Meet our Staff

Kent Macpherson

lecturer

Area of Expertise

• Teaching Audio Technology and Composition

Kent enjoys the collaboration between music, sound and images, and working in an area of study where students are able to experiment, be brave and challenge their creative spirit.

Industry Experience, Affiliation and Achievements

• Performed with the groups Che, Burning Skies, Svartisen, Legs For Fish
• Currently have over 200 musical works published worldwide with 6 different Production Music libraries.
• Organising Splinter sound-art festival.
• Curator/Peformer Electundra audio visual festival, Melbourne.
• Performer – St. Kilda Festival Melbourne

Area of interest

• Current research involves the curation and facilitation of Splinter. An event showcasing Feral Technologies in Sound, Art and Text. The 2012 guest performer/composer is to be Haco, an Osaka based electroacoustic composer and performer.
• Kent will also be presenting his own sound art inventions/performances throughout the year involving the use of glass chambers, stethoscopes, ceramic transducers and guitar pedals.

Research and scholarly activity

• Performances in Hamilton (Ambient Soundscapes on Electric Guitar)
• Curator of 'Splinter' Feral Technologies event to be held in August 2012