Composer | Arranger | Author
RATTLE RECORDS releases SOJOURN my first solo CD
In late December of 2017 New Zealand record company Rattle Records released a CD consisting only of music I wrote during my sojourn in New Zealand from 2006 to 2015. To read more about the pieces on the CD and my compositional journey that led to them CLICK HERE. To downoad the album from iTunes click on the icon below.
WILEY-BLACKWELL releases
A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome On Screen
Read my chapter "Man to Man: Music and Masculine Relations in Ben-Hur (1925 and 1959)" in the new book A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen.
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A comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds.
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Written by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. Productions included are a mix of Hollywood and European spanning from the silent film era though modern day television series, and topics discussed include Hollywood politics in film, soundtrack and sound design, high art and low art, European art cinemas, and the ancient world as comedy.
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Written for students of film and television as well as those interested in studies of ancient Rome and Greece, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards Christianity, the impact of changing techniques in film production, and fascinating explorations of science fiction and technical fantasy in the ancient world on popular TV shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who.
NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA releases recording of Shakespeare Bitters
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has just released the recording of my orchestral song cycle, Shakespeare Bitters, with soprano Lisa Harper-Brown and conductor Hamish McKeich. Have listen by clicking here. Enjoy!
Prock Appointed Affiliated Associate Professor
On December 1st Stephan was appointed Affiliated Associate Professor in the Music Department at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The Music Department sits within the College of Arts, Media and Design along with the Departments of Architecture, Art + Design, Communication Studies, Game Design, Journalism, Media and Screen Studies, and Theater. Stephan is looking forward to working closely with other members of faculty and staff both within the Music Department and in the other diverse units of the CAMD to further its various missions and vision.
PROCK & CO. have moved!
After having spent the last nine years living and working in Wellington, New Zealand, my family and I have relocated half way around the world (again!) to settle in the Boston area. Having given up my post as Senior Lecturer at the New Zealand School of Music, I am looking forward to my new freelance status with a number of new commissions and writing projects. Sign up to receive news on current and future projects and performances.
SUCK IT UP!
New Short Feature Film Score
In the last two weeks before catapulting out of New Zealand, I foolishly agreed to write the score for a short feature film by Italian director Jordan Beresford. I barely finished the score as the movers were taking furniture out from under me in my studio. With the help of music editor Ewan Clark, we got score to picture. The film premiered on 7 July 2015 in the Paramount theatre in downton Wellington to a large and enthusiastic crowd. Download the album now!
