William Ayers is a PhD candidate and Graduate Student Fellow at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. He is currently teaching at Xavier University. His research focuses on twentieth-century American music, alternative tunings, and music in interactive media. Will is currently writing a dissertation titled “Structural Properties and Compositional Processes in Non-Twelve-Tone Equal Temperaments.” Will is also an active composer. His works incorporate elements of process and often reformulate compositional styles from the twentieth century. Most recently his work A Sense of Something Commonplace was premiered by pianist Brianna Matzke and violinist Hajnal Pivnick at the Tribeca New Music Festival in New York City. Will holds degrees from Belmont University and the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.
Contact : ayerswr@mail.uc.edu
Séance - Lewin's Legacy: Spaces and Transformations 3.I.3 : Microtonality and Transformation: Analyzing Easley Blackwood’s 19 Notes with a Modified Tonal GIS
