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Joseph Rovan is a professor in the Department of Music at Brown University, focusing on the Music & Multimedia Composition (MMC) program. He served as the chair of music from 2013 to 2016 and was the inaugural faculty director of the Brown Arts Initiative from 2016 to 2019. Rovan has held previous faculty positions at Florida State University and the University of North Texas, where he directed the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI). His academic work includes a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied under notable composers such as Richard Felciano and Olly Wilson. Rovan's artistic contributions have been recognized with awards from the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition and the Berlin Transmediale International Media Arts Festival. His research explores new sensor hardware design and gestural control in music performance, and his work has been widely featured in journals and conferences. He continues to engage in projects that utilize wireless sensor systems to enhance interactive media.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Chair of the Department of Music, Director of the Music & Multimedia Composition program.
Department: Department of Economics