Brian Bridges

Brian Bridges is a composer and music technology researcher from Dublin, Ireland. He is currently based at Ulster University, Northern Ireland, where he has been Lecturer in Creative Arts/Creative Technology since 2008. His research interests lie in the connection between theories of auditory perception and cognition and creative practices and systems designs. His creative work spans the fields of sound installation and audiovisual practices and electroacoustic and instrumental music. He is a founder—member of the Dublin—based Spatial Music Collective and his compositions have been programmed at festivals in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Brian is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (M.Phil. in Music and Media Technologies) and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Ph.D. on microtonal music) and he has also undertaken private studies in the US with Glenn Branca and Tony Conrad.