Courses I taught

Emily Carr University

  • [2025] ANIM-FMSA-350SU31X Special Topics: Unreal Experience. A creative coding exploration of sound design and interactive audio for animators and filmmakers. The course introduces creative approaches to sound in visual media. Students will learn through experimentation, starting with basic interactive audio concepts and signal flow, and progressing to interactive sound design. The course begins with fundamental interactive and spatial audio principles and gradually introduces visual programming through Unreal Engine's Blueprint and MetaSounds system.

University of California Irvine

  • COSMOS UC Irvine. California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science.
  • [2019-2021] Spatial Sound: An Exploration of 3D Sound with Applications in Virtual Reality
  • [2017-2018] Sound for Virtual Reality: An Exploration of 3D Sound and Movement Using Mobile Devices and Wearable Sensors
  • [2016] Sound for iOS with an Exploration of Immersive 3D Sound Scenes
  • [2015] Sound for iOS. Physical Modelling and Programming
  • [2014] Sound for Mobile Devices
  • [2013] Mobile Digital Media
  • [2012] Mobile Digital Media

University of California Riverside

  • MUS 009. Introduction to Digital Music Teaches basic theory and practical skills for understanding digital audio, recording, editing, and processing sound. Students work with audio and MIDI sequencers with the goal of writing musical compositions with computer notation programs.

California State University Northridge

  • MUS 316. Musical Analysis. Analytic techniques for the study of balance in the organization of musical material.
  • MUS 391. Midi Sequencing Techniques and Lab An in-depth, hands-on study of MIDI sequencing and its application in the studio and in live performance.
  • MUS 421. Advanced Composition. Advanced studies in art music composition in a seminar/masterclass format.
  • MUS 630. Composition in the larger forms, in contemporary style.
  • MUS 418. Electronic and Computer Music Composition The history, theory and practice of electronic and computer music composition and performance. The principles and procedures of composition in various electronic media are explored through compositional exercises, reading, listening and discussion. Special attention is paid to live and interdisciplinary works and performances.