Studio Director
Additional Faculty
Courses in studio recording and engineering, as well as music business, are taught by Charles Vatalaro (email), Director of Recording and Broadcast Services on campus, and director of the SUNYToons Recording Studio on campus. Max Lifchitz often teaches a course in computer applications in music (Finale notation software and Pro Tools).
Electronic Music Studio Assistantship Program
Every semester, several more advanced students become studio assitants. Assistants proctor the studios during open work hours, offering tutoring and technical assistance to their peers. Assistants register for independent study credit and work under the supervision of the Studio Director. This is an excellent learning opportunity and a way to provide public service to the Music Department and the University.
Prof. Robert Gluck, director of the Electronic Music and Media program and Studio, teaches the core courses in electronic music composition, history, theory and practice and also in jazz studies. He is Assistant Professor of Music and Affiliate faculty member in the Department of Judaic Studies and the College of Information Technology and Policy.
Bob's focus as a composer and performer is real-time interactive sound performance and installation. His work has been heard internationally. Recent performances have included Montreal, Prague, Boston, Dartmouth, San Diego, Middlebury (Vermont), Ottawa (Ontario), Keele (UK) and New York City. Bob's most recent recordings include the CDs 'Stories Heard and Retold' (EMF Media, 1998) and 'Electric Songs' (EMF Media, 2003).
Recent projects include 'Electric Brew', live electronic/acoustic interpretations of the music of Miles Davis' electric period; performances for electronically expanded acoustic instruments including Disklavier (computer-assisted piano), shofar and Turkish baglama saz, and two sound installations, including 'Layered Histories' (current), an interactive multimedia sound and video installation with Cynthia Rubin and 'Sounds of a Community' (2001), in which visitors trigger and shape sounds recorded on site by interacting with wearable and manipulable electronic instruments.
Bob is the recipient of the MFA (Rensselaer, 2001), MHL and title of Rabbi (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1984 and 1989) and MSW (Wurzweiler School of Social Work, 1984). He is an alumnus of the University at Albany (BA, 1977). He has studied at the Crane School of Music and in the preparatory departments of the Julliard and Manhattan Schools of Music. His most recent awards include two Meet the Composer grants and several University of Albany Individual Development Awards. Gluck also serves as Associate Director of the Electronic Music Foundation.
For a more extensive biography.
About Bob's Teaching Philosophy
Documentation of Bob's musical projects.