Application for PhD in Performing Arts Technology, University of Michigan
1. NIME 2021 Conference Paper
“On Parallel Performance Practices: Some Observations on Personalizing DMIs as Percussionists”
(Timothy Roth, Aiyun Huang, Tyler Cunningham)
This is a conference paper that I co-authored investigating the outcomes of a workshop held by the TaPIR Lab exploring the creation of simple DMIs using Arduino. All three authors contributed in writing and editing the article, however as corresponding author I took the lead on writing and and made the final revisions for submission.
2. Musicae Scientiae Journal Article
“Please unmute your microphone: Comparing the effectiveness of remote versus in-person percussion training”
(Tristan Loria, Ben Duinker, Timothy Roth, Aiyun Huang, and Michael H. Thaut)
This is a journal article that I co-authored reporting the results of a study taken in the Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC) at the University of Toronto. I assisted in experiment design, operating of motion capture equipment, data processing and writing and editing the final paper.
3. Master’s Major Project: chatterbox EP (2023)
This is a 5-song EP of songs that served as my Major Project for my Master’s in Music Technology and Digital Media at the University of Toronto. Inspired by hip-hop production and experimental improvisation, I wanted to create music that I could perform live. This resulted in a live video performance with a setup consisting of noise boxes and found sounds miked by 25 contact microphones.
4. Max patch: Note Onset Detection Tool
This patch is a research tool that I developed to aid data processing for motion capture studies in the Music and Health Research Collaboratory at the University of Toronto. I used it to process thousands of audio excerpts and ran training sessions on its use for other members of the lab. It was used in two seperate studies, one of which is currently under review for publication.
5. Max patch: Shadow Box (1986)
5. Max patch: Shadow Box (1986)
This patch is a digital reconstruction of the electronics portion for David Jaeger’s “Shadow Box” (1986) for accordion and live electronics. I am working with the composer and an accordionist to revive this work, which has not been performable for some time. The patch also serves as a test for a new preservation method that I am working on by creating dataset .csv files to store DSP information, serving as a potential future research project.
Other items of interest include…
The ICMC 2023 Paper that I co-authored about Max pedagogy:
The 2022 performance of Stockhausen’s “Mikrophonie I” (1964) that I led at the University of California, San Diego:
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