Ph.D. in Composition and Music Technology, University of Oregon
M.A. in Composition, University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. in Music, Bates College
Simon Hutchinson is a composer and designer of compact interactive experiences.
A voracious scholar of all aspects of music, his work synthesizes disparate ideas–European concert traditions and creative electronics; acoustic musical instruments and digital video games; East Asian folk and American jazz, rock and funk–and these combinations yield novel musical experiences, engaging with the relationships between society, technology, and the human experience.
Hutchinson holds a PhD in Composition with supporting coursework in Intermedia Music Technology from the University of Oregon, where he was named the Outstanding Graduate Scholar in Music. Hutchinson’s studies in cross-cultural composition were supported by the Sasakawa Young Leader’s Fellowship Fund (SYLFF), and his works are now performed across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Synthesis and Sound Design
Interactive and Electronic Audio
Composition
2019 Kyma International Sound Symposium, Busan, SOUTH KOREA
2019 IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media Conference, Yale University, CT
2019 International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Gwangju, SOUTH KOREA
2018 NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival, NY
2018 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music US National Conference, University of Oregon
2017 eviMUS, Saarbrücken, GERMANY
2017 Kyma International Sound Symposium, Oslo, NORWAY
2017 Audio Mostly Conference, Queen Mary University, London, UK
2017 Technologies for Musical Notation and Representation Conf., A Coruña, SPAIN
2017 Festival of Contemporary Art Music, Society of Composers, Inc. Region VIII
2016 FIVA, Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2016 11th Annual Animsfest; Athens, GREECE
2015 International Digital Media Arts Association National Conference; East Tennessee State University
2015 International Double-Reed Society Conference; Tokyo, JAPAN
2015 Sound Culture Festival; Bellingham, WA
2015 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music US National Conference; Virginia Tech
2014 Musicacoustica; Beijing, CHINA
2014 Kyma International Sound Symposium; MHL, Lübeck, GERMANY
2014 College Music Society, Pacific Northwest Conference; Missoula, MT
2014 Electronic Music Midwest Mini Festival; Bozeman, MT
2013 Kyma International Sound Symposium; Brussels, BELGIUM
2013 New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference; Daejeon, South Korea
2012 North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Conference; Arizona State
2012 ATMI/CMS/NASM Joint National Conferences; San Diego, CA
2011 Miso Music Portugal Música Viva Festival; Lisbon, PORTUGAL
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Three University of New Haven professors are among an elite group of artists from across the state who have been recognized by the Connecticut Office of the Arts, an honor that supports the continued development of their work.