Nicolas Collins
Nicolas was born in New York City in 1954. He studied composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, where he received his B.A. and M.A. He has performed as a composer and presented audio installations throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Japan. His work is represented on many recordings and has been broadcast on radio and television around the world. He was a pioneer in the use of microcomputers in live performance, and has made extensive use of "home-made" electronic circuitry, radio, found sound material, and transformed musical instruments. His recent work emphasizes spoken word, and combines idiosyncratic electronics with conventional acoustic instruments
Collins' installations and performances have been presented at venues around the world including The Whitney Museum of American Art, De IJsbreker, Het Concertgebouw, Berlin Biennale, ZKM, Ars Electronica, London Musicians' Collective, Tokyo P/N, Art Summit Indonesia ... He has received grants and commissions from New York State Council on the Arts, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, New York Foundation For The Arts, Pro Music Nova, Offenes Kulturhaus Linz, DAAD Artist-in-Residence (Berlin), Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Nederlands Stimuleringsfonds, British Arts Council ... He has curated shows at PS1/The Clocktower, The Kitchen, Luzern Festwochen, Podewil, Freunde Guter Musik, De IJsbreker, and Korzo Theatre.
Nicolas Collins teaches at the Sound Department of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is Editor-in-Chief of Leonardo Music Journal.
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