In 2026, Heather Frasch will be at ICST for her Wave Field Synthesis Residency.
Heather Frasch is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic concert music, an improviser, and a performer-composer (flute, laptop/electronics, and sonic creations), as well as a collaborator and creator of interactive sound installations and DIY instruments. Her work brings together American experimentalism and French acousmatic practices, drawing on influences from new media theory. She uses technology to examine notions of stillness and fragility, with a current focus on real-time interactive performance, embodiment theory, and unstable systems.
By customising each performance setup for a new work — from handmade instruments to self-programmed digital interfaces — unexplored connections among sound production, sound outcome, and the performer can be investigated.
Frasch holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and is Professor of Music Technologies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. Visit Frasch’s website for further information.