Victor Zheng, DMA

My specialty in composition centers on autonomous electronics, behaving independently or reacting dynamically to performer input. When employing a live performer, this method opens possibilities of evolving interaction and improvisation that can represent developing narratives or explorations in the music. Conversely, without a performer, openness and uncertainties in algorithmic generation can depict an ever-changing soundscape in which the performance is not a human but the sound itself. Both methods explore the natural uncertainties of both human and natural phenomena and how their interaction can manifest in music.