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Joseph Anderson is a composer with a particular interest in the development of spatio-musical practice, sound composition, and performance. His work is focused on acousmatic music and employs self-authored tools and signal processing algorithms. He is the lead author of the Ambisonic Toolkit, which brings advanced spatial techniques to a wider audience of artists and composers. A member of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST) and the San Francisco Tape Music Collective (SFTMC), Anderson actively contributes to sound diffusion practices and public performances in the San Francisco Bay Area, including participation in the San Francisco Tape Music Festival. His compositional achievements include winning the “Grand Prix” at the 1997 Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition for his piece Change’s Music. With extensive experience in both industry and academia, Anderson has worked as a DSP engineer at Analog Devices in Silicon Valley and has served as a lecturer at the University of Hull. He studied Computer Music with Russell Pinkston at the University of Texas and completed his postgraduate work (MMus, PhD) under Jonty Harrison at the University of Birmingham.
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