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Electric ukulele player and video artist returns to Hoover Library // REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Our Live on the Plaza series moves outdoors for our September performance! This show will be outdoors with limited capacity and seating will be two person pod seating. Registration required.
Matthew Bryant is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, music technologist, and multimedia artist. Bryant is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he teaches music technology and directs the Computer Music Ensemble. He received his B.A. in Music Technology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. There, he held leadership positions in multiple ensembles and graduated with multiple honors and awards including Most Outstanding Student in the Department of Music. Bryant received his M.M. in Music Technology at Georgia Southern University (GSU). At GSU, he was inducted in multiple honor societies and won first place in the GSU Research Symposium (Humanities and Social Sciences) for his thesis and presentation: Technostalgia and the Aesthetic of Glitch: Transcoding Audio into Video Using CRT Monitors. Bryant has performed and presented at multiple festivals and conferences including Southeast Composers Symposium, National Student Electronic Music Event (N_SEME), Root Signals, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), New York City Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) Circuit Benders Ball, and ArtFields SC.
Located in Hoover, Alabama, at 200 Municipal Drive, the Hoover Public Library has been operating since 1983. The Hoover Public Library seeks to reinvent the way communities view libraries. As the heart and soul of the Hoover community, we are more than just a library. We’re the place you come to meet your friends, experience live theater, peruse art, listen to music, entertain your children, learn about new technology, seek job searching assistance, explore your interests, find good book recommendations and much, much more. We seek to grow our patronage by offering an unparalleled customer experience.