Benjamin Bacon
MA Music Technology
Supervisor: Prof.
Marcelo M. Wanderley
Email: benjamin [dot] bacon [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca
Web:
http://bbacon.org
Fax: +1 (514) 398-2962
Phone: +1 (514) 398-4535 ext. 094846
Research Interests
Gesture Analysis
Human Computer Interaction
Interface Design
Graphic Design
Music Composition and Performance
Academic Background
B.Mus. (Percussion Performance / Music in Technology and Related Arts) - Oberlin College and Conservatory (Ohio) - 2011
MA Candidate (Music Technology)- McGill University (Canada) - 2014
Current Projects
Handedness in Performative Gesture
Intermedia Controls for Percussion Performance - CIRMMT Research Award sponsored project with Christian Smith
Visual Display of Musical Information and Score Design
Field Recording
Photography
Past Projects
IR//TV - Installation for Television and IR remote at SICPP 2013 at the New England Conservatory of Music
Assessasses - Composition for piano, for MUCO 542 with Philippe Leroux, Spring 2013
Papa Guiro - Final project for MUMT 620 with Marcelo Wanderley
Recreation of Obsolete Mechanical Processing in Contemporary Music - 2011 Presser Foundation sponsored project at STEIM
Publications
In Proceedings
Benjamin Bacon
,
Marcelo M. Wanderley
and
Fabrice Marandola
.
"The Effects of Handedness in Percussion Sight Reading"
. In
Proceedings of the 2014 International Workshop on Movement and Computing (MOCO14)
, 2014.
Benjamin Bacon
and
Marcelo M. Wanderley
.
"The Effects of Handedness in Percussion Performative Gesture"
. In
Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium of Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR2013)
, 2013.
Master's Theses
Benjamin Bacon
.
"The Effects of Handedness on Percussive Gesture"
.
Masters thesis
, McGill University. 2014.
Links
Technology in Music and Related Arts at Oberlin
Campus Mixtapes