ISATMA 2024

The International Symposium on Assistive Technologies for Music and Art (ISATMA) explores listening, participation, and accessibility—both through technological innovation, and creative practice.

EMPAC Research invites artists and scholars across all abilities to ISATMA 2024. Two days of workshops, performances, and talks focus on technologies and training methods to improve our singing and speaking voices.

Voice is critical to personal identity and expression. Adaptive technologies and interventions can enrich the voice’s palate of expression and connection. The activities of this symposium provide an inclusive environment for those seeking to learn more about the voice and voice-related technology in general.

Activities include live and hybrid performances and workshops with adaptive technologies, as well as presentations and panels with scholars, technologists, and artists from the fields of voice science and pedagogy, voice therapy, music composition, performance, and advocacy.

Conference Schedule

• FRIDAY, September 13
• 8:30–9AM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Coffee Break
• 9–10AM
• THEATER, VOICE SCIENCE
• Hybrid Presentation by Sten Ternström, music acoustics researcher and voice scientist
• 10–10:45AM
• THEATER, TALK
• Presentation and Q&A with Engineer Timothy Wei
• 11–12:30PM
• THEATER, TALK
• Hybrid Panel with the Creative Team of the new opera The Other Side of Silence, with director Mary Birnbaum, composer Robert Whalen, and librettists Mark Steidl and Katherine Skovira
• 12:30–1:30PM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Lunch
• 1:30–2:30PM
• THEATER, Talk & Concert
• Lucas Garrett in Conversation and Concert
• 2:30–3PM
• EVELYN's CAFÉ
• Coffee Break
• 3–4:30PM
• THEATER, Talk & Voice Technology Jam
• Hybrid Discussion and Voice Technology Jam Session and Workshop with Shayla Sawyer, Katherine Skovira, David Whalen, and Robert Whalen
• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
• 10–11AM
• STUDIO BETA, Demonstration
• Hybrid Performance Discussion with DJ Mad Zach and V.J. Manzo
• 11–12PM
• STUDIO BETA, PERFORMANCE
• Hybrid Electronic Performance with Thomas Borghus, Alper Kaya, and Tobias Kozlwski
• 12–12:30PM
• STUDIO BETA HALLWAY
• Lunch
• 12:30–2PM
• STUDIO BETA, PANEL DISCUSSION
• Panel Discussion with Up Until Now