I am an independent composer, improviser, educator and activist born in Chile and currently based in Whadjuk-Noongar land in Perth, Western Australia. My creative work focuses on chamber music, looking for new ways of conceiving musical time, often articulating highly detailed textures in contrast with abrupt forms. Research interests include music notation, improvisation, aesthetics and politics, music and mental health, and anti/de-colonial perspectives. Having been professionally trained in the European
While remaining an outsider to the corporatism that pervades the arts establishment in Australia, and free from institutional affiliations, in recent years I’ve taught music and aesthetics as a sessional lecturer and tutor at Edith Cowan University, and University of Western Australia. I have also given guest lectures on my work at Monash University, University of Leeds, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, City University London, and various Latin American cultural centres. Additionally, I’ve
In 2014 I completed a PhD guided by Liza Lim with a project titled ‘A Situational Approach to Composition’, obtaining the ‘Vice-Chancellor’s Award for an outstanding Research Degree Thesis’ at the University of Huddersfield. During that time I also took editorial responsibility of issue 4 of the CeReNeM Journal ( Centre for Research in New Music ). Previously, I had completed a Master of Philosophy at Goldsmiths, University of London, and had studied music composition with Cirilo Vila at Universidad de Chi