Benjamin BaconMA Music TechnologySupervisor: 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.