Max 9: Adaptive audio fx systems with ABL and preset mixing

Meet your instructor

Jordan Munson is a composer, performer, and multimedia artist. His work explores memory and our relationship to technology and has been said to “merge acoustic melody and electronic rhythm with thrilling purpose” (The New York Times). Drawing from backgrounds in formal percussion performance training, improvisation, pop, and sound design, his compositions juxtapose subtle landscapes of richly layered textures with driving melodic arrivals. Munson utilizes technology to interpret natural sounds and vice versa, focusing on the transmission losses that occur from this constant re-synthesis. As a performer, Munson combines his intensity on the drum set with layered live electronics to create a visceral experience for his audience. His frequent collaborators include Scott Deal and Michael Drews as a member of the trio Big Robot, composer/vocalist Hanna Benn, and vocalist Isaiah Robinson. He has performed alongside musicians Nico Muhly, R. Luke DuBois, and Bora Yoon. His music has premiered at the Big Ears Festival and institutions such as the University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee, and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). Munson’s video art has shown worldwide, including at the Musicacoustica Festival in Beijing, the New World Center, and The Phillips Collection. He has composed original scores for the Phoenix Theatre (IN) and the acclaimed podcast Sick, and his album Until My Last (New Amsterdam Records) has been featured in The New York Times and on Wilco’s list of best albums from 2018. Most recently, Munson contributed a remix to the Son Lux album Alternate Forms (Joyful Noise Recordings, 2023) and released an album of original work entitled Heartless Fools (Church of Noise Records, 2024). Munson served as the Technical Director and faculty for the Nief Norf Summer Festival for new music from 2017-2022, producing concerts alongside artists such as Ellen Fullman, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Wadada Leo Smith, and Nina Young. His awards include a Presidential Fellowship in Digital Arts and Human Values from Wabash College, a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and a 2023 New Music USA Creator Fund award. Munson is a Teaching Professor in music and arts technology at Indiana University Indianapolis, where he has taught since 2008. He holds degrees from Indiana University Indianapolis (M.S.M.T.) and the University of Kentucky (B.M.).