Registration for the first term is now open! Link to registration below. Early-bird discount for registration by August 23rd, 2024 Program Director: Eric Singer |
ShapeShifter Academy begins September at ShapeShifter Lab
ShapeShifter Academy is a new learning center for intensive courses and workshops in today’s most popular and cutting-edge music and video software, hardware and techniques. This Fall, we will be offering two terms of courses, the first from September to mid-October and the second, from mid-October to late November, 2024
Briggan Krauss, saxophonist and composer, has been an internationally recognized key player in New York City’s creative music scene since 1994. He connects the extreme edges of technique with the unexplored tonal possibilities of the instrument while making his work as much about shape as it is about his unique signature sound. Briggan’s voice has been a part of the iconic quartet Sexmob from its inception. Briggan is also a guitarist and makes wide-ranging use of Max/MSP for digital audio and video in the areas of sound art, electronic music, and interdisciplinary performance. https://briggankrauss.com, https://briggankrauss.bandcamp.com
Joshua Goldberg is an artist, producer and developer whose work explores the destruction of meaning and stories in the name of physiological effects and disorienting psychedelia. As the first person at NYU’s ITP program to explore the usage of Max for video and the creator of the Max/MSP/Jitter curricula for both the Parsons MFADT and the NYU IDM programs, he’s been kicking at node-based programming language techniques for almost twenty five years. https://goldbergs.com
Armon Naeini is a multimedia artist, creative technologist, and educator. His work augments and deconstructs identity and reality through glitching and destruction of visual data. Armon produces interactive installations, real-time visuals, AR/XR experiences, and experimental software to explore themes of chaos and entropy. He is also a VJ and live performer, using custom-coded, real-time software to create interactive visuals and performances. https://entroplay.world
Matthew Garrison grew up in New York City immersed in a community of musicians and artists which included his father Jimmy Garrison, bassist for John Coltrane, and renowned drummer Jack DeJohnette, his godfather. Matt studied piano and bass guitar in Rome and continued his studies in New York City with DeJohnette and bassist Dave Holland. In 1989, he attended Berklee College of Music on full scholarship, beginning his professional career alongside Gary Burton, Bob Moses, Betty Carter, Mike Gibbs and Lyle Mays. He has since performed, toured and recorded with Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Chaka Khan, Joni Mitchell, Whitney Houston, Meshell Ndegeocello, Paul Simon, Cassandra Wilson, John Mclaughlin, Tito Puente, the Saturday Night Live Band, Pat Metheny, Carlos Santana and many others. In 2012, Matthew and business partner Fortuna Sung opened ShapeShifter Lab, which quickly became one of New York’s most important music venues, as noted by Time Out New York in 2013. Subsequently, with Sung and Ravi Coltrane, Matthew formed the non-profit ShapeShifter Plus to advance innovative projects set forth at ShapeShifter Lab.
https://shapeshifterlab.com, https://shapeshifterplus.org, https://shapeshifterlabpro.com
Boris Nazarov (Masters, NYU Music Technology/Tonmeister) is a Moscow-born, Brooklyn-based noisemaker, electronic music performer, engineer and producer. His experimental/dance duo, Moscow Grooves, toured extensively in Europe and Asia, opening for Massive Attack and David Gahan (Depeche Mode) and was a finalist for Best East European Electronic Band in the Radio France International contest. He has been a member of Goatika, with Artem Yakushenko (Two Siberians), Pete Lockett (Bjork) and Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel). He headed the Moscow dance, electronic and contemporary label Citadel Records, which released over 100 titles. He has composed for TV, theater, commercials and documentaries; produced renown Russian artists Tatu, Mummy Troll and Zemfira; done live sound at Boom (Portugal) and other major music festivals; and engineered at Air and Real-World Studios (UK) and Yashraj Studios (Bollywood). https://borisnazarov.com
Jack Tipper (M.M. Music Technology) is an independent audio technologist and multidisciplinary artist, newly based in Brooklyn after living in Taipei, Berlin, and Los Angeles. His original music has earned millions of streams, as well as support from clients in the game and film industries. When he’s not at the helm of his boutique creative company Aotu Studios, he teaches Ableton Live to undergraduates at Middlebury College. https://aotustudios.com
