Andy Guthrie, PhD
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2001-2005: BMus in Composition and BA in English Literature, University of Iowa
2007-2008: MS in Architectural Acoustics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2008-2015: PhD in Architectural Acoustics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Employment
2005-2007: Managing Director, The S.E.M. Ensemble.
-Managed finances and organized rehearsals, concerts and recordings for freelance new music orchestra in Brooklyn, NY.
2010-Present: Acoustic and Audiovisual Consultant, Arup
-New York 2010-2018; San Francisco 2018-Present. Technical design and project management for a wide variety of spaces in the built environment, ranging from corporate and aviation to the performing arts. Expertise includes structure-borne noise and vibration mitigation, spatial audio systems and sound art content design, and 3D acoustic modeling and auralization for optimization of room geometry and sound isolation design.
2017: Guest Lecturer and performer for Clocktower Radio’s Site : Sound series in Brooklyn, NY
2020: Guest Lecturer on 3D audio techniques for UT Austin’s Department of Anthropology Sound Studies Lecture Series
2021: Technical Advisor and Guest Lecturer on Acoustics for Academy of Art University Architecture Studio in San Francisco
Selected Awards
2023: “40 Under 40” award, Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine
Selected Publications/Releases
2008: “Relevance of Acoustic Parameters to Musical Communication in Indeterminate Music”; Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Paris Conference Presentation
2013: “A Few Words About Music;” Pleasure Editions: A Journal of the Arts
2013: “Using Ambisonics for Stage; Acoustics Research”; International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA) Toronto Conference Paper
2014: Stage Acoustics for Musicians: A Multidimensional Approach Using 3D Ambisonic Technology; PhD Thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2014: “Out in the Field,” Interview by Dayna Evans for Impose magazine
2014: “33rd St & Rawson Ave, Queens;” compilation curated by Jonathan Chen for Leonardo Music Journal Audio Series, v.24
2014: Codiaeum Variegatum, LP release on Students of Decay label
2014: “The Nine;” Interview by Kirsten Nelson for AV Network News
2015: “Tune In: Soundscapes of New York;” Urban Omnibus
2017: “Contemporary Multi-Use Concert Hall Design”; ASA Boston Conference Presentation
2017: “Three Nymphs Supporting a Clock,” graphic score included in The Tonebook, Printed Matter Press, ed. Lea Bertucci and Michael Anzuoni
2018: Brass Orchids, LP release on Students of Decay label
2018: Sculpture Gardens, LP release on Future Audio Graphics label
2021: Gyropedie, LP release on Students of Decay label
2023: Blemished, cassette release on Modern Concern label
2023: “Sound isolation and HVAC noise control: design versus practical challenges and constructability”; Institute of Acoustics Athens Conference Paper
2023: “With a Field Recorder and French Horn, Andy Guthrie Finds Poetry in Everyday Surroundings;” Interview by Daniel Bromfield for KQED
Selected Installations/Performances
2011: untitled sound/visual art installation; Silence and Noise group show at Brooklyn Zen Center
2012: Spine Wide and Flat a Landscape, composition commissioned by Thomas Buckner; premiered at Roulette Intermedium.
2013: Remarks on Color, composition with Billy Gomberg, premiered by Indexical Ensemble at Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
2014: site specific sound art performance; Musical Ecologies series at Old Stone House, Brooklyn
2015: live improvised audio performance, French horn and electronics; AMPLIFY festival at Fridman Gallery, NY
2015: Even the Stains Pale composition commissioned by Experiments in Opera; premiered by the Anagram Ensemble for The Travel Agency is on Fire event at The Stone Gallery, NY.
2016: live improvised audio performance, French horn and electronics; Festival Cable# in Nantes, France
2017: live improvised spatial audio performance; Mixology Festival at Roulette Intermedium
2019: Hackle composition, premiered by Other Minds Ensemble; Nature of Music series at The Brower Center in Berkeley, CA
2019: Hackle 2 spatial sound/visual art installation; Florasonic series at Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago
2019: live improvised spatial audio performance, French horn and electronics; Deep Listening concert series at LAXART
2020: multiple live improvised performances, French horn and electronics; No Idea Festival
2022: THEYFRIEND non-binary performing arts festival – live vocal/horn performance
2023: live improvised spatial audio performance, Focus series at GRM Acousmonium, Paris
2024: live improvised performance, French horn, voice and electronics, Ever Afters Campout festival
2024: Rootless, site specific spatial sound art installation as part of artist-in-residence program at Headlands Center for the Arts