casey
farina ::
caseyfarina.net
Originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,
Casey Farina is a percussionist, composer, sound designer,
music educator, and new media artist working in Chicago. His
current work focuses on nonlinear and iterative processes
as applied to music composition and multimedia art. Casey
has presented work at the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) conference,
the Spark Festival of electronic music and art, the International
Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the International Society
of Improvising Musicians, and a variety of other venues throughout
the U.S. Casey currently sits on the board of directors of
the Open Music Foundation, a not-for-profit organization for
composers and artists dedicated to the promotion of artistic
expression based on unconventional forms of musical communication.
Casey recently received a grant from the Center for Interdisciplinary
Research in the Arts (CIRA) at Northwestern University for
project CONDOR, a work that explores the presentation of spatial
audio via miniature robotic airships. Casey received a BM
in percussion performance from Arizona State University in
2000, an MM in percussion performance from ASU in 2003, and
is currently finishing his DMA in music technology at Northwestern
University. Casey has studied percussion with J.B. Smith,
composition with Steve Syverud, Chris Mercer, and Glenn Hackbarth,
and music technology with Gary Kendall.
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