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

Master's Theses