What we think of, when we think about ourselves, is a story for solo piano. Charles Nichols

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2 Cooser, violiist, ad couter music researcher Charles Nichols (wwwcharlesicholscom) is a Assistat Proessor o Coositio ad Couter Music at the School o Perormig Arts ad a Faculty Ailiate o the Istitute or Creativity, Arts, ad Techology, at Virgiia Tech Uiversity He has eared degrees rom the Eastma School o Music, Yale Uiversity, ad Staord Uiversity, where he studied coositio with Samuel Adler, Marti Bresick, aco Druckma, ad oatha Harvey, ad couter music with oatha Berger, Chris Chae, Max Mathews, ad eaclaude isset At Yale, he worked as a esearch Associate at the Ceter or Studies i Music Techology (CSMT) ad as a esearch Assistat at Haskis Laoratories At Staord, he served as the Iterim ad Associate Techical Director o the Ceter or Couter esearch i Music ad Acoustics (CCMA) While o aculty at the School o Music o the Uiversity o Motaa, he taught acoustic ad electroacoustic coositio, directed the Moutai Electroacoustic Lato Esemle (MELEe) ad Pierrot Esemle, orgaized the Moutai Couter Music Festival ad Coosers Showcase, ad maaged the Moutai Couter Music Collective ad ecordig Service His coositios, icludig acoustic ad electroacoustic music, or large ad chamer esemles, ad ixed media, accoayig dace ad aimatio, have ee reseted at coereces ad estivals, such as the Iteratioal Couter Music Coerece (ICMC), Taukay Edizioi Musicali Coteoraea Festival, ClarietFest, Poza Music Srig Iteratioal Festival, Australasia Couter Music Coerece, Festa Euroea Della Musica, Seoul Iteratioal Couter Music Festival (SICMF), Música Viva Festival, e:new Digital Arts Festival, Musicacoustica Mix, Pa Music Festival, Festival Iteracioal de Musica Electroacustica, Society o Electroacoustic Music i the Uited States (SEAMUS) Natioal Coerece, Society o Coosers, Ic Natioal Coerece, College Music Society Natioal Coerece, Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Big Sky Alive Festival, Charlotte New Music Festival, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Electroic Music Midwest, Belligham Electroic Arts Festival, Bag o a Ca Istitute, ad ue i Bualo, i the US, Argetia, Australia, Caada, Chia, Cua, Demark, Eglad, Frace, Germay, Greece, Italy, Norther Irelad, Portugal, omaia, Sloveia, Sai, ad South Korea His research, icludig motio cature or musical erormace, data soiicatio, telematic musical erormace, hatic musical istrumet desig, ad wavelet audio aalysis ad resythesis, has ee reseted at coereces, such as ICMC, the Korea ElectroAcoustic Music Society Coerece, the Iteratioal Coerece or High Perormace Coutig (SC Gloal), Associatio or Coutig Machiery Secial Iterest Grou o Grahics ad Iteractive Techiques (SIGGAPH), Iteratioal Coerece o New Iteraces or Musical Exressio (NIME), Digital Audio Eects Coerece (DAFx), Iteratioal Syosium o Music Acoustics (ISMA), Forum ICAM, ad SEAMUS, i the US, Demark, Frace, Germay, Irelad, Italy, South Korea, ad Swede He has received suort rom the Natioal Edowmet or the Arts ad Natioal Sciece Foudatio, or commissios rom the Motaa Istitute o Ecosystems, the Myra Loy Ceter or the Perormig ad Media Arts, ad the Headwaters Dace Coay, commissios rom the Associatio or America Medical Colleges, Virgiia Tech Uiversity, Drake Uiversity, Uiversity o Orego, Uiversity o Motaa, Tele Uiversity, the Missoula Syhoy Orchestra, ad the Motaa State Music Teachers Associatio, ad recogitio rom the Natioal Academy o Music, La Fudació Destellos, Istitut Iteratioal de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges, eée B Fisher Cooser Awards, New Music USA, the America Society o Coosers, Authors ad Pulishers, ad the Motaa Arts Coucil He has taught couter music workshos or the Uiversity o ome Tor Vergata i Italy, the Charlotte New Music Festival, Lewis ad Clark College, the Istitute or Creativity, Arts, ad Techology at Virgiia Tech, the Ba Cetre, ad the Ceter or Couter esearch i Music ad Acoustics at Staord Uiversity He has coducted research as a visitig scholar at the Soic Arts esearch Cetre at Quee's Uiversity Belast, Norther Irelad, collaorated as a visitig cooser with the Namaste Esemle i Città di Castello ad ome, Italy, ad coosed as a residet artist at the Ucross ad Brush Creek Artist etreats i Wyomig His recet remieres iclude Il Prete osso, or aliied violi, motio sesor, ad couter, that cotrols audio eects with a wireless motio sesor o the ow had o the violiist, Soud o ivers: Stoe Drum, a multimedia collaoratio, with soiied data, electric violi, ad couter music, accoayig arrated oetry, dace, aimatio, ad rocessed video, ased o scietiic research ito the soud o rivers, ad Nicolo, imi, ad oh, a three movemet cocerto, or aliied viola, orchestra, ad couter, isired y the virtuosity o Pagaii, Hedrix, ad Coltrae

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