Previously, he was chair of the Department of Music and Coordinator of Music Theory at the University of South Alabama, coordinator of music at Lewis Clark State College, and an assistant professor at Pacific University and the University of Northern Iowa.
He is a sought-after consultant and a published multimediaist and composer. He has received numerous awards and honors and presents regularly at the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME), the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), and the College Music Society (CMS).
]]>1988 - Master of Music, East Carolina University
1986 - Bachelor of Arts, Jacksonville State University
1999 – B.A. in Music (summa cum laude), Yale University
2001 – M.A. in music composition, Columbia University
2005 – D.M.A. in music composition, Columbia University
For me, composing music is more than a means for artistic expression, it is a mechanism to reflect upon my experiences with music and to share those experiences with others. My work is driven by a continual exploration of how music has been meaningful to me — as a composer, as a performer, and as a listener. In short, I write music not to express ideas but to share experiences.
Driven by these motivations, I often create music that moves beyond the printed score. The context within which the work exists, along with my relationship to its performers and listeners, are important design elements. The dynamic process by which we collaboratively create the work’s musical content — through live audience participation or in online environments — can be as important to me as any specific musical product that may result.
In these works, technology is never an end in itself. It is a means by which to accomplish an artistic goal. My research in computer vision, real-time music notation, and networked music enables me to create collaborative experiences with performers and audiences via novel input interfaces, via algorithms which process that input, and via output mechanisms that generate sound or communicate with musicians.
Performances and Exhibitions