research

My research develops frameworks for making and presenting music where analysis, synthesis, and performance operate simultaneously. Beginning from a prototype—a score, a text, an abstract idea, a performance system—these three modes fuse into a single generative act.

inthi (2024–present)

Inertia-Based Composition System

Algorithmic framework | 2024–present

inthi is an algorithmic composition system built around the concept of "inertia"—where parameters control how likely musical elements are to persist versus change—creating organically evolving works across diverse instrumentations and ensemble types. Each piece assigns abstract musical functions across any instrumentation, enabling rich polyrhythmic interactions and formal variety. The system can generate invented phonetic text that may be used independently or integrated with musical material, with optional text-to-speech synthesis for vocal parts. inthi explores how algorithmic processes can generate coherent musical narratives across diverse formats—from intimate chamber works to dramatic operatic structures—outputting to MusicXML, MIDI, and PDF formats for both acoustic and electronic compositional environments.

AEJAA (2020–2023)

Web-Based Performance Platform

Remote collaboration framework | 2020–2023

AEJAA is an online performance platform created in response to the constraints of the pandemic, designed to facilitate remote musical collaboration across geographical distances. The platform served as the infrastructure for numerous performances and projects, including the radioptical opera Medea, which united musicians, dancers, and actors across four countries.

Rather than attempting to recreate the conditions of live performance, AEJAA embraced the specificities of mediated interaction—latency, spatial distribution, asynchronous collaboration—as compositional materials. The platform became both tool and medium, shaping the aesthetic possibilities of the works it enabled.

Unified Practice

These frameworks reflect a broader philosophical commitment: that analysis, synthesis, and performance are not separate activities but inseparable aspects of a unified compositional process. Conducting an existing score, building a performance platform, or creating an algorithmic composition system all represent different manifestations of the same fundamental approach—working with musical materials through sustained, systematic engagement that refuses the separation of thinking, making, and performing.