VAHID JAHANDARI
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Vahid Jahandari is a transdisciplinary musician and scholar in hip-hop studies and popular music studies. Award-winning composer of acoustic and electronic music, Jahandari's works have been performed and recorded in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and he has received awards, including first prizes at 2Agosto and Pejman competitions for his orchestral and chamber music.
Jahandari's music has been selected and performed at numerous festivals, including ISCM World Music Days, World Saxophone Congress, South by Southwest, SEAMUS, International Saxophone Symposium​, SPLICE, Society of Composers​, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, CKCU-FM, ElectroAcousticMiniFest, Midwest Composers Symposium, Decoda, DOC NYC, and many more.
Jahandari is a multi-instrumentalist and improviser working across genres and mediums. He has written music for electronic media, chamber ensemble, symphonic orchestra, wind ensemble, choir, and solo instruments.

Currently completing his doctorate in Composition at the University of California Santa Cruz, Jahandari holds degrees in Composition from the University of Texas at Austin (M.M.), where he served as a Teaching Assistant in Digital Music, and from the Tehran University of Art (B.M.).​


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PROMINENT ACTIVITIES

2022-23           Scholar​ for Peyk Magazine, the bilingual magazine in San Diego
​2021 July        Miracle Makers IFF, Brief Candle, Walking Shadow for multimedia
                                    Best Choreography, Jeremy S Cline 
2021 Apr         Spring Flowers: Springfest, Quietude for violin and piano
2021 Apr         Second Sundays with Decoda, Music for Solo Performer
2021 Apr         Words and Music, TAO PO for soprano and fixed media
2021 Jan          The Dragon for Multi Percussion Duet
2020 Sep         Acoustic Frontiers – CKCU-FM, Asphyxia for double bass and fixed media
2020 May        Acoustic Frontiers – CKCU-FM, Shapes for string quartet
2020 Mar        Jack Quartet, Shapes for string quartet

                                    Voxman School of Music, UI
2019 Nov        Dance Gala, Struggle for Pleasure by J. Norman, solo violinist 

                                    Hancher Auditorium, UI
2019 Nov        Midwest Composers Symposium, The Abyss for double bass and fixed media 

                                    Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington 
2019 Sep         24+24, A Song to My Future Self, for piano, harp and baritone singer 

                                    Voxman School of Music, UI
2019 Aug        Music from Home, Hell, But Cold for piano 

                                    Lakewood, WA 
2019 Jun          SPLICE Festival, There Was Yet No Heaven for saxophone and fixed media 

                                    Western Michigan University, MI 
2019 May        World Music Days, The Vulture for six-channel acousmatic 
2019 Apr         PubliQuartet, The Gray Forest for string quartet and fixed media 

                                    National Sawdust, NY
2019 Mar        SEAMUS, The Vulture for six-channel acousmatic and a stereo layer diffusion 

                                    Berklee College of Music, MA
2019 Mar        South by Southwest (SXSW), Sweet Sweet Kink, animated short film 

                                    Selected from 5,478 submissions, among 101 short films 
                                    Best Animated Film — CineKink
                                    Best Documentary — Transform Film Festival
                                    Best Kink — HUMP! Film Festival 
                                    Best Short Film — Star Ranch’s Texas Nudist Film Festival
                                    Including festivals in Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Denmark,
                                    ​England, Italy, Germany and many more.
2019 Mar        The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Rain and Tree for choir 

                                    University of Florida, FL 
2019 Jan          International Saxophone Symposium, There Was Yet No Heaven 

                                    George Mason University, VA 
2018 Dec         featured composer at Acoustic Frontiers – CKCU-FM, The Vulture

                                    hosted by Ralph Hopper​
2018 Nov        EMS60 - The 60th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music

                                    There Was Yet No Heaven for saxophone and electronics
                                    University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, IL 
2018 Nov        Electroacoustic Barn Dance, “The Vulture” for 6-channel acousmatic 

                                    Jacksonville University, FL 
2018 Oct         WSU ElectroAcousticMiniFest 

                                    The Blind Owl for fixed media and video art 
                                    Washington State University, Pullman, WA 
2018 Sep         West Fork New Music Festival, Great Noise Ensemble 

                                    Deadlock for ensemble and electronics, world premiere 
                                    Fairmont State University, WV
2018 Sep         RenegadeEnsemble Call-for-Scores, "Deadlock” for ensemble and electronics 

                                    Honorable Mention
2018 July        XVIII World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia 

                                    “There Was Yet No Heaven” for saxophone and electronics 
                                    World premiere
2018 May        Ears, Eyes + Feet, In the Hands Of The Winds 

                                    Collaborative works by composers and choreographers 
                                    B. Iden Payne Theatre, UT
2018 Apr         Fusebox Festival, The Robosax for saxophone quartet 

                                    Recital Studio, Butler School of Music, UT 
2018 Apr         Sound in Sculpture, The Robosax for saxophone quartet 

                                    Gates Computer Science Complex (GDC), UT
2018 Apr         Tenor singer, Mahler Symphony No. 2 

                                    UT Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerhardt Zimmermann 
                                    Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX 
2018 Mar        M.M. Degree Recital 

                                    Bates Hall, Butler School of Music, UT 
2018 Feb         Tenor bass steel pan player, UT Steel Pan Ensemble 

                                    Bates Hall, Butler School of Music, UT
2017 Oct         LaTex Festival, “The Blind Owl” for fixed media, dance, and video art 

