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Michael Palumbo

Michael Palumbo (BFA, MA) is an electroacoustic music improviser, teacher, and developer. His PhD research spans distributed creativity, temporality, and version control systems.

Performing under the pseudonym thispatcher, he has released two albums: Guitar Smattering, featuring solo performances for electric guitar and modular synth, and Early Electroacoustic Works Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, a selection of his compositions from 2005-2014.

He teaches private lessons on a wide range of topics, see here for more info.

He is the producer and host of the monthly electroacoustic improvisation show Exit Points, and regularly performs with his voice, a hardware modular synthesizer and his own code as a soloist and in the telematic ensembles Void * Ambience, and The Placeholder Group.

Michael has presented his research internationally, including in the Journal of New Music Research and at such conferences as ISEA, NIME, Expo ’74, AES, and Network Music Festival.

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