RhumbLine: Plectrohyla Exquisita

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Margaret Anne Schedel is a composer and cellist specializing in the creation and performance of ferociously interactive media whose works have been performedthroughout the United States and abroad. As an Associate Professor of Music at Stony Brook University, she serves as Co-Director of Computer Music and is the Director of cDACT, the consortium for digital arts, culture and technology. Her research focuses on gesture in music, the sustainability of technology in art,and sonification of data. In her spare time she curates exhibitions focusing on theintersection of art, science, new media, and sound.

Brian Smith is a musician, writer, and artist interested in exploring cultural practices, social forces, and technology through the medium of sound. As a co-founder of the ensemble ScreenPlay, he pursues a deep interest in experimental musical practices and improvisation with audio-visual works that merge animated notational schemes and artistic sonification practices based on large-scale data sets. Brian’s current project, Human+, combines his interest in technologically-mediated sonic arts with a fiendish advocacy for new works by living composers to develop a repertoire of duets for musical robotics and percussionist.

Rob Cosgrove is a percussionist, composer, and artist with a practice focused on experimental music and sound. Internationally exhibited and performed from Fridman Gallery to Carnegie Hall, his recent work focuses on novel uses of amplification, feedback systems, and complex textural strata. Rob is currently a doctoral candidate at SUNY Stony Brook in New York.

Nick Hwang is a composer and sonic artist whose work explores connections in art, technology and interaction. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater in the Media Arts and Game Development program. Nick earned his PhD in Compositional and Experimental Music & Digital Media at the Louisiana State University. His research interests include live electronic/acoustic instrument performances, laptop ensembles, physical/gestural musical controls, interactive musical systems, and game design in musical settings. His on-going research projects include novel musical controllers, and networked musical communication.