{"id":28,"date":"2013-12-13T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T19:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:05:07","slug":"alves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/faculty-staff\/alves\/","title":{"rendered":"William Alves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Professor of Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am a composer and video artist with interests in many traditional musics around the world, especially that of the Indonesian gamelan; computer music; abstract animation and visual music; and alternate tuning systems. I have composed extensively for traditional ensembles, gamelan, electronic instruments, and mixed media, including abstract computer animation, robot choreography, and virtual reality.  CDs of my audio works<\/a> include The Terrain of Possibilities<\/a><\/em>, Imbal-Imbalan<\/a>,<\/em>  Mystic Canyon<\/a><\/em> and Guitars and Gamelan<\/a><\/em>, a dvd of my video works, Celestial Dance<\/a><\/em>, is published by the Kinetica Video Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have published a biography of composer Lou Harrison<\/a> with co-author Brett Campbell, and my textbook, Music of the Peoples of the World<\/a>, is now in its third edition. I have also written for Perspectives of New Music, Computer Music Journal, SEAMUS Journal<\/em>, 1\/1<\/em>, and elsewhere. I am a co-director of MicroFest<\/a>, the annual Southern California festival of microtonal music. In 1993\u201394, I was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia, where I taught and studied traditional music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(Please refer to HSA Departmental Courses<\/a> for this semester’s courses.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n