Robert Seaback is a composer and sound artist from the US currently based in Florida. His electronic works are sonic expressions of viscerality, the hyperreal, digital stasis, and continuums between—integrating voices, instruments, soundscapes, and synthetic sources through digital techniques. He has composed or performed in different mediums including spatial audio, mixed music for ensemble, electroacoustic improvisation, and sound installation. 

Robert has a PhD in composition from the University of Florida and degrees in music technology from Mills College (MA) and Northeastern University (BS). He recently completed the Artistic Research Fellowship at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, working with Natasha Barrett. His music has been presented at international events such as Ultima Festival, ICMC, NYCEMF, Sonorities, MA/IN, the ISCM World New Music Days, and many others. Robert has received awards from Música Viva Competition (First Prize, 2022), IEM & VDT 3D Audio Production Competition (Gold Award, 2021), Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition (Honorary Mention, 2019), ASCAP/SEAMUS (First Prize, 2011), University of Florida, and Mills College. He has had the pleasure of working with skilled musicians of diverse practices, including recent collaborations with Alessandra Rombolà, Ingar Zach, Marika Schultze, and SPLICE Ensemble.

Robert’s dissertation research on digital sound synthesis and posthumanism was published in the Cambridge University Press Journal Organised Sound in 2020. His Artistic Research Project titled “Embodied/Encoded” (2020-23) culminated in a Research Catalogue multimedia exposition documenting technical practices of field recording, digital instrument design, and spatial audio production in addition to an aesthetic framework built around the concept of presence.  Robert was an Assistant Professor of Digital Sound Design at Dakota State University from 2019-20. He currently develops/instructs online courses in Music Production for Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design.