About
The life experiences of Costa Rican percussionist Randall Chaves Camacho in North and Central America inspired him to explore the diversity of genres and types of percussion playing; as well as the incorporation of technology, programming, and sound recording into performance. He joined the TaPIR lab to center his interests under the lab’s goal of researching, first, the engagement of classically trained musicians with technology in music, and second, the preservation of older works with technology. As part of TaPIR, he already has developed and performed with his personal Digital Musical Instrument using Arduino parts, as well as he has explored the use of movement in combination with the MUGIC sensor and MAX/MSP to enhance performances. In future research for the lab, he will focus on how to incorporate musical elements not associated with classical music as an introductory step to get musicians involved in exploring technology in music without the pressure of classical music standards.