Austin Franklin

Austin Franklin (b. 1995) is an internationally recognized composer and sound artist of music involving process, such as algorithmic composition, generative music, and music incorporating machine learning technologies. His solo album for improvised electroacoustic instruments, Four Idols, has been hailed as “an elegant, artistic statement that demonstrates the flexible possibilities of electronic music” (The Sybaritic Singer).

Austin has several pieces for percussion published through C Alan Publications and his music has been performed throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. His most notable awards include the RMN Classical Call for Electroacoustic Works 2021, the PARMA Winter Call for Scores, the Dead Resonance Call for Aleatoric Scores, and the CNME Call for Scores. His music has also been selected for festivals and conferences such as Yes We Cannibal (2021), The Collaborative Piano Institute (2021), New Music on the Bayou (2021), Splice Institute (2021), NYCEMF (2021), Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology (2020), Alba Music Festival (2020), Society of Composers Incorporated (2020), Electric LaTex (2019), and the Sound/Sight Art Collaboration (2018). Austin has also presented research at the Web Audio Conference (2021) that explores using Web API’s as the basis for designing digital instruments, and at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (2019) Conference that involves simultaneous auditory and vibrotactile stimuli.

Austin holds degrees in music composition from Lamar University and Louisiana State University and is currently pursuing his PhD in Experimental Music & digital Media from Louisiana State University. He is also the associate editor for The Sybaritic Singer, a blog devoted to new music and new music criticism.