EMuSE builds on the strong tradition of the studio as a creative space in which technology empowers new paths of expression for compositional and performative imagination. EMuSE will foster musical expression occurring at the intersection of contemporary music composition, instrumental/vocal performance, and technology.
EMuSE builds on the strong tradition of the studio as a creative space in which technology empowers new paths of expression for compositional and performative imagination.
“Building on the outstanding talents of Eastman students, EMuSE will foster musical expression occurring at the intersection of contemporary music composition, instrumental/vocal performance, and technology,” says Kuehn. “Areas of focus will include audio synthesis techniques, computer assisted composition, creative coding, digital signal processing, sound design, and spatialization.”
– Mikel Kuehn, Director of EMuSE, Professor of Composition
EMuSE Teaching AssistantAnak Baiharn Anak Baiharn is a composer with a fascination for a diverse array of musical styles. He enjoys composing music that engages with and transforms pre-existing musical works. Anak has collaborated with a range of ensembles, festivals, and organizations, and has participated in several music programs and competitions. These include the 81st…
EMuSE Teaching AssistantTucker Johnson Tucker Johnson is a composer, technologist, and educator based in Brockport, NY. His musical practice includes works for soloists, ensembles, and electronic media, including pieces designed for indoor and outdoor installation. He seeks to create highly organized systems to build connections between philosophy, design, and personal experience. Many of his works…
EMuSE Teaching AssistantIan T. Jones Composer and percussionist Ian T. Jones writes atmospheric, rhythmically driven music featuring colorful orchestration and electronics or electronic-inspired compositional techniques. His music aims to tackle topics in psychology, social issues, and otherwise unremarkable moments of life. Ian’s work includes acoustic, electroacoustic, and film music, and has been performed across the…
EMuSE Teaching AssistantMatthew Lam Born and raised in Hong Kong, Matthew Lam is an active composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music and an enthusiast of contemporary music style. His goal is to explore and experiment on a wide array of sounds and timbre, especially with contemporary instrumental techniques and electronics. His recent interests include saturation…
EMuSE Teaching AssistantKo Muramatsu Ko Muramatsu is a Japanese composer pursuing a Ph.D. at the Eastman School of Music. He graduated at the top of his class with a Bachelor’s degree in composition from Nihon University College of Art, where he was awarded a merit-based scholarship. He earned a master’s degree in composition at New…
EMuSE concerts will feature new compositions by prominent guest artists and students alongside historical works. Additionally, Eastman performers will have the opportunity to learn about music technology for concert production, potentially unlocking a world of new repertoire.
EMuSE
Featuring Guest Composer: Elizabeth Hoffman
Guest Performers: Andy Kozar (trumpet), Azalea Twining (soprano), and Daniel Pesca (piano)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 | 7:30 PM
Hatch Recital Hall
Elizabeth Hoffman, composer (NYC), works in acoustic, electroacoustic, and computer media and has created collaborative projects with performers including Ivan Goff, Jane Rigler, Margaret Lancaster, gamin, Marianne Gythfeldt, Elena Demyanenko, Pauline Kim Harris, String Noise, Azalea Twining, Sarah Plum, Andy Kozar, and others. Elizabeth teaches in NYU’s Arts and Science Music Department. Her electroacoustic music is published by empreintes DIGITALes. Recognition includes Bourges, Prix Ars Electronica, Pierre Schaeffer, and Sonic Circuits prizes; MacDowell, NEA, Seattle Arts Commission, and Jerome Foundation grants, an International Computer Music Association (2000) commission, and most recently an OPERA America/Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Discovery Grant. Her music often connects computer processes to acoustic sound in textural, tuning, and spatial explorations. Recent projects concern musical inter-textuality, the musicality of natural language, and multi-media interaction.
Andy Kozar is a New York City and Boston based trumpeter, improviser, composer and educator who has been called a ‘star soloist‘ by TimeOutNY. An advocate of contemporary music, he is a founding member of the contemporary music quartet loadbang. He is on faculty of New England Conservatory Prep, and Longy School of Music of Bard College in Boston where he also acts as the Conservatory’s Artistic Director and Chair of the Instrumental Studies Department. Andy Kozar’s appearance is made possible in part with funding from Yamaha. Andy is a Yamaha artist and performs exclusively on Yamaha instruments.
Azalea Twining is a soprano and composer. She was a 2020-21 Fellow of the Luna Composition Lab at Kaufman Music Center and a winner of the 2021 G. Schirmer Luna Lab Prize. Azalea studied voice with Eileen Clark from 2014-2023 and is an alumni of the WNO Opera Institute, Eastman Summer Classical Studies programs, NYU’s MPAP Summer Classical Voice Intensive. She is currently a student at Columbia University, where she studies voice with Josephine Mongiardo-Cooper, and sings in the Collegium Musicum.
EMuSE
Featuring Guest Composer: Eric Chasalow
THURSDAY, MARCH 5 | 7:30 PM
Hatch Recital Hall
Eric Chasalow is a composer, sound artist, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, teacher, and advisor to non-profits. He is well known for works that combine instruments with electronic sound but has collaborated on a wide range of projects with artists including Stehpanie Lamprea. Sharon Harms, Mari Kimura, Tony Arnold, Lucia Bova, Tim Brady, Bruno Schneider, Vicki Ray, The Lydian String Quartet, Talea Ensemble, Collage New Music, Musicatreize, New York New Music Ensemble, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and many others. Current projects focus on collaboration to reimagine vocal traditions, especially engaging oral histories and environmental sound.
EMuSE
Featuring Guest Composer: Hubert Howe
Guest Performers: Dana Crytser (flute) and Ryan Hardcastle (viola)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 | 7:30 PM
Hatch Recital Hall
EMuSE
Featuring Guest Composer: Tom Williams
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 | 7:30 PM
Hatch Recital Hall
Areas of focus will include audio synthesis techniques, computer assisted composition, creative coding, digital signal processing, sound design, and spatialization.
The Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS) emerged from the Eastman Computer Music Center, founded by Allan Schindler in 1981, as a platform for research, experimentation and realization of new music and sound art at the Eastman School of Music. Eastman rebranded EARS to the Electroacoustic Music Studios @ Eastman (EMuSE) in 2023, with the appointment of composer Dr. Mikel Kuehn ’93E (MA), ’95E (PhD) as director of the program. Kuehn also serves as Professor of Composition at Eastman.
