Carla Scaletti

P.O. Box 2549 * Champaign, Illinois 61825-2549 * USA * Voice: +1-217-355-6273 * Fax: +1-217-355-6562 * cas@carlascaletti.com

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Education

Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984

Master of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988

Master of Music, Texas Tech University, 1979

Bachelor of Music, Magna cum laude University of New Mexico, 1977

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Professional experience

1988-present President & co-founder of Symbolic Sound Corporation: Designing the architecture and future development of the Kyma language; programming in Smalltalk, C, assembly language; researching and developing new sound synthesis and processing algorithms; consulting with Kyma users on special effects for film, music, research, games, advertising; writing books, manuals, and documentation; providing user support, teaching and training; developing and executing marketing plans, doing web design, demonstrating at trade shows, presenting demo tours, designing print advertisements and brochures; creating audio demonstrations for web and CD; presenting research at scientific conferences

1992-1994 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois School of Music

1984-1994 Research Associate, University of Illinois CERL Sound Group Advising graduate composition students; co-investigator on National Center for Supercomputing Applications Data Sonification Project; consultant on Sound for National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsVirtual Reality Lab; co-investigator on computer improvisation project with Salvatore Martirano, Bill Walker, Kurt Hebel; director and primary instructor for the annual Intensive Workshop in Sound Computation; director of weekly Seminars in Sound Computation; designer and programmer for music-related software for Macintosh and PLATO system; composed computer music using hardware and software developed and implemented by CERL Sound Group

1983-1984 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois School of Music: Teaching courses on computer music, 18th-century counterpoint, and 20th-century music theory; organized a weekly campus-wide seminar on computer music, organized a Composers' Forum on student research in computer music; performed as a harpist with the Contemporary Chamber Players

1982-1983 Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois School of Music: Teaching freshman and sophomore theory and ear training courses

1981-1982 Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios Assistant engineer for the construction and wiring of the new Synclavier studio; technician assisting in the maintenance of the electronic music studios

1981 Research Assistant, University of Illinois Department of Psychology Researching and developing sounds to be used in hypnotizing chemotherapy patients to avoid anticipatory nausea

1978-1979 Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University Department of Music Instructing undergraduate harp students in private lessons; organized weekly seminars on relaxation techniques for performers

1978-1979 Principal Harpist, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra

1975-1977 Principal Harpist, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra

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Awards

• 2003 Texas Tech University Distinguished Alumnae Award For invaluable contributions in the field of music

• 2005, 2002, & 1998 Electronic Musician Magazine Editor’s Choice Award for Kyma Sound Design Workstation

• 1995 International Computer Music Association Commission Award For Public Organ

• 1991 AVS Multimedia Award for the video Using Sound to Extract Meaning from Complex Data

• 1991 Nicograph 10th Anniversary Award for the video Using Sound to Extract Meaning from Complex Data

• 1988 InterUniversity Consortium on Educational Computing / Apple Computer Fellowship for Kyma sound design language

• 1980 University of Illinois Academic Fellowship

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Publications

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