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 consistently create work for a variety of occasions, usually in the place I live (Lake Texoma region and North Texas in general). Additionally, I am active as a composer around the world, having had music featured at ICMC, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, Electronic Music Midwest, and other festivals.
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 consistently create work for a variety of occasions, usually in the place I live (Lake Texoma region and North Texas in general). Additionally, I am active as a composer around the world, having had music featured at ICMC, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, Electronic Music Midwest, and other festivals.