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Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) creates robotic musical instruments, compositions, performances, and tools for the creation of musical robots. www.expressivemachines.com

Expressive Machines (EMMI)

November 8, 2014

Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) is a band of sonic thrill seekers, composers who have turned to the creation of novel robotic musical instruments to achieve their musical vision. Founded in Charlottesville, Virginia by Troy Rogers, Steven Kemper, and Scott Barton in 2007, the multifaceted organization operates as a composers’ collective, performance troupe, instrument design/development […]

Soundscape Architecture

November 6, 2014

Collaboration as a composer and audio analysis and visualization consultant for Karen Van Lengen’s Soundscape Architecture Project, made possible by the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia. I analyzed, visualized, and transformed one minute field recordings collected by Karen in a number of iconic architectural spaces, creating composed distillations […]

MN Made

November 5, 2014

MN MADE 2014 centered around two guests: composer Troy Rogers, who lead Musical Robot workshops and presented a concert, and Zeitgeist, who led workshops and presented a concert of early electroacoustic music. MNMade is a festival celebrating, exploring, and disseminating the handmade and hands-on contemporary musical experience. The festival is especially interested in the practice […]

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