Reginald Bain

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I teach music theory, composition and computer music at the University of South Carolina. I also direct undergraduate and graduate research/creative activity in computer music.

My current research interests include mathematical music theory, sonification, and software development for music theory.

To learn more about my music, software or teaching, click on one of the links above. Links to selected articles, compositions, and presentations are available below. You can check out snipits of my electronic music CD Sounding Number in Apple Music, or listen to the entire album on YouTube, Spotify, or Naxos (USC proxy server login required).

Featured Projects

Articles, Compositions, and Presentations

Lift Up Your Eyes (2024)
for SATB chorus, telescope images, and electronic sound

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Melancholia (2024)
a multimedia composition for text, image, and electronic sound

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Mutational Music Project

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ATMI 2022 (Long Beach, CA)
Teaching Algorithmic Composition through Genetic Data Sonification

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Genetic Variations (2022)
for electronic sound

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ICAD 2021
Seed, from Double Helix

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ATMI 2020
Integrating Music and Genetics through Sonification and Data-Driven Music Composition

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Double Helix (2019)
a computer-generated composition

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Totality (2017)
for bassoon and piano

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ATMI 2016 (Santa Fe, NM)
Scripting Web Apps for Music Theory with SVG and Web Audio API

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Bridges 2015 (Baltimore, MD)
A Musical Scale Generated from the Ratio of Consecutive Primes

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ATMI 2013 (Boston, MA)
Max/MSP Software Design for Music, Math and Computer Science Outreach

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Csound Journal
Risset's Arpeggio:
Composing Sound Using
Spectral Scans

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ATMI 2012 (San Diego, CA)
iPad Web App Development for Music Theory

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