4/20/2021 – My percussion quartet, ImPULSE, will be performed at the Virginia Tech School of Music at 5:30 pm. The performance will be live streamed to YouTube at the time of the performance. It can be viewed using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdoFegOF1UXFOCCCA4x94g
In Addition to attending the Web Audio Conference this summer in Barcelona (assuming travel is possible), I’ll also be attending the week-long Splice Institute. Looking forward to engaging with other composers and performers.
4/24/2021 – My String Quartet No. 1 “Lanterns” will be given its full premiere at the College of Design at Louisiana State University by the Constantinides New Music Ensemble.
3/31/2021 – My latest piece, SNAFU for 8-channels will be premiered on the Cinema for the Ears concert at Louisiana State University. This concert will take place at the amphitheater outside the Music and Dramatic Arts building on campus. A 2-channel mixdown will be made and uploaded after the premiere.
My latest commission, Rhythmic Mosaics, received its premiere and several additional performances in the Cincinnati area at the end of February. Videos of the performance can be found on my Youtube and Soundcloud.
I was just notified that my research paper, Composing and Improvising Using Sound Content-Based Descriptive Filtering was accepted to the Web Audio Conference 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.
12/14/2020 – My debut full-length album Four Idols will be released on most major streaming services. The album features live electronics, improvisation, and acoustic and digital instruments. Links to the album will be provided when they are available.
11/30/2020 – Excited to have my newest piece, Reconstruct, on the 3rd concert of the Really, Really New Music Marathon this afternoon. For this piece I am performing with crystal glasses and manipulating the sounds live via electronics. Concert III starts at 6:00pm, but there are several others throughout the day. Drop in at your leisure using this link: https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/really_really_new_music_marathon?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Louisiana+State+University
11/2/20 – The Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana concert can be viewed on emdm.io at 7:30pm. The concert will include works performed over networks, by a disklavier, visual works, live coding, and a collaboration with the LSU Physical Theater department using aerial silks.
9/21/20 – The Cinema for the Ears concert can be viewed tonight by going to https://emdm.io at 7:30pm.
Austin Franklin | Composer 