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.