In his book, Computational Models of Rhythm and Meter, Dr. Boenn explores new methods for composition, analysis, and transcription of musical rhythms based on psychoacoustics and music cognition research. He proposes a new process for the automated transcription of rhythms from audio sources by investigating the relationship between rhythm, form and performance.
Georg Boenn is an Associate Professor in the Music Department of the University of Lethbridge, where he teaches acoustics, electronics, audio synthesis, and programming. His research focuses on audio programming, composition, and expressive timing in music performances. His musical output includes works for solo instruments, chamber and vocal music, orchestral, and electronic music.
Dr. Boenn studied composition at the University of Music in Cologne, Germany. His main teachers included Elisabeth Wangelin-Buschmann, Jürg Baur, and Clarence Barlow. After graduation, he lived in Paris, France, studying Music Informatics at IRCAM (the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music). Georg then completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Bath, The UK, where he worked with John Fitch, developing computational models and algorithms for composition and automated music transcription.
Georg has completed artist residencies at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien [ZKM] (the Centre for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe, and at the artists colony in Worpswede, Germany. He was invited to the Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University as a visiting scholar. He also founded the Studio for Electronic Music at the University of Music in Bremen, Germany.