DR. COLE, ELLIOT COOPER [elliotcolemusic.com](http://elliotcolemusic.com) Composer and educator working in contemporary classical music, creative music technology, and Hindustani raga. Extensive pedagogical experience in universities and prisons. Computer programmer, record producer, audio engineer, and label owner. ## CORE COMPETENCIES - Composition (roots in early and contemporary Western Art Music, jazz, experimental music) - Pedagogy (composition, electronic music, theory, history, ensemble singing, mensural notation, Hindustani raga, Just Intonation, collaborative learning in carceral settings) - Creative Technology (Max/MSP, SuperCollider, modular synthesis, algorithmic design) - Production & Audio Engineering (recording, mixing, spatial audio, live sound) ## EDUCATION - **Private study** of Hindustani vocal music in the Kirana tradition with Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan and Michael Harrison (2021–present) - **Doctor of Philosophy** in Music Composition, Princeton University (2022) - Dissertation: Composing with Blooms, Advisor: Dmitri Tymoczko - **Master of Fine Arts** in Music Composition, Princeton University (2012) - **Bachelor of Arts** in Cognitive Science, Rice University (concentration: Linguistics, 2008) - **Bachelor of Music** in Composition, Rice University (2008) ## TEACHING - **Creative Music Intensive at Arts Letters and Numbers** Faculty, Technical Director - Composition, technology, and improvisation workshops (2022-present) - **Mannes School of Music** Instructor - Go Digital 1. Introduction to composing in Ableton Live (2016-present) - Go Digital 2. Advanced composition in Ableton Live. (2017-present) - Introduction to SuperCollider (2015) - **The New School College of Performing Arts** Instructor - Progressive Composer for Composer-Performer Masters Program (2024-) - **New York University** (ITP) Instructor - Music Design and Discovery (2024-) - **Musicambia** - Program Director at Sing Sing Correctional Facility (2016-present) - **OneBeat** Instructor - Music technology instruction for global fellows (2020-present) - **Juilliard Evening Division** Faculty - Composition and music production courses (2017-2024) - **Manhattan School of Music** Contemporary Performance Program Faculty - Survey of Contemporary Music (2015-2016) - **Princeton University** Preceptor - Ear training, counterpoint, contemporary composition courses (2011-2015) - **Guest Composer**, 15+ universities to date. ## SELECTED PERFORMANCES 2025 - **Cambia Collective Songbook Show** | Music by Musicambia participants and alumni. The Cell Theatre, NYC. Music director, arranger, performer (bass, piano, voice). 2024 - **24 Hours at Once** | with Michael Harrison's Raga Cycle + Bill Morrison. CRAIVE LAB, Rensselaer Polytechnic, New York. 6 hour performance with live video. Technical director and performer (keyboard, electronics, voice). - **If darkness is...** | Variant 6. Louisiana State University and UL Lafayette. - **Journals** | Jordan Dodson and Gabriel Cabezas. Nantucket Musical Arts Society, Nantucket MA. - **Postludes** - Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto CANADA. - Slagwerk Den Haag - Het Concertgebow, Amsterdam NETHERLANDS. - Theater de Flint, Amersfoort NETHERLANDS. - Musis en Stadstheater, Arnhem NETHERLANDS. - Tivoli Vredenburg Hertz, Utrecht NETHERLANDS. - Muziekgebow, Eindhoven NETHERLANDS. - Muziekcentrum, Enschede NETHERLANDS. - Parkstad Limburg Theaters, Heerlen NETHERLANDS. - National Orchestra of Lyon. l'Auditorium de Lyon, Lyon FRANCE. - Orchestre National Capitole Toulouse. Toulouse FRANCE. - Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa. Vianna da Motta Auditorium, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. 2023 - **Flowerpot Music: Make Music Day Book** | Make Music Day special project, 15 cities. - **Flowerpot Music (duo)** | Kyle Acuncius, Sun City Orchestra. Hanoi, VIETNAM. - **Paths** | Alessandro di Giulio and Yves Popow. Villa Vauban LUXEMBOURG. - **Postludes** - Music for Youth Proms. Royal Albert Hall. London, ENGLAND. - Royal Norse Marines Musikkorps. Horten, NORWAY. - Manos Percussion, Arizona Philharmonic. Prescott, Arizona. - Kyle Acuncius, Sun City Orchestra. Hanoi, VIETNAM. 2022 - **Postludes** | Bangers & Crash Percussion Group. West Wicklow, IRELAND - **PATHS** | Alessandri di Giulio / Yves Poppo. Museé d’Art de la Ville, LUXEMBOURG. - **If darkness is…** - Variant 6. - Rubell Museum, Miami, FL. - Variant 6. Glen Foerd, Philadelphia, PA. - **New Year’s Day** - Alessandro di Giulio - Sala Casella dell’Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome ITALY. - Auditorium Ennio Morricone, Università di Studi Roma Tor Vergata, Roma ITALY. 2021 - **Flowerpot Music: Make Music Day Book** | Make Music Day special project. 30 cities internationally. - **Terra Nova** | Oracle Hysterical / Hub New Music. Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY. - **BIRTH** | Roomful of Teeth. EVOLVER, e.d. Terrence Malick. Cannes Film Festival. 