Mechatronic Music

Composing music for mechatronic actors is a passion of mine which began in 2014 while attending the California Institute of the Arts. This page highlights some of my work composing music for the CalArts Machine Orchestra as well as with my own creations.

CalCarts Machine Orchestra

The following compositions were written to be performed by the CalArts Machine Orchestra.

2017 - Hedonism Bot

Hedonism Bot is a hybrid human-robot music performance written for three humans and one "mechatronic personality".

A description of the composition is coming soon =)

2016 - Hello Humans

Hello Humans is a composition written for the Machine Orchestra: an ensemble of robotic musical instruments which reside in the Machine Lab at CalArts. This composition was written in the fall of 2016.

A description of the composition is coming soon =)

2015 - Grand Finale

This is the improvisational grand finale for the Spring 2015 Composition for Robots concert held in the Machine Lab at CalArts.

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2015 - Robot Whispers

Debut performance of Robot Whispers composed and performed by Eric Heep, Danny Clark and Nathan Villicaña-Shaw in the Machine Lab deep in the bowles of the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia California. Performed in the spring of 2015 in the CalArts Machine Lab for a concert of mechatronic music written for the Orchestra by fellow mechatronic music composers.

A description of the composition is coming soon =)

2015 - Beatles



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