Alistair MacDonald

Alistair MacDonald a composer, performer and sound artist. His work combines composition and computer based improvisation environments and interaction. Often collaborative it encompasses field recording, live processing, interactivity and improvisation, taking the form of standalone electroacoustic works, fixed compositions for instruments, improvisations, and installations. Devising his own computer-based environments, extending beyond the conventional he creates rich, spatialised textures. He works across art forms collaborating with dance and visual arts as well as other musicians. 

He is a member of invisiblEARts, a group of Scottish based composers. He teaches composition and directs the Electroacoustic Studios at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he was made Professor in 2017.

Biography

Alistair MacDonald a composer, performer and sound artist. His work combines composition and computer based improvisation environments and interaction. Often collaborative it encompasses field recording, live processing, interactivity and improvisation, taking the form of standalone electroacoustic works, fixed compositions for instruments, improvisations, and installations. Devising his own computer-based environments, extending beyond the conventional he creates rich, spatialised textures. He works across art forms collaborating with dance and visual arts as well as other musicians. 

He is a member of invisiblEARts, a group of Scottish based composers. He teaches composition and directs the Electroacoustic Studios at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he was made Professor in 2017.

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