Anne Deane

Anne Deane



Anne Deane joined the faculty of Iowa State University in 2001 as an assistant professor in the Department of Music. She teaches music composition, theory and music technology. She holds advanced degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and University of California at Santa Barbara.
Before coming to Iowa State University's Department of Music as Assistant Professor of Music, Dr. Deane was assistant researcher in the Department of Music at University of California, Santa Barbara (CREATE), and associate director of the University of California system-wide Digital Media Innovation Program (DiMI). Her chamber and orchestral music is performed frequently at festivals, universities and venues throughout the nation and internationally including, Hong Kong's City Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Göteborgs Konstmuseum, San Jose Tech Museum, Ojai Music Festival, and the Chautauqua Music Festival Orchestra. Dr. Deane is also a member of the Virtual Reality Application Center faculty. Her research interests include multimedia live performance using intelligent interactive production systems leading to "Virtual Opera" (sensor-based lighting and sound production, virtual set technology and virtual reality immersive environments). At VRAC, she continues to spearhead new work on prototypes in association with UCLA's HyperMedia Studio, University of California at Santa Barbara's Center for Research of Electronic Art Technology, and the Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory at the University of California at San Diego.
I compose using acoustic and computer generated music in an effort to create cathartic experiences for my audience. When composing I draw from an integrated intellectual, psychological and emotional source from my inner voice, drawn from my life experiences. For me, it is the emotional aspect of this source that provides true universality, directness, and poignancy. It is important that my compositions be musically and emotionally accessible to both the performer and listener. My goal is to write music that speaks to the soul, compelling the performer and listener to become emotionally and intellectually involved, to encourage creative listening, while attaining a high degree of aesthetic content and artistic satisfaction.

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