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from here to there
2012 for the musical robots AMI and CARI; 5:00 From Here to There explores the transformational distance between contrasting entities. The idea of transformational distance, borrowed from psychology and algorithmic information theory, measures the similarity between entities as a function of the list of instructions that is required to transform entity A into entity B.…
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Push for Position
2010-2011 for saxophone, bassoon, PAM, MARIE and electronics Push for Position comprises a number of core trajectories that are defined by sound source (in this case, human-played instruments, robotic instruments, and synthesizers), high-level associations, and thematic material. These trajectories intertwine with each other so that when one rises to the surface, the others are eclipsed.…
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music technology at WPI
WPI’s commitment to the study of music is evident through groundbreaking research and student projects in several areas of music technology. Faculty are working in musical robotics, assistive learning technologies, audio production, radio station programming, and much more.
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Street Meetings
composed with Steven Kemper, Fall 2010 interactive installation for the musical robots PAM and CADI Often, we shape our behavior in response to the ambient noise created by machines. This piece explores a reconfiguration of this type of interaction: here, machines respond to the ambient noise created by people (and other machines). There is an…
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Drum Circle
composed with Steven Kemper, Winter-Spring 2010 for the robotic instruments MADI, CADI and assorted found percussion instruments Drum Circle features the robotic instruments MADI and CADI playing a diverse percussion ensemble that includes beer bottles, woodblocks, metal bowls and traditional drums in the woods of Virginia. In some sense, the colocation of machine and nature…