Tempo Mecho
2019 for the robotic instruments PAM, modular percussion and percussive aerophone (built by WPI’s MPR Lab and EMMI) by Scott Barton A groove changes identity depending on the tempo it
Mechanophore
2021 for virtual and robotic strings and percussion by Scott Barton robotic instruments by WPI’s Music Perception and Robotics Lab and EMMI Mechanophore was inspired by the force-sensitive molecular units
Experiment in Augmentation 2
for human improviser, PAM (robotic string instrument), Cyther (human-playable robotic zither) and robotic percussion 2018 Experiment in Augmentation 2 features a human-robot improvisation consisting of a human improviser and the
Through the Rain
2 channel recording Scott Barton – guitar December, 2017 Through the Rain started with a chord progression written on guitar many years ago. The progression, played on electric guitar, is
Carried by Currents
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and electronics August 2017 In the process of creating carried by currents, I imagined something ambient to balance the rather frenetic and fragmented character of
Experiment in Augmentation 1
Spring 2017 In the work, a human performer, Cyther (a human-playable robotic zither) and modular percussion robots interact with each other. The interaction between these performers is enabled by both
Effusion
Summer-Fall 2016 2 channel recording; 5:59 In “Pleasure Beats: Rhythm and the Aesthetics of Current Electronic Music”, Ben Neill describes how popular and art music are distinguished along rhythmic lines.
Intersections
for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, tom-tom, PAM (robotic string instrument), and robotic percussion Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 commissioned by the Juventas New Music Ensemble Machine expressivity is often
Eroding Mountains
For narrator, voice and electronics 2011-2014 narration: Art Cohen vocals: Scott Barton piano: Aurie Hsu Eroding Mountains is about a slow epiphany. It is about one’s realization of the value