Dr. Teresa Marrin Nakra

Assistant Professor of Music (Music Technology & Music Theory)

   

Ph.D., Media Arts and Sciences, (Music Technology Specialization), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Laboratory
M.S., Media Arts and Sciences, (Music Technology Specialization), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Laboratory
B.A., Music, Harvard University, magna cum laude

 

Dr. Nakra is an Assistant Professor of Music at The College of New Jersey where she teaches:

• MUS 261: Musicianship I
• MUS 262:  Musicianship II
• MUS 335:  Music Technology
• MUS 345:  Introductory Electronic Music Skills & Literature

 

Prior to her appointment at TCNJ, she taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts College of Art and was recently a Clifton Visiting Artist at Harvard University.  While at the acclaimed MIT Media Laboratory, Dr. Nakra worked closely with Rosalind Picard, Tod Machover, John Harbison, and Marvin Minsky.  She has received numerous distinctions for her academic work, including Research Fellowships from IBM, Motorola, and Interval Research Corporation.

As a conductor of contemporary and classical music, Dr. Nakra has recently served as the assistant conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.  She has been a featured performer of the Boston Cyberarts Festival, and has also performed on sensor-based electronic instruments in international venues such as the Ars Electronica Festival, the Lincoln Center Summer Festival, and London’s South Bank Centre.  As the culmination of her extensive doctoral study with the “Conductor’s Jacket,” she presented a live public performance with the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Dr. Nakra has been bringing a high-tech interaction paradigm to classical and traditional music as the Founder and Artistic Director of Immersion Music with whom she has produced many live music events with digital enhancements, including a concert at Boston’s Symphony Hall that attracted 2000 attendees.  Dr. Nakra and Immersion Music have also developed a museum exhibition in collaboration with the Boston Children’s Museum and Boston Pops Orchestra, a Digital Salon Series, and the Digital Conducting Laboratory at Arizona State University.

Email:  nakra@tcnj.edu
Webpage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~nakra