Author Archives: Austin Franklin

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 yourContinue reading “Upcoming Performance”

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.

9/21/20 – My latest work, Drip, will be premiered at the Cinema for the Ears concert at Louisiana State University. The concert will be streamed to the public, and details on how to attend will be provided as soon as they are available.

11/16/20 – My String Quartet No. 1 “Lanterns” will receive its second performance at Louisiana State University by the Constantinides New Music Ensemble. The performance will take place at 4:30 pm. Details on how to attend virtually will be provided as soon as they are available.