About
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- Columbus State University, next to Matt McCabe.
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- Photographer: Collin Richie
Nick Hwang (b. 1982) is a composer whose research interests include live electronic/acoustic instrument performances, laptop ensembles, physical/gestural musical controls, and interactive musical systems. His on-going research projects include musical control involving touch surfaces, networked musical communication, laptop orchestra development, and programming for sound diffusion in loudspeaker orchestras.
Nick has written music for large and small ensembles, including large orchestra, choir/voice, solo and chamber groups and combinations of electroacoustic music. He has written and arranged music for theatre and musical theatre. Recent performances include Festival of Contemporary Music in Baton Rouge; the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in New York; the International Society of Improved Music Conference (ISIM) in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and the Society of ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) in Miami, Florida.
Nick holds a Masters degree in Music Composition from Louisiana State University and B.A. in Theory and Composition from the University of Florida. His teachers have included James Paul Sain, Paul Koonce, Paul Richards, Paul Basler, Dinos Constantinides, and Stephen David Beck.
Nick is currently a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University where he is studying music composition and experimental music and digital media with Stephen David Beck and Jesse Allison.
His collaborative work has been in performance and programming with The Three Computeers and [Sound | Mediation].
Please refer to [ music ] for a list of works and [ recordings ] to view scores and hear performances .
When he is not composing, programming or building, Nick mentors college-bound high-schoolers in Baton Rouge through the Baton Rouge Youth Coalition BRYC, plays on and helps coach a number of Baton Rouge and LSU ultimate frisbee teams, and is currently vice president of the student-led Sonic Arts Collective at LSU (dedicated to the creation, discussion, and performance of electronic music/sound).