Christopher Ariza

live electronics

Christopher Ariza is a composer and programmer of sonic structures and systems. He is presently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has studied at Harvard University (AB), New York University (MA, PhD), and, under a Fulbright grant, at the Institute of Sonology. He has served on the faculty of Towson University as Assistant Professor of Recording Arts and Music Technology. He has composed computer and acoustic music for digital media, theatre, film, concert-hall, and interactive performance, and performs live electronics solo and in the ensemble KIOKU. He has been the recipient of fellowships, awards, and commissions, and his compositions have been performed at numerous festivals and conferences around the world. Recordings of his compositions and performances are distributed by SEAMUS and Quiet Design Records. His research in generative music systems and computer-aided algorithmic composition is made available through the open-source, cross-platform software athenaCL. His web-based media and systems include the babelcast, Post-Ut, algorithmic.net, and envl.net. His music, software, and research are distributed via flexatone h.f.p.

kioku

Wynn Yamami (taiko, percussion)
Ali Sakkal (saxophones, percussion)
Christopher Ariza (live electronics)