Jessica Sligter b. 1983
Education:
MAR - Master Artistic Research, Royal Conservatory The Hague / Royal Visual Arts Academy The Hague / University of Leiden, completed 2013
Bachelor Jazz Singing at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, completed 2006
Outtakes of Activity:
2022 Celler og Vev, compositions for ensemble Deborah Walker / Magda Mayas / Sarah Saviet, for videowork by artist Mai Hofstad Gunnes. Rewritten for live performance at Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht, NL.
Shapes I, composition commissioned by Ensemble neoN & Ultima Festival. Performed by Karin Hellqvist, Yumi Murakami, and Sigrid Aker Johnsen from Ensemble neoN with Jessica Sligter.
2021 - ongoing. Artistic leader at Nuts And Bolts, association in Norway and Germany, promoting decentralized and experimental discourses and activities in music technology.
2020 WoNoMuTe digital workshops, Introduction to Reaper, and Introduction to Reverb and Delay.
2019 The New Pope TV Series featured Sligter’s composition/recording The Great Unveiling in three episodes, published on among others Netflix and Sky.
2019 Cry Me A River - theatrepiece by Karen Røise Kielland and Katja Dreyer. Sound design and original music by Sligter.
2019 Nuts And Bolts tutorials - gear-tutorial videos by various artists, production a.o. by Sligter. Published on Youtube channel NaB.
2019 thesis mentor at dBs university program, Berlin.
2018 (Untitled) - 30 minute composition by Sarah Hennies and Jessica Sligter. Premiered at Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht.
2018 Nuts And Bolts podcast - interviews, edit and mix by Sligter. Published by The Quietus magazine (UK).
2018 Untitled #2 / The Mute (Unsounds) - composition Wilbert Bulsink & Jessica Sligter, text and production by Sligter.
2018 Movements I - 10 minute composition for Tøyen Fil og Klafferi, premiered at nyMusikk Bergen, then performed at Only Connect 2020.
2018 Gain/AKKS Bergen guest teacher at course production for young women.
2018 Polycrisis:yes! (Butler & Butler)- composition and text by Sligter, includes quotes of lectures written by/for Jean-Claude Juncker, track 3 and 8 by Sligter, Lindvall and Sagstuen. Producer: Sligter, mixed by Sligter & Kyrre Låstad.
2017 - ongoing Advisor for Performing Arts Fund in the Netherlands.
2017 Big Bang Shiny - theatrepiece by Karen Røise Kielland. Sounddesign and original music by Sligter.
2016 A Sense Of Growth (Hubro) - composition and text by Sligter, string-arrangements by Eyvind Kang. Producers: Randall Dunn and Sligter. Mixed by Randall Dunn.
2016 Two Figures - 15 minute composition by Sligter for Oslo14 vocal ensemble.
2016 Om Kjønnede Rom i Musikkbransjen - article published in FETT Magazine.
2016 Anmelderens plass i rosøkonomien - chronicle published in Morgenbladet.
2014 Svale, Røyk og Sørgepil - theatrepiece by Karen Røise Kielland and Anne Rooschüz. Sounddesign and original music by Sligter.
2014 We Live On A Star - 10 minutes commissioned compositions by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, performed with Susanna, Jo Berger Myhre and Andreas S. Løwe.
2014 Untitled #1 - 20 minutes composition by Wilbert Bulsink & Jessica Sligter, text by Sligter. Commissioned by Gaudeamus Stichting in utrecht.
2013 The Dark Passenger: Rituals - 45 minute composition by Jenny Hval & Jessica Sligter, commissioned by Kapittel Festial in Stavanger.
2012 Fear And The Framing (Hubro) - composition and text by Sligter, track 2 by Ole-Henrik Moe, Martin Taxt and Sligter. Producer: Sligter, mixed by Randall Dunn.
2012 Air Bergen Residency
2011 Window’s A Fall (Trust Me Records), Sacred Harp band. Text by Sligter, co-composition, co-arrangement and co-production by Sligter, Juhani Silvola and Øystein Skar. Mix by Bjarne Stensli.
2010 Balls & Kittens, Draught & Strangling Rain (Hubro), JÆ (pseudonym Sligter) - text and music by Sligter. Mixed by Mark Nevers.
2009 (self titled) (The Perfect Hoax), Sacred Harp band, EP. Text by Sligter, co-composition, co-arrangement and co-production by Sligter, Juhani Silvola and Øystein Skar.
2008 The Forming of the Shaping (Dansefot Records), JÆ (pseudonym Sligter), EP. Mixed by Sligter, mastered by Helge Sten.
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Nordic Sounds - festival/showcase tour of underground Norwegian bands in the Netherlands. Initiator and organiser: Sligter.
2007 Someone New (D’Autres Cordes Records), The Story of Modern Farming. Textwriter and producer: Sligter, co-composition Louise Jensen and Sligter.
2006 - 2016 private vocal teacher.
2003 Pim Jacob’s Muziekprijs winner.
2000 - ongoing concertbooking and organisation. Tours in the EU, Scandinavia, USA, the Arab World, Japan.
