Additional Scholarship
There is not much existing scholarship that references Velocity Meadows, but conductor Justin Hubbard’s doctoral dissertation – So, You Want to Do a Piece with Electronics? A Layperson’s Guide to Works for Wind Band and Electronics (permalink) – does list Velocity Meadows in Appendix G, which compiles a list of works for wind ensemble and electronics. In Dr. Hubbard’s dissertation, he also presents a technology grade classification system which is intended to work in parallel to the standard difficulty grades for wind band literature. This grading system is designed to give conductors some indication of the amount of technological preparation that will be required to perform a piece. In Hubbard’s system Velocity Meadows is given a technology grade of 5 or 6, placing it at the most difficult end of the grading spectrum, due to its use of live electronics and video.
Hubbard has also adapted the appendix from his dissertation into a Google sheets database of works for wind ensemble and electronics (with a form to contribute new entries to the database). It looks to be fairly detailed and useful with about 70 entries as of May 2025.
Notes from a presentation that Dr. Hubbard gave at the Midwest Clinic about his research are also available online.
Conductor and Trombonist Dr. Frank Perez also briefly mentions Stark’s work in his dissertation – A Survey of Performance Practice of Electroacoustic Music for Wind Band Grades 2–3 (link). Appendix E includes a short interview with Stark which explores the composer’s views on writing works for winds and electronics.