Juraj Kojs is a composer and performer from Slovakia. In May 2008, Juraj received his PhD. in Composition and Computer Technologies from the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Music. Beginning in September 2008, Juraj joined the faculty of the Department of Music at Yale University as the Postdoctoral Associate in Music Technology and Multimedia Art. Juraj's research and music areas of interest include cyberinstruments by physical modeling synthesis, everyday objects, Slovak folk music instruments, sounds on the threshold of hearing, and interactive electroacoustic composition. Juraj is a cofounder of the ensemble SofIA: Sonorities of Interactive Acoustics. He organizes 12 Nights, a monthly series of Computer Music and Art at the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, Florida.
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- Concealed for flute and electronics published by SCI Journal of Music Scores
- DVD release of Matthew Burtner's Signal Ruins (Juraj performing the piano part) on EcoSono Records
- August 18: All Forgotten for piano and electronics to be performed at ICMC 2009 in Montreal, Canada.
- July 25: Jorge Variego performs In Secret for clarinet and electronics at Fondo Nacional De Las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- June 24- July 1: Research trip to Cuzco, Urubamba Valley, and Puno region in Peru.
- June 17: Xenia Pestova premieres XeXiXa, a piano miniature at The Unitarian Church, Montreal, Canada.
- June 13: organizing 12 Nights II: Profiles: Fred De Sena. Wynwood Social Club, Miami, FL.
- June 13: Michael Straus premieres Aiael's Gold for tenor sax and electronics at Artomatic Festival, Washington, DC.
- May 24: performing with Paula Matthusen and Katarzyna Glowicka at the LOOS Foundation, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
- May 19: performing with Paula Matthusen at Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- May 18: performing with Paula Matthusen at NLHspace, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- May 12: giving a talk and performing with Burcin Elmas and Paula Matthusen at Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.
- May 11: giving a talk with Paula Matthusen at the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague, Czech Republic.
- May 9: performing with Paula Matthusen and Laura Mello at Staalplaat, Berlin, Germany.
- April 30: Spencer Topel performs Lord That Giveth Strength for violin and electronics, Dartmouth College, NH.
- April 25: organizing 12 Nights II: Profiles: Jaime Reveles. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- April 24: Karisa Werdon performs In Secret for oboe and electronics at a Electronic Music Concert Series. University Recital Hall, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
- April 19: Karisa Werdon performs In Secret for oboe and electronics at her Doctoral Recital. University Recital Hall, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
- April 15: There He Stayed. Yale College New Music: Choral Fest. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- April 2-4: performing at New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival with SofIA; presenting a talk, performing piano and electronics pieces of V. Ivanova and J. Bolte and attending performance of In Secret for oboe and electronics with Karisa Werdon on oboe. The City University of New York, NYC
- March 20: organizing 12 Nights II: Computerized Clarinet. Featuring Jorge Variego, clarinet and bass clarinet. Music: Fidemraizer, J. Kojs, J.W. Park, K. Penderecki, J.P. Sain, and J. Variego. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL
- March 14: organizing 12 Nights II: Modern Dance and Electronica. Featuring Bistoury Contemporary Dance Ensemble and dancer/choreographer Heather Maloney. Music: F. Wow, J. Kojs and J.C. Espinosa. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL
- February 27: presenting At and Across at Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, GA
- February 21: Laura Wilcox performs Lord That Giveth Strength for viola and electronics, 2009 New Music Miami ISCM Festival, Miami, FL
- February 20: performing At and Across at Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts in Minneapolis, MN