Education:
MAR - Master Artistic Research, Royal Conservatory The Hague / Royal Visual Arts Academy The Hague / University of Leiden, completed 2013
Bachelor Jazz Singing at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, completed 2006
Outtakes of Activity:
2022 Celler og Vev, compositions for ensemble Deborah Walker / Magda Mayas / Sarah Saviet, for videowork by artist Mai Hofstad Gunnes. Rewritten for live performance at Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht, NL.
Shapes I, composition commissioned by Ensemble neoN & Ultima Festival. Performed by Karin Hellqvist, Yumi Murakami, and Sigrid Aker Johnsen from Ensemble neoN with Jessica Sligter.
2021 - ongoing. Artistic leader at Nuts And Bolts, association in Norway and Germany, promoting decentralized and experimental discourses and activities in music technology.
2020 WoNoMuTe digital workshops, Introduction to Reaper, and Introduction to Reverb and Delay.
2019 The New Pope TV Series featured Sligter’s composition/recording The Great Unveiling in three episodes, published on among others Netflix and Sky.
2019 Cry Me A River - theatrepiece by Karen Røise Kielland and Katja Dreyer. Sound design and original music by Sligter.
2019 Nuts And Bolts tutorials - gear-tutorial videos by various artists, production a.o. by Sligter. Published on Youtube channel NaB.
2019 thesis mentor at dBs university program, Berlin.
2018 (Untitled) - 30 minute composition by Sarah Hennies and Jessica Sligter. Premiered at Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht.
2018 Nuts And Bolts podcast - interviews, edit and mix by Sligter. Published by The Quietus magazine (UK).
2018 Untitled #2 / The Mute (Unsounds) - composition Wilbert Bulsink & Jessica Sligter, text and production by Sligter.
2018 Movements I - 10 minute composition for Tøyen Fil og Klafferi, premiered at nyMusikk Bergen, then performed at Only Connect 2020.
2018 Gain/AKKS Bergen guest teacher at course production for young women.
2018 Polycrisis:yes! (Butler & Butler)- composition and text by Sligter, includes quotes of lectures written by/for Jean-Claude Juncker, track 3 and 8 by Sligter, Lindvall and Sagstuen. Producer: Sligter, mixed by Sligter & Kyrre Låstad.
2017 - ongoing Advisor for Performing Arts Fund in the Netherlands.
2017 Big Bang Shiny - theatrepiece by Karen Røise Kielland. Sounddesign and original music by Sligter.
2016 A Sense Of Growth (Hubro) - composition and text by Sligter, string-arrangements by Eyvind Kang. Producers: Randall Dunn and Sligter. Mixed by Randall Dunn.
2016 Two Figures - 15 minute composition by Sligter for Oslo14 vocal ensemble.
2016 Om Kjønnede Rom i Musikkbransjen - article published in FETT Magazine.
2016 Anmelderens plass i rosøkonomien - chronicle published in Morgenbladet.
2014 Svale, Røyk og Sørgepil - theatrepiece by Karen Røise Kielland and Anne Rooschüz. Sounddesign and original music by Sligter.
2014 We Live On A Star - 10 minutes commissioned compositions by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, performed with Susanna, Jo Berger Myhre and Andreas S. Løwe.
2014 Untitled #1 - 20 minutes composition by Wilbert Bulsink & Jessica Sligter, text by Sligter. Commissioned by Gaudeamus Stichting in utrecht.
2013 The Dark Passenger: Rituals - 45 minute composition by Jenny Hval & Jessica Sligter, commissioned by Kapittel Festial in Stavanger.
2012 Fear And The Framing (Hubro) - composition and text by Sligter, track 2 by Ole-Henrik Moe, Martin Taxt and Sligter. Producer: Sligter, mixed by Randall Dunn.
2012 Air Bergen Residency
2011 Window’s A Fall (Trust Me Records), Sacred Harp band. Text by Sligter, co-composition, co-arrangement and co-production by Sligter, Juhani Silvola and Øystein Skar. Mix by Bjarne Stensli.
2010 Balls & Kittens, Draught & Strangling Rain (Hubro), JÆ (pseudonym Sligter) - text and music by Sligter. Mixed by Mark Nevers.
2009 (self titled) (The Perfect Hoax), Sacred Harp band, EP. Text by Sligter, co-composition, co-arrangement and co-production by Sligter, Juhani Silvola and Øystein Skar.
2008 The Forming of the Shaping (Dansefot Records), JÆ (pseudonym Sligter), EP. Mixed by Sligter, mastered by Helge Sten.
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Nordic Sounds - festival/showcase tour of underground Norwegian bands in the Netherlands. Initiator and organiser: Sligter.
2007 Someone New (D’Autres Cordes Records), The Story of Modern Farming. Textwriter and producer: Sligter, co-composition Louise Jensen and Sligter.
2006 - 2016 private vocal teacher.
2003 Pim Jacob’s Muziekprijs winner.
2000 - ongoing concertbooking and organisation. Tours in the EU, Scandinavia, USA, the Arab World, Japan.