Ernst Bonis
As a child I was a daydreamer. I lived in my own little world with passions for music, sound and animals. My early school career was not very successful, which resulted in me being mainly a self-taught man. In addition to my childhood passions, which are still very much alive, I developed an interest in analogue electronics, sound synthesis, psycho-acoustics, acoustics of musical instruments, language and veg(etari)an cooking; not necessarily in that order.
For two years I followed the sonology course at Utrecht University. My sources of inspiration were the staff members Werner Kaegi, Jo Scherpenisse, Stan Tempelaars and Jaap Vink.
After my initial work as a teacher in Secondary Education, Special Education, High School and Training College for Primary Education, I mainly lectured at the Zeeuws Instituut voor Kunstzinnige Vorming (art education), Tilburgse Dans- en Muziekschool, the conservatoires of Maastricht, Utrecht, Rotterdam and the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort. The subjects I taught were sonology, electronic music, sound synthesis, organology and music for automated carillons. As one of the initiators of the music & technology majors at the Utrecht School of Music & Technology, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, was my major employer for about twenty years. During that period I was also part time curator for ten years of the musical instruments department at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
As a freelancer I worked for, among others, Nederland Muziek (Oberheim synthesizers), Manufacturers Centre Holland (ARP synthesizers), Kultuurdienst, Yamaha Benelux, Royal Eijsbouts bell-foundry, Holland village Huis ten Bosch Nagasaki, Nationale Reisopera and ArtEZ conservatoire. In my sparetime I wrote articles for magazines such as Muziekkrant OOR, MIDI magazine, Keyboards & MIDI, Computer Music Journal and Interface.
My music, mostly short artisanal functional electronic music pieces to illustrate my lectures and publications. I also create autonomous work: improvisations on various synthesizers and generative compositions for electronics and automated carillon.
For two years I followed the sonology course at Utrecht University. My sources of inspiration were the staff members Werner Kaegi, Jo Scherpenisse, Stan Tempelaars and Jaap Vink.
After my initial work as a teacher in Secondary Education, Special Education, High School and Training College for Primary Education, I mainly lectured at the Zeeuws Instituut voor Kunstzinnige Vorming (art education), Tilburgse Dans- en Muziekschool, the conservatoires of Maastricht, Utrecht, Rotterdam and the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort. The subjects I taught were sonology, electronic music, sound synthesis, organology and music for automated carillons. As one of the initiators of the music & technology majors at the Utrecht School of Music & Technology, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, was my major employer for about twenty years. During that period I was also part time curator for ten years of the musical instruments department at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
As a freelancer I worked for, among others, Nederland Muziek (Oberheim synthesizers), Manufacturers Centre Holland (ARP synthesizers), Kultuurdienst, Yamaha Benelux, Royal Eijsbouts bell-foundry, Holland village Huis ten Bosch Nagasaki, Nationale Reisopera and ArtEZ conservatoire. In my sparetime I wrote articles for magazines such as Muziekkrant OOR, MIDI magazine, Keyboards & MIDI, Computer Music Journal and Interface.
My music, mostly short artisanal functional electronic music pieces to illustrate my lectures and publications. I also create autonomous work: improvisations on various synthesizers and generative compositions for electronics and automated carillon.