Plymouth University

Faculty Member, ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research)

Professor of Computer Music, Head of ICCMR

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I am a composer working at the crossroads of music and science. My music is informed and inspired by my research into Artificial Intelligence in significant ways. My repertoire includes music for symphonic orchestras, chamber groups, solo instruments - with and without live electronics - and electroacoustic music.

My music has been broadcast and performed at festivals and concerts worldwide, by renowned performers and ensembles such as Ian Pace (piano), Frances M Lynch (soprano), Mariona Sagarra (soprano), Luciani Cardassi (piano), Catarina Domenici (piano), Ney Rosauro (percussion), Chamber Group of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (OSPA), BBC Concert Orchestra, Heritage Orchestra and Ten Tors Orchestra, to cite but a few. In addition to concert music, I have composed for theatre and contemporary dance.

My research interests and expertise include: composition (including algorithmic,  computer-aided and electroacoustic), sound synthesis, new musical interfaces, expressive music performance (by machines), brain-computer music interfacing, evolutionary computer music, music neurotechnology, unconventional computation (for music technology) and artificial intelligence.

I am proud of the impact of my research into brain-computer music interfacing (or BCMI) for people with severe disabilities, which was the topic of a key note I gave at the international conference on "Music Technology: Solutions to Challenges", held in 2010 at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, in London.

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