Bio
Jason Freeman’s works break down conventional barriers between composers, performers, and listeners, using cutting-edge technology and unconventional notation to turn audiences and musicians into compositional collaborators. His music has been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, the So Percussion Group, the Rova Saxophone Quartet, the Nieuw Ensemble, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and Evan Ziporyn; and his works have been featured at the Lincoln Center Festival, the Boston CyberArt Festival, 01SJ, and the Transmediale Festival and featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella) (2003), a commission from Turbulence.org, was described by Billboard as “…an example of the web’s mind-expanding possibilities.”
Freeman received his B.A. in music from Yale University and his M.A. and D.M.A. in composition from Columbia University. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Music at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Educational Background
1999 – B.A. in Music (summa cum laude), Yale University
2001 – M.A. in music composition, Columbia University
2005 – D.M.A. in music composition, Columbia University
Fields
- Interactive Music
- Collaborative Creativity
- Network Music
- Real-time Music Notation
- Locative Media
- Algorithmic Composition
