I am a composer, performer, and digital media / sound artist currently serving as Assistant Professor of Recording Arts and Music Technology in the Department of Music at Towson University. I recently completed a one year appointment teaching in the Art Department at College of the Holy Cross. Prior to Holy Cross, I served for three years at Smith College as the Sherman Fairchild Artist-in-Residence in Arts and Technology. Before coming to Smith, I spent a year at Arizona State University as a postdoctoral researcher in the Arts, Media, and Engineering Program. I played in the AMP ensemble, contributed to the Reflective Living group, and the K-12 Mediated Learning group. For several years, I worked at Brown University, where I taught courses, managed the studios, and conducted research for the Computer Music and Multimedia program. I completed a Ph.D. in Computer Music and New Media at Brown University through the Special Graduate Studies program. In 1988, I completed a bachelors degree in Music Composition at the University of Northern Colorado. I have been active for many years in the areas of composition, performance, installation, audio and video art, as well as music/technology education.
Recent/ongoing sound works include, three meditations, for prepared piano and computer, eighth nerve, an improvisational piece for prepared electric guitar and computer, and beginners mind, for sound maker and computer-mediated performance system. Recent performances include beginner's mind at NIME in Vancouver and off-ICMC in Barcelona, duo improvisations with David Birchfield at Visione Sonoras in Mexico City, the SPARK festival in Minneapolis, and the Enaction in Arts conference in Grenoble, just intoning w/ Pauline Oliveros at the International Society for Improvised Music conference in Ann Arbor, silent movies at the NWEAMO festival in Boulder, the NIME conference in Genoa, and wind and water at the ICMC / Ear to the Earth conference in NYC.