ABOUT

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Mike Mulshine is a composer-songwriter-performer and music technologist whose work interrogates traditional musical relationships and centrally values the expressive and cathartic aspects of creation. He produces interactive audiovisual works that aim to expose accessible, engaging, and empowering new modes of experiencing or (co-) creating media. His works have been performed by or in collaboration with groups such as Distractfold Ensemble (London), Ensemble Schallfeld (Graz), Share Music (Sweden), Ensemble Kujoyama (Kyoto), and performers such as Manuela Freua, Carolina Santiago, Iran Sanadzadeh, Nina Guo, and others. His sound installations and research have been presented at the McMurtry Building at Stanford University and conferences such as New Interfaces for Musical Expression (London 2014, Copenhagen 2017, Blacksburg 2018, México City 2023) and Sound and Music Computing (Stockholm 2023).

Mike was born in Queensbury, NY (in the Adirondacks) and began playing piano, drums, and banging on things at a young age. He studied percussion, voice, piano, and music theory privately with many local teachers including Skidmore emeritus professor Charles Joseph. Mike graduated with a B.A. from Princeton University in Music with Certificates in 1) Applications of Computing and 2) Electronic Music Performance. Notably, Mike received the Edward T. Cone Prize upon graduation. While at Princeton, he worked alongside Jeff Snyder and Dan Trueman developing physical and virtual musical instruments while studying music composition, electronic music performance, and computer science.

Mike is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics at CCRMA (the Center for Computer-Research in Music and Acoustics), Stanford University. He is advised by Ge Wang and Patricia Alessandrini. His work has involved creating accessible new interfaces for experiencing or (co-)creating music, music composition, sound installations, and explores human relationships mediated by modern technologies.