Jaclyn Heyen About

Jaclyn Heyen received her BM and MM in Music Technology at Florida International University. She is currently working on the Adaptive Use Musical Instruments for the Physically Challenged Project at the Deep Listening Institute. Her research has focused on the use of music technology within a therapeutic environment. This interest informs much of her creative work, which often utilizes unique ways of working with music technology that involve motion tracking and/or unique interfaces such as an audio controller built out of the body of a scooter. She also has a deep interest in the soundscape and soundwall and how one listens and defines themselves through noise.

Her pieces have been performed at many festivals, conferences and concerts including Subtropics 20, FTM10 and ICMC. Her articles have been published in the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) Proceedings and Making Waves Journal.

Curriculum Vitae

Gotta Love Judy was an interesting sound study depicting the inner psychological

trauma of the troubled actress."
by Sabrina Young,
Feminist Theory and Music Conference UNC Greensboro: Concert 2 Music Review