Dr Jenny Game-Lopata
Lecturer, School of Arts
Qualifications
DCA, University of Western Sydney (intercultural composition) MA, Monash University, (composition/musicology) B Mus (Hons), La Trobe University, (composition). BA, Victorian College of the Arts, (improvisation/jazz saxophone). Dip Ed., University of London Institute of Teaching
Contact
| Email: | jgamelop@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Music - CB Newling campus F20 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 6446 (or +61 2 6773 6446 overseas) |
Dr Jenny Game-Lopata is a composer and performer with an interest in inter-cultural composition and research, music theory and improvisation. Her thesis involved the composition of an intercultural chamber opera The Aqueduct and an accompanying exegesis. It involved the investigation of an alliance between Western, Arab and Jewish musical traditions in the composition of a chamber opera.
Her compositions have been performed by a variety of ensembles at festivals and broadcast on radio and TV. Since 1996 she has led her own ensemble that performs contemporary, intercultural and jazz compositions. The Jenny Game Ensemble has been invited to perform at festivals and concerts throughout Australia including The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, The Wangaratta International Jazz Festival, The Manly Jazz Festival, The Armidale Colours of Jazz Festival and others.
Publications Include:
Smith, M., & Game-Lopata, J. (2009). Discovering and shaping the music within: Exploring musical concepts through improvisational frameworks. Musicworks, Vol 14(No 1), 23-29.
Game-Lopata, J. (2006). Live at the Edge. Melbourne: Exero Music.
Game-Lopata, J. (2004). Jacinta's Song. Melbourne: Move records.
Game-Lopata, J. (1996). Seven Seas. Melbourne: Newmarket Music.