Welcome to my homepage. I'm a composer and improvisor, and I lead something of a dual musical life. Some of my music is highly formalized — algorithmically composed — and some is the product of collaborative free improvisation. My hope is to develop a way of working that combines these approaches to making music without diluting or compromising the features that accord each its own power.

August 18, 2009, 3:30 PM, and August 19, 2009, 3:30 PM, McGill University, Montreal: I will be presenting two papers, A Symbolic Sonification of L-Systems and Flocking in the Time/Dissonance Plane, at the 2009 International Computer Music Conference.

July 11, 2009, 7:00 PM, UCSD Calit2 Black Box Theatre: A second performance of The Duoquadraginatpus, for fretless guitar and thirty-two percussion-playing robots. Check here in the near future for more media documentation.

June 15, 2009, 9:00 PM, Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Miller Puckette presents ongoing CRCA research projects, including The Duoquadraginatpus, at the Earzoom Sonic Arts Festival.

May 19, 2009, 8:00 PM, UCSD Calit2 Auditorium: I will perform my composition-in-progress, The Duoquadraginatpus, for fretless guitar and thirty-two percussion-playing robots developed by William Brent. This project is the culmination of my doctoral work at UCSD. Check here in the near future for media documentation of our progress.

[ 2008 News ]

May 17, 2008, 8:00 PM, UCSD Warren Studio A: Arto Artinian (flute) and I (fretless guitar) perform with my MAX/MSP improvisation system. Free.

May 8, 2008, 8:00 PM, UCSD Calit2 Auditorium: Ross Karre (percussion) and I (electronics) perform my new solo percussion piece, Osmosis, incorporating the world's largest tam-tam. All of the compositions on this concert, including Philippe Manoury's Neptune and Stockhausen's Mikrophonie, feature the 6' diameter instrument. Free.

February 27, 2008, 5:00 PM, UCSD Mandeville Auditorium: Members of Steve Schick's Red Fish Blue Fish ensemble, including Justin DeHart, Jonathan Hepfer, Matthew Jenkins, and Ross Karre, premiere my new composition for four percussionists and 8-channel surround sound — The Quadropus. Tickets are $10.00.

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