Original works by Ph.D. students in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) showcase innovative approaches to contemporary music-making. Guided by core faculty whose work spans classical composition, computer music, improvisation, and jazz, students explore interdisciplinary projects that push creative boundaries. Supported by a diverse community of performers, musicologists, theorists, and historians, the program fosters a rich environment for developing the critical and creative skills essential for today’s musicians.

Featuring new compositions by Ph.D. students from the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) program, this concert explores the creative potential of MUGIC®—a motion system developed by Mari Kimura. Through this innovative technology, movement is transformed into dynamic and expressive musical forms.

The Art of the Unheard

Capstone Recital by William David Fastenow

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

The Department of Music invites you to an engaging and explorative evening of music and sound design.  The event will feature Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) Ph.D. candidate William David Fastenow's research and creative work in "Subject-Oriented" music and sound and his custom 26-speaker spatial audio system.

Listen to the Motion

Organized by Mari Kimura

Artist Series

The Ghost of Autumn Winds (秋風の霊)

Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
Johnny Gandelsman, violin

May 16-17, 2025, 8 p.m.

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

DJ Rekha will discuss their art practice and provide a live DJ performance.

ICIT Anniversary Weekend and Concerts

Organized by Christopher Dobrian

Listen to the Motion

Organized by Mari Kimura

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, 2 p.m.

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

Listen to the Motion features a motion sensor system created by Professor Mari Kimura called MUGIC®, which captures expressive gestures. The concert features students from the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) program in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), who have been working with MUGIC®.

Department of Music Student Thesis

Betweenness

Chieh Huang, composer and percussion

Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT)

Feb. 3, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

Betweenness features the Atayal language from the island of Formosa using visuals, vibraphone, improvisations, and electronics to explore the tension and the mystery of intergenerationality.

Listen to the Motion

Organized by Mari Kimura

January 27, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

Performance Program