Robert K. Willey Associate Professor, School of Music PO Box 43850, Lafayette, LA 70504 Telephone: (337) 482-5204 willey@louisiana.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Music – Theoretical Studies – University of California, San Diego (1990).

Master of Arts – Computer Music – University of California, San Diego (1983).

Bachelor of Arts – Music Major – University of North Texas (1979).

Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Girard Endowed Chair, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Courses in form and analysis, recording studio techniques, MIDI and synthesis, 20th century music analysis, live sound and editing, music business. 2002 to present.

Lecturer, South Louisiana Community College, teaching Pro Tools on TDM and LE systems in conjunction with high definition television digital media project. 2003 to present.

Assistant Professor, State University of New York - College at Oneonta, Oneonta, New York. Courses in popular music theory, rock ensemble, music appreciation, computer literacy, sight reading, and songwriting. Coordinator of music theory and piano lab program. 1999 to 2002.

Visiting Professor, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil. Courses in improvisation, accompaniment, and music theory. Created and directed teacher training program to develop online courses. 1999.

Visiting Professor, Carlos Gomes Conservatory, Belém, Brazil. Courses in arranging, orchestration, keyboard improvisation, class piano, music technology, and chamber music. Developed online library of music from the north of Brazil. 1998 to 1999.

Visiting Professor, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. Internet applications in education, studio design. 1997.

Lecturer , University of California, Santa Barbara Extension. Computer programming, MIDI, sound synthesis, and arranging music for the Internet. 1997 to 2001.

Lecturer, University of San Diego. Computer music, theory, composition, and 20th century music. Supervised senior projects. Accompanied voice students in recitals and competitions. Wrote, arranged, and conducted scores for theatrical productions. 1995 to 1997.

Fulbright Scholar, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Computer music composition and performance, studio design and integration. 1996.

Instructor, Grossmont College. Music theory, keyboard skills, electronic music synthesis, MIDI, and sequencing, 1993 - 1994.

Lecturer, University of California, San Diego . Introductory computer programming courses to groups of two hundred students, 1992 - 1994.

Lecturer, San Diego State University. Recording studio, electronic music, composition, studio laboratory, computer music analysis, 1988 - 1992.Areas of

Specialization and Research
Multimedia, direction, remote recording, videography, editing, postproduction, DVD authoring, web integration.

Music technology, algorithmic performance, surround sound, MIDI, sequencing, digital audio, editing.

Internet applications, interdisciplinary work including computer literacy, graphic design, software development of interactive environments for learning, and distance learning.

Computer mediated performance, creation of software systems for original compositions and collaborations with other artists.

Learning, research and experimentation in techniques for efficient skill acquisition and memorization.

Awards
Co-director, Technology Teaching Facility: Redesigning the Music Education Curriculum to Incorporate Computing and Multimedia, Regents award, funded (2005) $127,700.

Co-investigator, Expanding the Media Arts Workshop to Include a Multiform Digital Imaging Studio with Facilities for Interactive, Aoustical, and Telematic Visualization, Regents award, funded (2003) $82,830.

Sound Spatialization: equipment proposal funded to investigate spatialization strategies in 5.1 DVD environment, U.L.L. (2002) $9,000.

New York State/ United University Professions Joint Labor-Management Committee on Technology research grant: Teaching in the Extended Music Laboratory. Integrating College’s facilities, redesigning curriculum, SUNY - Oneonta (2000-2001) $14,250.

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center Fellowship, developed approach for an adaptive tutoring web for self study, and courseware for Music 139, 247, and 248, SUNY-Oneonta (2000).

Student – Faculty Creativity Research Award to purchase notation software, compose piano music for computer-controlled acoustic piano, and publish on the world wide web, SUNY-Oneonta (2000).

Research Interests
My specializations and research interests are in music theory, composition, arranging, performance, music technology, multimedia, Internet applications, computer-mediation, learning, and creativity.  These activities can be clustered into four areas:
 
1) Multimedia: DVD production and Internet integration.
Research in sound spatialization in the 5.1 surround environment, audio and video processing using Max/MSP and Jitter, DVD-Audio mixing and production.

2) Composition and computer-mediated performance: music composition for a variety of acoustic and electronic situations, designing and implementing interactive performance systems for my own works and in collaboration with other artists.

In the short run I would like to develop my catalog of works.  I am interested in new “American” music (the confluence of European and African traditions in the northern and southern hemispheres), and exploring new environments and interfaces.  I would like to publish an article or short book about interactive systems including the approach I have developed in my works over the past ten years.  I will look for opportunities to work with others artists such as composers, performers, dancers, actors, writers, visual artists, and videographers.

I have submitted an article on my approach to "programmable instruments".

In the long run I would like to grow as a composer and performer of music, and to help others realize their creative goals.

3) Analysis: the study of interesting compositions and techniques, and the process of making them understandable to others.

I have submitted an article on the music of Conlon Nancarrow.

