, 2020.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, beyond nearsightedness. play_station gallery, 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “beyond nearsightedness.” Nelson Composer’s Workshop. Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “8x5 Speaker Array.” Aotearoa Audio Arts Festival. Victoria University of Wellington, 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “5 Moving Speakers.” New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition Competition. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “8x5 Speaker Array.” New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition Competition. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2017.
Film/Audio-Visual Composition
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, miss u RD1 – woof woof lol. 2021.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Charley Draper, Still Moving. 2021.
Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, lighthouse auralization. 2020.
Draper, Charley, Jesse Austin-Stewart. Critical Mass. 2019.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, 22 Solenoids & LEDs. 2018.
Dance Composition
Yamazaki, Kota, Fog, Nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes). Footnote New Zealand, 2020. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Carney, Tyler, Still Waiting. Ev & Bow, 2020. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Langlois, Lauren, Dys-Connect. Footnote New Zealand Dance, 2018. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Composition
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Spatial Vibrations. 2021.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, 24x multimono, 2020.
Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” Passages, a response. Adam Art Gallery, 2019.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Rob Thorne, “Beating Spaces.” Rob Thorne x SMP Ensemble. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.
Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” TGIF: ANTIPHONY in the ANTIPODES. St Paul’s Cathedral, 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “Outlined Transformations.” Ponts of Reference. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.
Songwriting/Production
Sports Dreams. DIY 2022. Produced by Shannen Petersen, Fraser Williams, and Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Solomon Crook. Rise, 2019. Produced by Solomon Crook and Jesse Austin-Stewart.
ZÖ. WAR EP, 2019. Produced by Zoe Jennings, Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Solomon Crook. Race Car, 2018. Produced by Solomon Crook, Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Solomon Crook. Abandon Adolescence EP, 2018. Produced by Solomon Crook, Jesse Austin-Stewart
Solomon Crook. Love Juice, 2018. Produced by Solomon Crook, Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Parc Sun. Dopamine, 2017. Produced by Jesse Austin-Stewart
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered
Sports Dreams. Weather Admitting EP, 2022. Recorded and mixed by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Sports Dreams. DIY 2022. Recorded and mixed by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
RIIKI. High Heights (Live Acoustic). Mixed and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Solomon Crook. Rise, 2019. Recorded and mixed by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
ZÖ. WAR EP, 2019. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Doons. High Beam EP, 2019. Mixing and additional recording by Jesse Austin-Stewart
Solomon Crook. Race Car, 2018. Recorded and mixed by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Simon Eastwood. Triptych for Two, 2018. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Glen Downie. Gorzannis Frammenti, 2018. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart
Glen Downie. for Solo Piano, 2018. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Sarah Ballard. Vyatiṣaṅga, 2018. Recorded by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Michael Norris. Zali, 2018. Recorded by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Solomon Crook. Abandon Adolescence EP, 2018. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Solomon Crook. Love Juice, 2018. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Parc Sun. Dopamine, 2017. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Live Performance
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “lighthouse auralization,” A excursion to Putangirua. Putangirua Pinnacles, Pyramid Club. 2020.
Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” Passages, a response. Adam Art Gallery, 2019.
Snowball, Nicholas, “IT HASN”T HAPPENED YET.” New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition Competition. 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Rob Thorne, “Beating Spaces.” Rob Thorne x SMP Ensemble. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.
Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” TGIF: ANTIPHONY in the ANTIPODES. St Paul’s Cathedral, 2018.
Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “My First Dance Part Anthem (Sons of Dane Rumble).” Body/Harris Performance Prize. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “Outlined Transformations.” Points of Reference. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Spatialising Wellington. Toi Pōneke, 2017.
Austin-Stewart, Jesse,Spatialising Wellington. Wellington Museum, 2016.