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New York born and raised, Nicolas Collins studied composition with [[Alvin Lucier]] at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with [[David Tudor]], and
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New York born and raised, '''Nicolas Collins''' spent most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of [[STEIM|Stichting STEIM]] (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin. He has been a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1999, and a Research Fellow at the Orpheus Institute (Ghent) since 2016. From 1997-2017 he was Editor-in-Chief of the ''Leonardo Music Journal''. An early adopter of microcomputers for live performance, Collins also makes use of homemade electronic circuitry and conventional acoustic instruments. His book, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=144 Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking]'' (Routledge), has influenced emerging electronic music worldwide. [http://www.nicolascollins.com/texts/shortbio.pdf]
has collaborated with numerous soloist and ensembles around the world. He
 
lived most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of
 
[[STEIM|Stichting STEIM]] (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin.
 
Since 1997 he has been editor-in-chief of the ''Leonardo Music Journal'', and since
 
1999 a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of
 
Chicago. The second edition of his book, ''Handmade Electronic Music The Art of Hardware Hacking'', was published by Routledge in 2009. Collins has the dubious
 
distinction of having played at both CBGBs and the Concertgebouw.
 
  
http://www.nicolascollins.com
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 17 February 2025

New York born and raised, Nicolas Collins spent most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of Stichting STEIM (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin. He has been a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1999, and a Research Fellow at the Orpheus Institute (Ghent) since 2016. From 1997-2017 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Leonardo Music Journal. An early adopter of microcomputers for live performance, Collins also makes use of homemade electronic circuitry and conventional acoustic instruments. His book, Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking (Routledge), has influenced emerging electronic music worldwide. [1]

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