Director: The Electro-Acoustic Music Center
Music Composition and Technology Program
Peck School of the Arts - Department of Music
 

Jon Welstead teaches composition and theory and is the Director of the
Electro-Acoustic Music Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
His work  includes composition for instrumental ensemble, electronic and
computer music, music for dance, film and theatre,  having compositions
performed both nationally and internationally.

Some of his musical awards, performances, commissions and grants
include: CINE Golden Eagle and INTERCOM Film Festivals Awards
of Excellence, Delius Chamber MusicAward, Bourge ElectronicMusic
Festival,American College Theatre Festival Awards, Netherlands
International Experimental TheatreFestival,Los Angeles New
Music Festival, Emerald City  PerformanceAward for music
in dance,New MusicAmerica-NY,Bessie Schoenberg
TheatreFoundation, Baltimore TheatreProject,
KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts,
(SEAMUS) Society  for Electro- Acoustic
Musicin the United States,
Florida Electroacoustic Music
Festival, Canadian International
Electro- Acoustic Music
Association Festival
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He has been the recipient of:
National Endowment for the Arts,
National Endowment for the Humanities,
Centre Culturel Georges Brassens, France,
Arts Midwest and the Texas, Iowa, Illinois,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Maryland Arts Boards.

Recently he presented the computer-electronic version of Fo(u)r Percussionit(s) at the SEAMUS National Conference and also completed a two year guest composer residency at Cornell University where he composed music for the United States premiere production of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by David Edgar and music for "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.  Welstead has also served as the Vice President for Programs for the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS).