Dr. Israel Neuman is a composer, producer, sound engineer, bass player, and educator. He teaches sound

production at the Texas Southern University School of Communication. Neuman’s sound projects are diverse

both in content as well as in their uses of technology. He recorded, mixed, and mastered for jazz artists such as

John Rapson, Damani Phillip, Lewis Nash, Jim Buennig, and James Dreier. He collaborated as sound designer

and composer with filmmakers Tyrone Dixon and Yuval Cohan as well as playwright Thomas Meloncon. He

served as technical director and live sound engineer in venues throughout the Midwest. Neuman’s research

projects explore conceptual and practical aspects of real-:me composition and computer improvisation, using

various methods of classification and machine learning, as well as generative grammars derived from

Schaefferian theory.

Neuman received his Ph.D. in composition, M.A. in jazz studies and Master of Computer Science at the

University of Iowa, as well as a B.Mus. in jazz studies at the University of Hartford. He studied composition

with Lawrence Fritts, John Eaton, David Gompper, and John Rapson. He studied bass with Gary Karr, Michael

Klinghoffer, Diana Gannett, Volkan Orhon, Nat Reeves, and Anthony Cox. Neuman’s paper “Generative

Grammars for Interactive Composition Based on Schaeffer’s TARTYP” received the ICMC 2013 Best Paper

Award. His composition Turnarounds received awards from the International Horn Society and the Society of

Composers Inc. and was released on Navona Records. His scholarly work was published in the Computer Music

Journal, SEAMUS Journal and the proceedings of SMC and ICMC.