I was invited by UNCG's Dr. Engebretson to give a lecture on computer music and multimedia art as part of the New Music Festival that took place this past October. Below is lecture's abstract:
 
Beyond Computer Music—Reshaping Contemporary Arts through Technology
The fate of Computer Music and technology are hopelessly intertwined. Although Computer Music genre is a relative newcomer to the Arts scene, its brief history, akin to that of computer-age technology, paints an image of a resilient and malleable form of art. In what appears to be one of many breakthroughs to come, this ongoing symbiosis has in recent years led towards a total breakdown of traditional boundaries that have for centuries served as bastions of art disciplines and their unique identities. This new intermedia kind of Art begs for a homo universalis, a person who is a polymath, a generalist, or a “jack of all trades.” Terms that used to bear negative connotations (especially tenure-track faculty), now paint a picture of a modern artist who seeks proficiency in multiple areas including music, visual arts, computer science and technology, theatre, and many more. We now face an age of multidisciplinarity in which ironically academia, arguably the very birthplace of the genre, continues to struggle with restructuring to address challenges and opportunities Interactive Multimedia Art has to offer.