Faculty Profile

Panayiotis Kokoras

Title
Professor
Department
Composition Studies
College
College of Music

    

Education

PhD, University of York (UK), 2003.
Major: Musical Composition
MA, University of York (UK), 2000.
Major: Music (Composition)
Diploma (International), Atheneaum Conservatory (GR), 1999.
Major: Music Composition
BM, University of Macedonia, 1997.
Major: Composition
Diploma (International), NAKAS Conservatory, 1997.
Major: Classical Guitar
Diploma (International), Music Society Conservatory, 1996.
Major: Fugue
Diploma (International), Music Society Conservatory, 1994.
Major: Counterpoint
Diploma (International), Nakas Conservatory, 1992.
Major: Harmony

Current Scheduled Teaching*

MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2024
MUAC 1540.700, Private Lessons (Concentration) in Electronics, Spring 2024
MUCP 5900.705, Special Problems, Spring 2024
MUCP 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2024

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

MUCP 3180.706, Advanced Composition I, Fall 2023
MUCP 5080.701, Composition Seminar, Fall 2023
MUCP 5185.706, Concentration Composition, Fall 2023
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2023
MUAC 1540.702, Private Lessons (Concentration) in Electronics, Fall 2023
MUCP 4080.706, Secondary Composition II, Fall 2023
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2022 SPOT
MUGC 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
MUCP 4080.706, Secondary Composition II, Spring 2022
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2021 SPOT
MUCP 6190.710, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2021
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUGC 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUCP 3670.001, Introduction to Electroacoustic Music, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUCP 4195.706, Senior Composition Capstone Project, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUCP 6200.706, Advanced Research in Computer Music, Fall 2020 SPOT
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2020 SPOT
MUGC 6950.719, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Fall 2020
MUGC 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W2 2019
MUCP 4180.706, Advanced Composition III, Spring 2019
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2019
MUGC 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Spring 2019
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2018
MUGC 6950.719, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Fall 2018
MUCP 5910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2018
MUCP 3190.701, Advanced Composition II, Spring 2018
MUCP 6195.706, Advanced Research in Composition, Spring 2018
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2018 SPOT
MUGC 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Spring 2018
MUCP 4180.706, Advanced Composition III, Fall 2017
MUCP 6195.706, Advanced Research in Composition, Fall 2017
MUGC 6950.719, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017
MUCP 4910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUCP 5910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUCP 3190.706, Advanced Composition II, Spring 2017
MUCP 4180.706, Advanced Composition III, Spring 2017
MUCP 6195.706, Advanced Research in Composition, Spring 2017
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2017
MUGC 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017
MUCP 5190.706, Master's Composition, Spring 2017
MUCP 4080.706, Secondary Composition II, Spring 2017
MUCP 6200.706, Advanced Research in Computer Music, Fall 2016
MUCP 5185.706, Concentration Composition, Fall 2016
MUCP 6190.706, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2016
MUCP 4910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2016
MUCP 5910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2016
MUCP 4180.707, Advanced Composition III, Spring 2016
MUCP 6200.707, Advanced Research in Computer Music, Spring 2016 SPOT
MUCP 5185.707, Concentration Composition, Spring 2016 SPOT
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2016 SPOT
MUGC 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2016
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Spring 2016
MUCP 4195.707, Senior Composition Recital Capstone, Spring 2016
MUCP 4180.707, Advanced Composition III, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUCP 6200.707, Advanced Research in Computer Music, Fall 2015
MUCP 5080.700, Composition Seminar, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUCP 5185.707, Concentration Composition, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUGC 6950.719, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2015
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Fall 2015
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUCP 4195.707, Senior Composition Recital Capstone, Fall 2015
MUCP 3190.701, Advanced Composition II, Spring 2015
MUCP 3190.707, Advanced Composition II, Spring 2015
MUCP 4180.707, Advanced Composition III, Spring 2015
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2015
MUCP 5190.707, Master's Composition, Spring 2015
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Spring 2015
MUCP 4195.707, Senior Composition Recital Capstone, Spring 2015
MUCP 4900.703, Special Problems, Spring 2015
MUCP 3180.707, Advanced Composition I, Fall 2014
MUCP 4180.707, Advanced Composition III, Fall 2014
MUCP 5080.700, Composition Seminar, Fall 2014
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2014
MUGC 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Fall 2014
MUCP 4195.707, Senior Composition Recital Capstone, Fall 2014
MUCP 4910.700, Special Problems, Fall 2014
MUCP 5690.001, Topics in Electroacoustic Music, Fall 2014
MUCP 3190.707, Advanced Composition II, Spring 2014
MUCP 4180.707, Advanced Composition III, Spring 2014
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Spring 2014
MUCP 5190.707, Master's Composition, Spring 2014
MUCP 5180.707, Secondary Composition, Spring 2014
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Spring 2014
MUCP 4195.707, Senior Composition Recital Capstone, Spring 2014
MUCP 3190.707, Advanced Composition II, Fall 2013
MUCP 4180.707, Advanced Composition III, Fall 2013
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2013
MUCP 5180.707, Secondary Composition, Fall 2013
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Fall 2013
MUCP 4910.700, Special Problems, Fall 2013 Syllabus
MUCP 5910.700, Special Problems, Fall 2013
MUCP 3190.707, Advanced Composition II, Spring 2013
MUCP 2190.700, Intermediate Composition II, Spring 2013
MUCP 5180.707, Secondary Composition, Spring 2013
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Spring 2013
MUCP 6465.001, Topics in Contemporary Music, Spring 2013
MUCP 5080.700, Composition Seminar, Fall 2012
MUCP 6190.707, Doctoral Composition, Fall 2012
MUCP 2180.707, Intermediate Composition I, Fall 2012
MUCP 5180.707, Secondary Composition, Fall 2012
MUCP 4080.707, Secondary Composition II, Fall 2012