I have submitted three entries for the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States, on Don Buchla, ProTools, and Antonio Carlos ("Tom") Jobim.  I am planning a tribute concert for the 10th anniversary of Jobim's death for the fall of 2004 and am doing research for a book a book.  I am writing a harmonic analysis of his compositions for a magazine article.

In the long run I would like to have a deeper understanding of the evolution and experience of music, the creative and listening processes, and to have made available what I have learned to others.

4) Applications of technology to teaching: experiments in memorization and skill acquisition, collaboration, design and assessment of didactic materials, and computer-aided instruction.

In the short run I want to find out more about how learning can be improved, acquire and exercise programming skills for interactive teaching environments delivered over networks, complete a multimedia textbook on basic music theory, and develop materials for distance education courses and as supplements to classroom instruction.  I am interested in applying technology to make connections between disciplines and participating in a team to create instructional aids. In the long run I want to be involved in both regional and international programs, have experience and methods for assessing student learning, and be a more effective teacher, able to take advantage of best techniques and technologies.

5) Research and documentation of regional music

Documenting Creole/Zydeco accordian and violin music

Presented paper on using DVD for archiving culture.

Interview with Michael Doucet, Cajun violinist

Publications
From La La to Zydeco, producer of DVD documenting music from southwest Louisiana. Lafayette: Louisiana Studies, 2005 (in preparation).

Louisiana Creole Fiddle, method book and instructional DVD in conjunction with D'Jalma Garnier. Under contract with Mel Bay.

Encyclopedia entries for Antônio Carlos Jobim, Don Buchla, and Pro Tools in Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States, second edition. New York: Garland. 2004.

Night Watch, original compositions performed by New Continuum, Out of the Blue Productions, San Diego, California, 2000.

Levi, Titus, Review of Peace Pieces, Keyboard Magazine, March 1995.

SBCM II, producer of compact disk with original composition "Saudades de Ouro Preto", Computer Music Society, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 1995.

Introduction to Electronic Music, CD-ROM project, San Diego Imperial County Community Colleges Association, 1993.

Doerschuk, Robert, Review of Peace Pieces, Keyboard Magazine, December 1993

Kettlewell, Ben, Review of Peace Pieces, i/e, Winter, 1993 and Dreamsword, Winter 1993.

Washburn, Brennan, Review of Peace Pieces, Heartsong Review, Fall 1993 / Winter 1994.

Peace Pieces, compact disk of original compositions, Out of the Blue Productions, San Diego, California, 1993.

Intercambio / Exchange, producer of double CD, including original composition “Un tiro de dados”, Stanford University / University of California San Diego, Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical, Rockefeller Foundation, 1993.

Professional Experience
Pro Tools Operator training and certification, TDM and LE systems, 2003-2004.

Software Engineer, Gulbransen Inc., sound design, C programming, 1996.

Keyboardist with extensive experience in performing, accompanying, recording, and producing, 1974 - present.

Composer of soundtracks for video and CD-ROM. Electronic and instrumental scores for dance and theater productions.Presentations

“Adaptive Tutoring Web for Self-Paced Study”, Fellowship Presentation, Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, Milne Library, SUNY – College at Oneonta, 2000.

”Piano Music Compositions”, presentation at University Research Day, 2000, Hunt Union, SUNY – College at Oneonta.

“Caxambulismo”, original composition for clarinet with Buchla lightning (Maurício Loureiro), and electronics (Robert Willey), 4th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Brasília, Brazil, 1997.

“The Internet and Music Performance”, panelist, 4th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Brasília, Brazil, 1997.

“Evening of Performance Electronics”, concert of original compositions and performances presented at the 9th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, Caxambu, Brazil, 1996.

“Computer-Controlled Pianos”, lecture/concert at the 3rd Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Recife, Brazil, 1996.

“Systems and Languages for Computer-Assisted Composition”, panelist, 3rd Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Recife, Brazil, 1996.

“The Computer in Musical Education”, panelist, 2nd Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Canela, Brazil, 1995.

“Saudades de Ouro Preto”, composition for computer-mediated keyboard performance, 2nd Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Canela, Brazil, 1995.

“Dream Team”, composition for computer-mediated quintet with computer graphics, 1st Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1994.

“Computer Music in Latin America”, panelist, 1st Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1994.Current Work Integration of Pro Tools, Digital Performer, virtual instruments, surround sound, MAX/MSP, DVD production, and Csound.

Composing, and developing website with new and old compositions.

Research grant to develop surround sound applications.

Writing about original systems and theories of computer music performance systems.

Web Site Homepage

Creative work

Carlos Gomes Conservatory, including virtual museum of music from Para, Brazil.

New Music for Disklavier and Synthesizer, new music for computer-controlled acoustic piano

Algorithmic Improvisation: The Primacy of NOW, computer mediated performance

El Camino de Silicio, computer music in the Americas

Affiliations College Music Association, Brazilian Society for Computer Music, Electronic Music Foundation, Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (University of California, San Diego)Positions Held Tutorials Coordinator and Planning Commission, Brazilian Society for Computer Music, 1998 – 2000.

Concert Coordinator and Planning Commission, Brazilian Society for Computer Music, 1994 – 1997. Music papers commission member, 2005.

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