Academic Studies

Name and title: Shigeto Wada (Mr.)

Role: Assistant Lecturer in Music Technology

 

Department: Academic Department

Degree: BEd in Musical Composition, PhD in Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Arts (in mid-course)

 

License: National First Class Teacher's Certificate for Junior High and High School education in Music (Ministry of Education, Japan)

 

Shigeto is specialised in composition, driven from an attitude of active music/sound creation with using technologies. The research interests are real-time composition, instrument design, ‘computer oriented’ sound/music making, digital ethics.

He performed in solo or group improvisations with his self-designed instrument ‘silverbox’. Musicians performed with are Evan Parker, Nic Collins, Steve Beresford, Jonathan Impett, Nicola Bernardini, Ludger Brümmer.

 

He was a member of a rock band ‘Hyper Kinako’ broadcasted by BBC Radio 1’s John Peel Show including the world service after a Peel session at the Maida Vale studio. His role was vocal, Casio SA-10 and the silverbox.

 

In classical music domain, he was ‘Highly Commended’ at the European Piano Teachers Association (UK) Competition final and teaches musicianship classes for the part-time students