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Alexis Weaver is an electroacoustic composer and Associate Lecturer in music technology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. In her personal creative practice, she incorporates field recordings and close recordings of man-made objects to create adventurous radiophonic and acousmatic works. She has composed soundtracks for animation, short films, theater, and dance, notably a series of podcasts for Australian companies including ARN, Amplify, Spotify, and Shameless Media. Her work has been broadcast in Australia, France, Scotland, and Scandinavia, and featured in New Weird Australia’s Collapse Theories (2022), Solitary Wave (2019), and RMN Classical’s Electroacoustic II (2017). In 2018, Alexis was awarded the National Council of Women’s Australia Day Prize for research undertaken during her Honours year, focusing on the visibility of female electroacoustic composers. She completed her Master of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium in 2018, investigating the use of "small diffusion" in composing for "non-ideal" listening environments. In 2023, she participated in La Biennale di Venezia College Musica, culminating in a world premiere in Venice. She has been collaborating with the design studio Kopi Su to develop new generative AI tools for artists, leading performances at the Sydney Opera House and various events. In 2024, she continues her PhD candidature in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, investigating music and sound-based learning tools to assist scientific communication.
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney • Sydney
Teaches composition and music technology courses, focusing on introductory music technology courses for non-music degree students.
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