- With
- Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble, a 12-piece jazz chamber orchestra
- Instrument
- Pixelboop
- In classrooms
- Portland Public Schools
- Supported by
- Elizabeth Taylor Read Foundation
Pixelboop is the instrument I built to map music theory onto color theory. Harmonies read as visible gradients, dissonance as visual contrast, so a composer can paint an arrangement.
Working with the Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble through the Audiolux program, I put that instrument in front of a 12-piece orchestra of Deaf and hearing composers and musicians. In an ensemble Pixelboop acts as a visual conductor. It supports real-time improvisation, giving cues that keep the orchestra in sync harmonically regardless of auditory ability.
The same instrument runs in the classroom. jam.audiolux.com is the web-based education module. PJCE musicians and Portland Public School students use it for a Deaf-led music education curriculum, making the logic of harmony visible and interactive.
Making music visually allows us to invite everyone to the conversation, creating a shared language beyond sound.Bring this to your ensemble →