V.J. Manzo

V.J. Manzo is Associate Professor of Music Technology and Cognition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). V.J. is author of several books published by Oxford University Press including Max/MSP/Jitter for Music, Foundations of Music Technology, and co-author of Interactive Composition and Environmental Sound Artists. He has created numerous software projects including the Modal Object Library, a collection of programming objects to control harmony in algorithmic and electro-acoustic compositions, and EAMIR, an open-source project and non-profit charity organization that supports composition, performance, education, and research through accessible technology-based musical instruments. He is the PI and Founding Director of the Electric Guitar Innovation Lab (EGIL) and the Interactive Music Systems Lab (IMSLab) at WPI, and co-Director of the Media Arts Group Innovation Center (MAGIC) at WPI.

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