BIO

Quinn Collins is a composer, improvisor, sound designer, bass guitarist, and electronics performer.  He holds a BM in composition from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, an MM in composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and recently completed his PhD in composition at Princeton University, with a two-part dissertation including the essay Beauty Lies in the Eye: Harmony Within Noise in Late 80's Sonic Youth and the composition Precious and Intelligent Metal for percussion quartet and electronics.  Collins is one half of the modular synthesizer duo llama/lama; plays turntable, sampler, and electronics in the improvisational noise pop and digital hardcore trio The Miz'ries; and is a revolving member of Erik Ruin's Ominous Cloud Ensemble on bass guitar.  He is the co-artistic director/founder of the semipopular music label Belts & Whistles, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. He is on part-time faculty at both The College of New Jersey and Swarthmore College, primarily teaching courses in music technology. He is based in Philadelphia.