Robert Seaback

Robert Seaback is a composer and sound artist from the US currently based in
New Orleans. His works are sonic expressions of viscerality, the hyperreal,
digital stasis, and continuums between—integrating voices, instruments,
soundscapes, and synthetic sources through digital techniques. He has
composed or performed in different mediums including spatial audio, mixed
music for ensemble, electroacoustic improvisation, and sound installation. He
currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music & Technology at Tulane
University.

Robert has a PhD in composition from the University of Florida and degrees in
music & technology from Mills College (MA) and Northeastern University (BS).
In 2024, he completed the Artistic Research Fellowship at the Norwegian
Academy of Music, working with Natasha Barrett. His music has been presented
at international events such as Ultima Festival, ICMC, NYCEMF, Sonorities,
MA/IN, the ISCM World New Music Days, and many others. Robert has received
awards from Música Viva Competition (First Prize, 2022), IEM & VDT 3D Audio
Production Competition (Gold Award, 2021), Xenakis International Electronic
Music Competition (Honorary Mention, 2019), ASCAP/SEAMUS (First Prize, 2011),
University of Florida, and Mills College.

Robert’s dissertation research on digital sound synthesis and posthumanism
was published in the Cambridge University Press Journal Organised Sound in
2020. Prior to his appointment at Tulane, he taught and developed courses in
music production and technology at The University of Florida,  Dakota State
University, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, and Santa Fe College.