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Freelance composer & incoming software engineering intern @ Autodesk
I'm a senior at the University of Michigan studying Composition and Computer Science. I have studied composition with
Bright Sheng, Micheal Daugherty, Roshanne Etezady and Evan Chambers. I have studied piano with Matthew Bengtson and chamber music
with Matt Albert.
On the computer science side, I'm interested in machine learning, particulary various transformer architectures and their potential applications to
generative music. I'm also dipping my toes into signal processing.
On the music side, I'm currently working on incorporating more improvisation and electronics like live-processing (Max, Hydra, Javascript p5) into
my music as well as becoming more familiar with synthesising sound and producing. I write mostly classical concert music, though I am branching out,
and eager to do more.
Check out some articles I've written for the Michigan Daily!
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GPA: 3.99
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Teachers & Mentors
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Relevant Coursework
Instructors Aide for Introduction to Machine Learning
Software Engineering Intern
Stepping Stone Advertising, New York, NY
My Projects
Currently deprecated, a website that aimed to automatically grade counterpoint, an 18th century practice that is still used to teach harmony to music students today.
Aided Carol Reiley in producing and curating a concert that combined classical music with AI and robots. Created a video that utilized ControlNet and AnimateDiff to apply AI filters to videos of people dancing.
Coauthored a paper with Irmak Bukey and TJ Tsai detailing an alignment algorithm that is designed to handle a wide range of boundary conditions.
Professionally recorded "Arcana" by Rudolf Escher as part of the Michigan Recording Project, a project aimed at establishing an archive of worthy but overlooked piano repetoire.
Founded a new music quartet comprised of a unique combination of saxophone, bassoon, piano, and percussion. Commissioned 9 new works for the medium to date.
Played keyboard in Symphony Band under the baton of Robert Reynolds, Michael Haithcock, and Jason Fettig. Premiered many pieces and arrangements including those by Larry Tuttle, Michael Daugherty, Evan Hause, James Lee III and Jeremy Kittel.
My Works
Projects
Contact Me
zhangjt[at]umich[dot]edu