Lauren McCall

Lauren McCall
Position
Assistant Research Professor
Composition, Music Technology
Status

From Jan. 1, 2025

Credentials

BMus (UGA), MMEd and MA in Ed (UGA), MFA (VCFA), PhD (Georgia Tech)

Area of expertise

Composition, Music Technology

Areas of Research and Creative Activity

Music and computer science education platforms, Extended Reality interactive systems for music, graphic and digital music notation.

Courses at UVic

  • MUS 205: Music Composition
  • MUS 207: Music, Science and Computers

Brief Biography

Lauren McCall is a composer and music educator from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in music technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her MFA in Music Composition from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Lauren has had compositions performed around North America and Europe. This includes her piece for chamber ensemble and mobile phone orchestra, Contour Unveiled, and her composition Rain Music for baritone and piano. Along with composing, Lauren enjoys playing classical music and jazz on woodwind instruments and piano, spending time in nature, spending time with family and friends, and traveling.

Select Compositions & Recordings

  • Contours Unveiled, composition for laptop orchestra and chamber ensemble. Performed by the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Laptop Orchestra and Yarn/Wire February 2024.
  • Living Water, composition for solo voice, electronics, and piano. Performed by soprano Chelsea Hollow, Summer 2022.
  • Spark and a Glimmer, composition for violin, cello, and piano, which was inspired by Alison Saar’s installation Feallan and Fallow. Performed by violinist Mary Rowell, cellist David Russell, and pianist Geoffrey Burleson at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in February 2017.