2020 - **Terra Nova** | Oracle Hysterical / Hub New Music Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA. - **Postludes** - Tokyo University of the Arts. Tokyo, JAPAN. - Duo Drumartica. Luxembourg Philharmonic Hall. LUXEMBOURG. - Gregory Osipov. St. Petersburg, RUSSIA. - Swedish Royal Opera. Stockholm, SWEDEN. - **Tam Lin** | Makaris. 1 Rivington. New York, NY. 2019 - **How Deep is the Ocean?** | Oracle Hysterical + A Far Cry. Stave Celebrity Series, Boston, MA. - **Roda Grande** | AZ State Orchestra + Arcomusical. Tempe Center for the Arts Tempe, AZ. - **The Light Princess** | Metropolis Ensemble. 1 Rivington, New York, NY. - **Postludes** - Amadinda Percussion Group. Yerevan Festival, ARMENIA. - Korea National U of Arts. Lee Kang Sook Hall, Seoul, KOREA. - **Five Easy Pieces** | David Kaplan. Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY. - **Death of Arthur** | Alkemie. Arete Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2018 - **Postludes** - Asheville Ballet. Wortham Theater, Asheville, NC. - Toho Orchestra Academy. Toho, JAPAN. - Sa.na.na. Istanbul, TURKEY. - **Roda** | Arcomusical. Constellation, Chicago, IL. - **Bloom Trio** | Dodson/Cabezas/Umble. Talks at Google, New York, NY. - **Movements** | Original VR kinesthetic instrument. Currents Festival, Santa Fe, NM. 2017 - **Hanuman’s Leap** | with Roomful of Teeth. University of Northern Colorado, Greely, CO. - **Babinagar** | with New Vintage Baroque. National Sawdust, New York, NY - **Portrait concert** | with Metropolis Ensemble. On Stellar Rays, New York, NY 2016 - **Solo show** | DEVLAB VR Conference. Los Angeles, CA. - **Grimm’s Songs** | with New Vintage Baroque. National Sawdust, New York, NY. - **The Sea** - with A Far Cry. Isabella Stewart Gardiner Art Museum, Boston, MA. - Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. - **Under the Fig Tree** | Gallicantus. Trigonale Festival, Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA. - **Postludes** - Amadinda Percussion Group. Liszt Academy, Budapest, HUNGARY. - STOP Percussion. Slovenska Filharmonija, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA. - HAMCO Perc. Ensemble. Tongyeong Concert Hall, Gwangju, KOREA. - **Hanuman’s Leap** | with Roomful of Teeth. Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY. 2015 - **Letter to my Grandnephew** | Davone Tines. Pioneer Works, New York, NY. - **Postludes** - Blow Up Roma. Le Forme Del Suono Festival, Latina, ITALY. - Crash Ensemble. Sounds from a Safe Harbour. Cork, IRELAND. - Museo Interactico da Historica de Lugo. Lugo, SPAIN. - Grupo de Percussão. Sala Sergio Magnani, Belo Horizante, BRAZIL - Nief-Norf. Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN. - **Hanuman’s Leap** | with Blow Up Roma. NO GO Festival. Rome, ITALY. with Kraken Quartet Salvage Vanguard Theater Austin, TX [Full list of over 600 performances since 2012.](https://elliotcolemusic.com/performances) ## SELECTED RECORDINGS 2025 - **The Musicambia Songbook** | producer, arranger, mixing engineer 2024 - **Left Hand Path** | composer, producer, performer (Long Echo Records) - **Hashflowers** | composer, producer, performer (Long Echo Records) - **The World Is Nothing** | composer, producer, performer (Long Echo Records) 2021 - **Journals (book I)**, music for guitar and cello | composer, producer (Long Echo Records) - **Five Easy Pieces**, performed by David Kaplan | composer, producer (Long Echo Records) - **BIRTH** for Roomful of Teeth, included in VR experience EVOLVER by Terrence Malick | composer, producer 2020 - **Elliot Cole: Percussion Music** by Blow Up Percussion | composer (EMA Vinci) 2019 - **Nightflower** | composer, producer (Long Echo Records) 2018 - **Hecuba** | with Oracle Hysterical | producer, composer and performer (National Sawdust Tracks) - **I saw you under the fig tree** | on Sibylla by Gallicantus | composer (Signum Classics) 2017 - **Passionate Pilgrim** with Oracle Hysterical and New Vintage Baroque | composer, performer (VIA Records) 2015 - **Three Wells** on A Dream Within a Dream by Useful Chamber | composer 2011 - **De Rerum** with Brad Balliett | performer, composer, engineer 2009 - **The Rake’s Progress** with Brad Balliett | producer, composer, engineer - **Alcestis + Babinagar** | producer, composer, engineer, performer ## EXHIBITS AND INSTALLATIONS - Turchen Center for the Arts in Boone, NC. **Passage:** a 9-hour, 6-channel spatial music installation from the Raga Cycle Project, composed and recorded by Michael Harrison, Ina Filip, Benoit Rolland, Elliot Cole, and with lighting by Nina Elder. Main exhibit at Turchen from July-December 2023. [Performer, producer, engineer.] - Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem), Marseille FRANCE. New film by Laure Provoust, film score by Michael Harrison, produced and mixed in 6 channels by Elliot Cole, on exhibition April-September 2025. [Performer, producer, engineer.] ## SELECTED RESIDENCIES and GRANTS - Avaloch Farm Music Institute, annual residencies 2018-2024 - Chamber Music America, Chamber Music Commissioning Grant for Diana's Hunt for Alkemie (2019) - Chamber Music America, Chamber Music Commissioning Grant for Roda for Projeto Arcomusical (2017) - Millay Colony For the Arts, Fellow (2016) - Lucerne Festival, Spotlight Artist with Oracle Hysterical (2011)