Robert Willey...


...grew up on the San Francisco peninsula, studied classical piano and performed with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, attended Stanford University (sophomore year in Beutelsbach, Germany), bachelor’s degree in music from University of North Texas, worked at the Hoover Institution library, played in bands, got a masters in computer music and Ph.D. in theoretical studies from University of California San Diego. A loan of a Disklavier and MIDI grand was arranged through Yamaha for two years, and a repertoire of music for interactive systems developed using Max and custom PC software. A number of collaborations and projects were created with Rick Bidlack, Robert Thompson, János Négyesy, Chris Dobrian, Roy Tamanaha, and Tom North, among others.


...worked for five years in an technology exchange program between UCSD, Stanford, and LIPM, a studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Taught at San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. Had a Fulbright grant to teach computer music performance and composition in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he participated in the development of the Brazillian Computer Music Association. Returned to Brazil for two years as a visiting professor, to teach music at the Carlos Gomes Conservatory and the Federal University of Pará in Belém.


...taught at the State University of New York Oneonta for three years, eleven at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and since 2013 is at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.


...analyzed the music of Antônio Carlos (Tom) Jobim, wrote a book on Brazilian piano styles, and is now synthesizing the piano studies of Conlon Nancarrow and producing original music.

 

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