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Bob Pritchard (BMus, MusM, DMA) is a Canadian composer living on Canada's West Coast in British Columbia. His works are performed and broadcast internationally and his research includes interactive performance, gesture tracking, and gesture-controlled speech synthesis. He creates video, software, and music for his interactive works, and produces short art films. He teaches music technology in the UBC School of Music, directs the Laptop Orchestra, and is a researcher with the UBC Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS). Dr. Pritchard completed degrees at the U. of Toronto and UBC. Prior to teaching at the UBC School of Music he taught at Brock University, the UBC Dept. of Physics, and Douglas College. RESEARCH: Tracking And Smart Textiles Environment site: TASTE |
| Acknowledgement: I gratefully acknowledge that UBC-Vancouver activities take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, including the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations. I am thankful for the continuing dialogs (both political and artistic) as we work to achieve reconciliation that includes and supports each of us. |
| Latest News: |
| July 16, 2024: Doshite? performed by Megumi Masaki as part of the ACTOR conference, at Roy Barnett Hall, UBC, along with Carrabré's Orpheus II, and Hamel's Piano Games. |
| July 16, 2024: Woodwind Sensors for Interactive Performance (WooSIE) research presentation for ACTOR conference at UBC. |
| Apr 2024, New Musings on New Music podcast interview here. |
| Nov. 26, Ecdysis online film premiere! here. |
| Sep: Black Rock City, Burning Man -- Ecdysis and the light spine! Check out a few pix here. |
| Combined wifi/sensor module created for WooSIE in the TASTE project. |
| New version of interactive dual spine in development/testing with TASTE |
| 2022 Group interview about Ecdysis creation and performance Interview |