Quarantine Sessions #118
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
In-person performers
Constantin Basica
Chris Chafe
Nolan Miranda
Remote performers
Henrik von Coler (Atlanta, GA)
Evan Murray (Atlanta, GA)
Juan Parra (Ghent, BE)
Klaus Scheuermann (Berlin, DE)
Constantin Basica is a Romanian composer living in the San Francisco Bay Area (CA), whose current work focuses on symbiotic interrelations between music, video, and performers. His pieces have been featured at festivals and conferences such as MATA Festival (New York, NY), the International Festival for Video art and Visual Music (Mexico City, MX), Currents New Media Festival (Santa Fe, NM), the International Week for New Music and the InnerSound International Festival for New Arts (Bucharest, RO), next_generation Festival at ZKM (Karlsruhe, DE), the 2016 Sound and Music Computing Conference (Hamburg, DE), and Aveiro_Síntese International Festival of Electroacoustic Music (Aveiro, PT). He received the ICMA Award for Best Submission from Europe at the 2017 ICMC in Shanghai (CN). Constantin earned a DMA in Composition at Stanford University (CA) under the guidance of Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, Brian Ferneyhough, Mark Applebaum, and Erik Ulman. He holds an MA degree in Multimedia Composition from the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (DE) and two BA degrees in Composition and Conducting from the National University of Music Bucharest (RO). Currently, Constantin is a postdoctoral scholar, lecturer, and the concert coordinator at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Chris Chafe is a composer, improvisor, and cellist, developing much of his music alongside computer-based research. He is Director of Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). At IRCAM (Paris) and The Banff Centre (Alberta), he pursued methods for digital synthesis, music performance and real-time internet collaboration. CCRMA's SoundWIRE project involves live concertizing with musicians the world over. Online collaboration software including jacktrip and research into latency factors continue to evolve. An active performer either on the net or physically present, his music reaches audiences in dozens of countries and sometimes at novel venues. A simultaneous five-country concert was hosted at the United Nations in 2009. Chafe’s works are available from Centaur Records and various online media. Gallery and museum music installations are into their second decade with “musifications” resulting from collaborations with artists, scientists and MD’s. Recent work includes the Brain Stethoscope project, PolarTide for the 2013 Venice Biennale, Tomato Quintet for the transLife:media Festival at the National Art Museum of China and Sun Shot played by the horns of large ships in the port of St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Henrik von Coler is a composer, performer and researcher with a background in engineering, electronic music and empirical research, who joined the School of Music at Georgia Tech in 2023. In his creative work, the design of technological systems is an integral part of the creative process. His research topics include spatial aspects of fixed media and live electronics, algorithms for sound synthesis, novel instruments, control devices and artistic practices for solo performers and ensembles. From 2015 to 2023, von Coler was the director of the TU Studio for Electronic Music at Technische Universität Berlin, where he founded the Electronic Orchestra Charlottenburg (EOC) for exploring the possibilities of live electronic ensembles on multichannel setups. He has performed and directed spatial music on immersive audio systems around the world and curated various concerts with international artists. In his recent projects he aims at a profound integration of sound, space and Human-Computer Interaction to increase the expressive means of composers and performers.
Pedro González is a Spanish violinist, composer, and researcher specialized in multidisciplinary and intermedia art projects. His compositions have been performed at various festivals around Europe, including the Internationales Musikfest Hamburg, International Computer Music Conference, Sound & Music Computing Conference, Centre National de Création Musicale (GRAME), Musica Festival in Strasbourg, or Klangwerksttat, Berlin,. In March 2021, Pedro was appointed Professor for Contemporary Music, Multimedia Composition, and Non Idiomatic Improvisation at ESMUC in Barcelona. He also gives seminars on live electronics and multimedia at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and works as a freelance composer and violinist in Spain and Northern Germany.
Fred Malouf is a composer/performer (guitar) involved in all kinds of music. He is primarily interested in improvisation and the use of technology in music.
Nolan Miranda is a fourth-year student in math, music technology, and computer science at Stanford University. His music interests include jazz, classical, other improvisatory music, analog and digital synthesizers, and computer music.
Evan Murray is a fifth-year student pursuing a master's degree in music technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology with studies focused on Digital Signal Processing and Human and Computer Interaction. In his spare time between being a student, he enjoys contributing to open-source software projects for musicians and music producers, such as AudioKit. He also runs a small consulting business, Aura Audio LLC, where he has helped various music startups bring their prototypes to life. One of which was an Icelandic startup called Overtune, which has been coined for "aiming to democratize music creation" by Yahoo Finance.
Juan Parra Cancino studied Composition at the Catholic University of Chile and Sonology at The Royal Conservatoire The Hague (NL), where he obtained his Masters degree with focus on composition and performance of electronic music. In 2014, Juan obtained his PhD degree from Leiden University with his thesis “Multiple Paths: Towards a Performance practice in Computer Music”. His compositions have been performed in Europe, Japan, North and South America in festivals such as ICMC, “Sonorities”, “Synthese”, and “November Music”, among many others. His acousmatic piece Serenata a Bruno obtained a special mention at the Bourges electroacoustic music competition of 2003 and in 2004, his piece Tellura was awarded with the residence prize of the same competition. Founder of The Electronic Hammer, a Computer and Percussion trio and Wiregriot, (voice & electronics), he collaborates regularly with Ensemble KLANG (NL) and Hermes (BE), among many others. His work in the field of live electronic music has made him recipient of numerous grants such as NFPK, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the International Music Council. Since 2009 Parra is a fellow researcher at the Orpheus Institute (Ghent, BE), focused on performance practice in Computer Music.
Luhee Hyunkyung Shin is currently pursuing her graduate studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Shin focuses her research on developing sonic interaction and immersive sound environments, expanding her work in the realm of music and technology. As a music technologist with a deep passion for the future of sound, her innovative spirit drives her to explore new ways of music creation and design technical systems that enable audiences to connect with new experiences within an evolving sonic landscape. Starting her musical journey as a classical bassist, she has since broadened her artistic horizons, delving into sound in innovative and exciting ways. Her compositions heavily incorporate technology, integrating her research into the design of software and hardware that push the boundaries of sound possibilities. She has showcased her works at the Berklee Interdisciplinary Art Institute, International Csound Conference, New York Electroacoustic Festival, and others. Her works integrate other creative disciplines, which is evidenced by her multi-channel, multi-sensory interactive installations, which aim to provide new experiences.
Trummerschlunk (audiolith, lemme records, hold your ground)
Trummerschlunk performs slow techno that immerses into a modular synthesizer-driven soundscape and invites to a sci-fi inspired journey toward big questions and amorphous feelings. In real life, Klaus Scheuermann is a Berlin based mix- and mastering engineer with allmost 20 years of experience in jazz and electronic music.