Embracing the Voice

Tanya Goncalves is an artist-researcher who has a focus in audio programming, live coding and electroacoustic composition. Her work explores a curiosity for sound and the complex relationships between computer programming and the development of musical composition. She is currently a graduate student at McMaster University (Hamilton ON), where she is completing a M.A. in Communication and New Media. She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and Multimedia. Tanya works closely with McMaster University’s Cybernetic Orchestra, a laptop orchestra that specializes in live coding in order to produce intricate improvisations and compositions. She is also a co-founder and the VP of Relations and Communications at MacGDA (The McMaster Game Development Association), which is a student-run organization dedicated to creating video games and teaching others about video game design. Her most recent research project consisted of the creation of a web audio programming language called WASP.

Jason Rule is a New York-based audiovisual artist working with live-coding, audio collage, DJing, and acousmatic composition. His solo work as Neonlichter mixes live-coded techno in Tidal and Supercollider with ambient and rhythmic loops made from found sounds and sonifications of errant and destroyed visual artefacts. He was a member of the Cybernetic Orchestra from 2010-2015, and performed on 2 of their albums, Shift (2013), and Bilingual (2015). He has also worked with the New York City Electroacoustic Music Society. As a DJ, he’s hosted Astral Travelling on CFMU at McMaster since October 2010, and has performed in Canada, the US, and the UK. He graduated from McMaster University in 2014, with an BA (Hons) in Communication Studies and Multimedia.