I am a composer working primarily in electronic music and intermedia environments. I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Music Composition from the University of North Texas and my B.A. in Music Technology from Montana State University. I currently work as a full-time professor of music and audio engineering at Grayson College in Denison, TX.
I enjoy working with a variety of media, as a way of learning new things and expanding the tools available to me as I work to compose/create interesting pieces of art. A particular concern of mine is creating work that squarely acknowledges and engages with the multiple layers of signification and mediation that occur in aesthetic experience. In this respect, some recurring areas of interest for me are the role of varied aesthetic conventions in artistic creation, the role of viscerality/bodily reaction in artistic perception, the role of institutions in ascribing aesthetic legitimacy to artwork, and the role of subjective knowledge in a given person’s experience of a work of art.
I often create work that is presented throughout the North Texas region and I am active as a composer outside the region, having had music featured at the International Computer Music Conference, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, Sonic Matter, and a variety of other festivals and conferences.
In addition to my work as a teacher and composer, I currently serve as the President of the Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), having previously served as Director of Communications for the organization.
I enjoy working with a variety of media, as a way of learning new things and expanding the tools available to me as I work to compose/create interesting pieces of art. A particular concern of mine is creating work that squarely acknowledges and engages with the multiple layers of signification and mediation that occur in aesthetic experience. In this respect, some recurring areas of interest for me are the role of varied aesthetic conventions in artistic creation, the role of viscerality/bodily reaction in artistic perception, the role of institutions in ascribing aesthetic legitimacy to artwork, and the role of subjective knowledge in a given person’s experience of a work of art.
I often create work that is presented throughout the North Texas region and I am active as a composer outside the region, having had music featured at the International Computer Music Conference, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, Sonic Matter, and a variety of other festivals and conferences.
In addition to my work as a teacher and composer, I currently serve as the President of the Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), having previously served as Director of Communications for the organization.