Franklin, Austin

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Biography

Born: 1995

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Studies: Louisiana State University

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Website: https://austinfranklinmusic.com/

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Austin Franklin is an internationally recognized composer, sound artist, developer and researcher. His interests include music involving process, methodical thematic development, and an attention to texture and form. His work has been described as having “great subtlety and sophistication” (Helena Michelson, The American Prize) and “striking” and “delightful” (New York Concert Review). He is currently a researcher at Mälardalens University in Västerås and The Royal College of Music in Stockholm creating technologies for information retrieval, embedded systems, and audiovisual artistic processes. In 2024, he won Idélab’s Best innovation for his work involving digital gaming and music improvisation. Austin has several pieces for percussion published through C. Alan Publications and has received performances throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia by ensembles such as Hypercube, The Estrella Consort, Four Corners Ensemble, and the Constantinides New Music Ensemble which premiered his String Quartet No. 1 “Lanterns” at Carnegie Hall. Austin is the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, including the Petrichor International Music Competition, The American Prize for Composition, RMN Call for Electroacoustic Works, PARMA Winter Call for Scores, and the ABLAZE Electronic Masters Series Call for Recordings. His music has also been selected for festivals and conferences such as Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), Napoleon Electronic Media Festival (NEMF), Festival Ecos Urbanos, the New Music on the Bayou Festival (NMOB), Splice Institute, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), the Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology (WOCMAT), Alba Music Festival, Society of Composers Incorporated (SCI), and Electric LaTex.

Works for Percussion

Solo Works

I/O - Snare Drum
Prelude & Reverie - Marimba
Trance - Marimba

Ensemble Works

Awake - 5 Players
ImPULSE - 4 Players
Rhythmic Mosaics - 2 Players
The Theory of Motion - 4 Players