|
Shawn Decker is a composer and artist who writes music for live performance, electronic
tape, and for film and video soundtracks, and works primarily with interactive
computer-based performance and with sound and electronic media installations.
His work has appeared in a variety of settings ranging from small galleries to
large concert halls, and has been heard on NPR, the European Broadcast System,
PBS, and the Learning Channel. Recent commissions include the first permanent public
sound installation ever installed in Finland, a piece for the Chicago Saxophone Quartet
which has been widely performed in the US and Europe, and an interactive live-electronic
score for a major work by the Mordine and Company dance ensemble. Mr. Decker also has
performed with and composed for the acclaimed new music ensemble KAPTURE. In addition to
writing and producing music, Mr. Decker is an Associate Professor in the Art and
Technology and Sound departments at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
In addition to his creative work, Mr. Decker also writes and lectures, and was recently
the chair of the 1997 International Symposium on the Electronic Arts.
Mr. Decker received a Bachelor's degree in music composition from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music, and Master's and Doctor's degrees from the Northwestern
University School of Music.
|