Sounds of De/Composition

Sounds of De/Composition is the Fall 2024 conference organized by the Music Department of New York University’s Graduate School of Arts & Science. We invite participants to consider and create sonic traces of mutually constituted biological and social breakdown, uneven distributions of environmental violences across social categories, and (re)new(ed) futurities emerging from discarded or underground sites.

The conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Marisa Solomon (Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University) and a keynote performance by Emily Johnson (Choreographer and Director of Catalyst), as well as paper presentations, performances, sound art, and audiovisual installations.

Our conference is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be completed by filling out this form. If you plan to attend virtually, you'll also need to register in advance to receive the Zoom link for each day: (Friday Zoom Registration, Saturday Zoom Registration). Please feel free to email us with any questions at nyudecomp@gmail.com.

Conference Committee: Elizabeth Frickey and Bailey Hilgren (co-chairs), Trevor Van de Velde (technical director), Maeve Carey-Kozlark, Annie Garlid, Robin Preiss, Kyle D. Rogers, Victoria Smith, Konstantine Vlasis, Sofy Yuditskaya

Faculty Advisor: Clifton Boyd