                                    Digital Media Center Theater, Louisiana State University 
2017 Aug        Ink&Coda Publication, Online journal of prose and music,The Vulture
2017 May        Ears, Eyes + Feet, collaborative works by composers and choreographers 

                                    “The Blind Owl”, for fixed media, dance, and video art 
                                    “Amica Mea”, based on the composer pre-existing work 
                                    B. Iden Payne Theatre, The University of Texas 
2017                Copyist/Composer Assistant, Bruce Pennycook, Faculty in Composition at UT 
2016 Nov        Hell, But Cold, for piano solo

                                    Bates Hall, Butler School of Music, UT 
2016 Nov        LaTex Festival, Yellow, Hasn’t Become Red For No Reason, for fixed media 

                                    Jessen Auditorium, Butler School of Music, UT 
2016 Oct         Ears Concert, The Vulture for solo double bass and electronics 
2016 Fall         Copyist, Elliott Antokoletz, Early Development of the Symphonic Poem 
                                    Article published at Vol. 3 of the International Journal of Musicology 
2015 Sept        Solo tenor singer, Phonemes Requiem, Composed by E. Saboohi 

                                    Published by Spectropol & Mahoor records
2015-16           Copyist/Composer Assistant, Hamidreza Dibazar, Chair of Composition at TUA 
2014-15           Tenor vocalist, Tehran Choir, Conducted by Mehdi Ghasemi, Vahdat Hall 
2014 May        Composer and pianist, Five movements for flute and piano, Farabi Hall, Tehran 
2013 Oct         Pianist, Pars Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Ali Radman, Ehsan Hall 
2012 May        Composer/pianist, Rondo for violin and piano, Tehran University of Art 
2010 Jun          Composer, Iran Zamin for tenor singer and large ensemble 

                                    ​Commissioned by Shiraz National TV 

WORKS
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2021               Streaming for chamber ensemble [10’00”]
                        Seascapes for saxophone quartet [12’20”]
                        And, I speak to you for ensemble [9’30”]
                        Quietude for violin and piano [7’24”] 
                        Music for Solo Performer [12’14”] 
                        TAO PO for fixed media [7’02”]
                        The Dragon for Multiple Percussion Duet [10’02”]
2020                Distant Light, dance dissertation project, for fixed media [07’27”]
                        ​Brief Candle, Walking Shadow for multimedia [27’55”]
                        Shapes, for string quartet [7’50”]
2019                Abyss, for double bass and fixed media [7’50”]
                        A Letter to My Future Self, for piano, harp and baritone voice [5’40”] 
                        Living Memories, for saxophone quartet [8’12”]
2018                The Gray Forest, for string quartet and fixed media [14’10”]
                        In The Hands of The Winds, for fixed media [9’43”]
                        The Robosax, for saxophone quartet in two movements [19’30”] 
                        Deadlock, for ensemble and fixed media [14’15”]
                        Asphyxia, for double bass and fixed media [08’53”] 
2017                There Was Yet No Heaven, for saxophone and fixed media [8'00"] 
                        Before I Drown In Tears, for saxophone octet [10'08"]
                        The Blind Owl, for fixed media, dance, and video art [06'52"] 
                        Chronicles of a Joker, for wind ensemble [08'48"] 
                        Rain and Tree, for four-part of mixed voices [05'36"] 
2016                Sandstorm Elegy, for string quartet and electronics [13'40"]
                        Yellow Hasn’t Become Red For No Reason, for fixed media [07'22"] 
                        The Vulture, for double base and electronics [07'50"]
                        Dandelion, for Symphonic Orchestra [05'03"]
                        Hell, But Cold, for piano solo in two movements [11'08"]
                        The Ringing Bells of a Caravan, for symphonic orchestra [06'31"] 
2015                The Checkered City, for narrator and symphonic orchestra [09'28"]
                        And, I Speak To You, for clarinet quintet [13'03"]
                        Noisy Kitchen, for fixed media, based on pre-recorded kitchenware [5'43"] 
2014                I Sang, Death, for tar quartet [5'50"]
                        Fantasy, for symphonic orchestra [3'39"]
                        Invention & Fugue, for piano solo [4’37"]
                        Kuzeh, for fixed media, based on pre-recorded udu as the main source [6'52"] 
2013                Stunned Tune, for fixed media, based on pre-recorded Iranian instruments [4'04"] 
                        Ragtime, for piano solo [6'52"]
                        Alarm, for fixed media [5'02"]
                        Havaye Vesall, for choir and strings [4'06"] 
                        Fantasy, for flute & piano in five movements [13'42"] 
                        Afarinesh, digital music, short film [9'42"] 
2012                Prelude, for piano solo [3'23"]
                        Gargur, digital music, theatrical product [9'42"] 
                        Payan, digital music, theatrical product [12'51"] 
                        Nocturnal, for harp solo [03'11"] 
                        Miniature, for flute solo [02'14"] 
2011                Trio, for kamancheh, cello and violin [04’03”] 
                        Rondo, for violin & piano [04'45"] 
2010                Mozartino, for string quartet [04'02"]
                        Iran Zamin, for chamber ensemble [03'52"] 
EDUCATION

University of California Santa Cruz
Doctor of Musical Arts - DMA, Music Composition | 2022 -

The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Music - MM, Music Composition | 2016 - 18
Teaching Assistant | MUS 319D - Foundations of Digital Music |2017 - 18           

Tehran University of Art
Bachelor of Music - BM, Music Composition | 2012 - 2016
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