Cristyn Magnus
Cristyn Magnus began composing while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science, and is currently a graduate student in computer music at UCSD and a researcher at the Center for Research in Computing in the Arts. Her recent work investigates the use of genetic algorithms as a method for manipulating waveforms for a series of tape pieces dealing with issues of deriving form from process. Her performance pieces and compositions for multi-channel tape, acoustic instruments and acoustic instruments with interactive electronics have been performed at concerts and festivals at UCSD, the University of Minnesota, California Institute of the Arts and Stanford University.