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Audio CD Compilation
Kokoras, P. (2017). Timeless Soundbox. Six Guirlandes Acousmaticques. Ohain:.
Kokoras, P. (2017). Morphallaxis for flute, percussion, cello and electronics. CIME/ICEM @ CEAMMC. Krakow:. <http://audiomat.net.pl/> - <http://www.cime-icem.net/music/>
Kokoras, P. (2017). Dreamcatcher electroacoustic sound composition. Minature Project Sn. http://www.juanmariasolare.com/CD_Sn.html
Kokoras, P. (2016). Response electroacoustic sound composition. Undae! Electroacoustic music Vol. II. Madrid:. http://thrmnphone.thrmnphone.com/catalogo/thrmn008b-undae-electroacoustic-music-ii/
Book Chapter
Kokoras, P. (2021). Síntesis FAB: la ejecución de sonidos. De la música concreta a la mecatrónica. 109-153. Bernal, Buenos Aires: Editorial UNQ, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. https://ediciones.unq.edu.ar/600-perspectivas-actuales-en-la-creacion-y-el-analisis-de-la-musica-electroacustica.html
CD Recording - Chamber
Kokoras, P. (2023). Viper Snake.
CD Recording - Ensemble
Kokoras, P. (2018). Morphallaxis. Musiques elèctriques by Morphosis Ensemble. https://insrecords.eu/tienda/
CD Recording - Solo
Kokoras, P. (2015). HELMCA Miniatures.
Kokoras, P. (2015). Seamus: Interactions.
Kokoras, P. (2014). Métamorphoses 2014, 7th Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition.
Kokoras, P. (2014). Premios del concurso Destellos 2008-2013.
Kokoras, P. (2014). Seamus Electro-Acoustic Miniatures 2014: Transients.
Kokoras, P. (2013). SEAMUS Electroacoustic Miniatures 2013: Negative Space.
CD and LP Compilation
Kokoras, P. (2019). Sense. Other. Brussels:. www.subrosa.net/en/catalogue/anthologies/an-anthology-of-greek-experimental-electronic-music-1966-2016.html
CD compilation
Kokoras, P. (2020). Qualia. https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/music-from-seamus-vol-29/
Compilation Album
Kokoras, P. (2022). CECIA collaborative composition project for electroacoustic sounds. https://www.mainfest.it/mixtape2021/
Compilation album
Kokoras, P. (2022). Qualia for electroacoustic sounds. http://thrmnphone.thrmnphone.com/catalogo/thrmn016b-undae-album-ii/
Conference Proceeding
Kokoras, P. (2014). Auditory Fusion and Holophonic Musical Texture in Xenakis’s Pithoprakta. ICMC.
Kokoras, P. (2014). Sense: an electroacoustic composition for surround sound and tactile transducers.. ICMC.
Kokoras, P. (2011). Performer vs Electronics: performing music for instrument and electronics. International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Istanbul/Turke.
Kokoras, P. (2006). Morphopoiesis: An analytical Model for electroacoustic Music. ICMC.
Kokoras, P. (2005). Towards a holophonic musical texture. ICMC.
DVD Compilation
Kokoras, P. (2020). Rhino. http://audio.art.pl/audiomat/
Digital Album Compilation
Kokoras, P. (2020). Stutter Particles. https://ferrowhite.bandcamp.com/album/la-llamada-2020
Journal Article
Kokoras, P. (2023). Fab Synthesis: Performing sound, from Musique Concrète to Mechatronics. (XVI issue), . Firenze University Press. https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/mt
Kokoras, P. (2021). The Sound is the Music - From Shamanism to Quantum Sound. CT&T: Continental Thought and Theory: A Journal of Intellectual Freedom. 3(3), 275-301. Canterbury: University of Canterbury. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/103104/18%20Kokoros.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Kokoras, P. (2010). Magic.
Kokoras, P. (2005). Morphopoiesis: a general procedure for structuring form. Other. 9, .
NFT release of contemporary music composition
Kokoras, P. (2023). Thwart.
Scholarly Preface
Kokoras, P. (2022). Prologue to the CD “SAMUEL CEDILLO: Estudios”.. https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015102kai

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Kokoras, P., "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Fellow Composer for 2022-2023," National, Funded. (September 1, 2022August 30, 2023).
Kokoras, P., "IAA Institute for the Advancement of the Arts. Faculty Fellowship Program 2019-20," University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (January 1, 2020August 30, 2020).
Grant - Research
Kokoras, P., "Scholarly and Creative Activity (SCA) Award, Small Grant," University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (December 1, 2023August 30, 2024).
Kokoras, P., "Scholarly and Creative Activity (SCA) Award," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (August 2017).
Kokoras, P., "Scholarly and Creative Activity (SCA) Award," University of North Texas, $4500 Funded. (August 2014).
Kokoras, P., "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship (JF-SRF)," University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (August 2012).
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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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