Christopher David Chafe

Who is Christopher David Chafe?

Chris Chafe is the Duca Family Professor at Stanford University.

Chafe is a composer, improvisor, cellist, and music researcher with an interest in computers and interactive performance. He has been a long-term denizen of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics where he is the center's director and teaches computer music courses. Three year-long periods have been spent at IRCAM, Paris, and The Banff Centre making music and developing methods for computer sound synthesis. The SoundWIRE project launched in 2000 involves real-time Internet concertizing with collaborators the world over. New tools for playing music together and research into latency factors are current goals. An active performer either on the net or physically present, his music is heard in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The five countries "Resonations" concert was hosted by the United Nations in Nov., 2009. CD's of works are available from Centaur Records. Gallery and museum music installations are continuing into their second decade with biological, medical and environmental "musifications" featured as the result of collaborations with artists, scientists and MD's. Upcoming new works include "Electrode" for Laptop Orchestra, TQ01 "tomato quintet" for the San Jose Biennial and "Siren Cloud" for CO2 sensors, duo guitar / piano and audience breath at the 2010 MiTo Festival.