Biography

Fabrice Mogini was born in Cannes, France in 1965. Fabrice has been playing Music for 25 years with a growing love for composition and research. Self-taught, he has played the guitar since 1977 and soon started to compose Music. He moved to London in 1990.
He studied at Middlesex University, at the Centre for Electronic Arts were he obtained a BA (1998) and a MA (2000) in Sonic Arts.
His master research was titled: 'Alternative Tuning Systems'. He developed composition techniques that permit the use of several different tuning systems at once. An extension of this theory is the possibility of using soundscapes while still refering to pitch and connecting a sound sequence to a single or many tuning systems at once.
Interested in tradition he also uses the computer as an instrument (concerto for computer mouse, flute and vibraphone) or to execute the electronic part of his scores. He has been a SPNM shorlisted composer for his piece: Choices, for flute and live electronics (see Research).
He now programs the computer and writes algorithms that help him not only to perform his music but also for pure research at a compositional level.

Background

He has studied electronic Music and Psycho-acoustics and researches on generative music and algorithmic composition. He is also making dignificant progress in his research on connections between Sound and perception, and on Sound Therapy.
Fabrice has worked as a Music tutor, project manager and Music Education Dept. Manager for Rising Tide (ex.Ocean Music Trust London).
Fabrice has created and taught many Music workshops; with children, teenagers, adults and also a Sound Therapy class for adults with learning difficulties. Fabrice has especially written a series of Audio computer programs to facilitate music performance access for people with disabilities/learning difficulties.
Fabrice is currently a Music Technology lecturer for Thames Valley University, LondonUniversity, London.