ERMu Labs Founders
Jacob CharlesERMu Labs Director and Co-founder Composition, Visual Art, and Extended Reality Intermedia artist, composer and guqin player, Jacob Charles is an artist who embraces plurality as a medium for creativity. He is a co-founder of the KONGQU Ensemble Workshop, a program that utilizes structured improvisation to bring artists together from all disciplines. Jacob Charles is a pioneer in contemporary improvisation practices for the guqin, a Chinese tabletop zither, which he incorporates into his multi-media performances. He has previously held a lecture position at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, his courses included topics on the intersection of race and gender in American music and literature. His passion for traditional Chinese music has taken him across China. From his studies of Uyghur muqam in Urumqi to nanyin in Quanzhou, he consistently seeks diverse perspectives on art and sound to help shape his own practice. |
Jenny Q ChaiERMu Labs and FaceArt Co-founder Contemorary Piano, Extended Techniques and Multi-media Performance website An artist of singular vision, pianist Jenny Q Chai is widely renowned for her ability to illuminate musical connections throughout the centuries. With radical joie de vivre and razor-sharp intention, Chai creates layered multimedia programs which explore and unite elements of science, nature, fashion, and art. The New Yorker describes Chai as “a pianist whose dazzling facility is matched by her deep musicality. Chai is also a vital champion and early tester of the groundbreaking synchronous score following software program, Antescofo. Developed at IRCAM by scientist Arshia Cont, the software offers a real time computer and animation response to live performance elements, enabling performers to create multimedia presentations of sophisticated and expressive fluency. Chai explored and helped hone Antescofo in residence at IRCAM alongside frequent collaborator Jarosław Kapuściński, and has since toured internationally with the software offering multimedia performances in Shanghai, New York, Havana, and elsewhere. In September 2019, Chai is giving a TEDx Talk in Shanghai titled When Classical Music Meets Technology.” |
Peter TomaszRaging Oracle Studios founder ERMu Labs and FaceArt Co-founder Piano Performance, Studio and Video Recording youtube Peter Tomasz - Polish Pianist, Juilliard Alumni, Composer, Producer, Founder, Graduate of Academy of Music in Krakow and Juilliard School of Music in New York Co-founder of FaceArt Institute of Music in Shanghai, China Active Kendo fighter (3rd Dan) |