Smartphone Sound Design 2018

November 16th, 2018

Using modular synthesizers, my DIGA 365 students had to design a cohesive set of sound effects for a smartphone interface. This was my second year assigning this sound design task to my students, and I once again enjoyed the results. The somewhat unpredictable nature of these hardware synthesizers requires students to generate lots of potential options […]

every tree – Daegu Korea

September 4th, 2018

My sound installation, every tree, was one of 40 pieces selected for inclusion in the 2018 International Computer Music Conference. This year’s installation program was presented at Daegu Art Factory in Korea. The piece was created using binaural recordings that were captured on Stetson University’s palm court. Listeners can choose a pair of headphones and […]

DIGAhertz 2

May 5th, 2018

For the second year in a row, students in my advanced electronic music course worked together to produce a concert of original works. Once again, Collective Church graciously hosted us and helped produce the live stream (which is still available as an archive here). Overall, it was another great learning experience and another great night […]

SNIBITZ

February 28th, 2018

In the Spring 2018, I was able to work out an agreement with Essential Pianos, who generously loaned us a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano for two full weeks. The Disklavier is a fully acoustic piano with added mechanics that allow it to be controlled by computer using MIDI. My students and I held a joint […]

for this day at Unbalanced Connection

February 16th, 2018

8-channel composition @ Florida Contemporary Music Festival at U of Florida. I was invited by members of the Music Composition program at University of Florida to present music as part of their Unbalanced Connection concert. For this event, I composed a new work called for this day for the eight channel sound system in their […]