Robert Willey

Associate Professor, School of Music and Performing Arts

Ruth Stodghill Girard/LEQSF Regents Professor in Music II

PhD in Music (Theoretical Studies), University of California, San Diego, 1990.

Dissertation title: "The Relationship Between Tempo and Delay and its Effect on Musical Performance."

Publications

Willey, Robert & Cardim, Alfredo. Brazilian Piano—Choro, Samba, and Bossa Nova. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard, Inc. (2010). Producer/engineer for companion CD, Includes interviews with João Donato, Clare Fischer, César Camargo Mariano, and Dom Salvador. Reviewed in American Music Teacher, Dec/Jan 2010/2011.

Willey, Robert (2010). Airto Moreira: Rhythm and Color. Percussive Notes, November, 2010, Percussive Arts Society. Review with percussionist Airto Moreira.

Willey, Robert (Co-producer of “Les jours sont longs”) (2010) En Couleurs CD by Feufollet. Lafayette: Feufollet Records. Reviewed by OffBeat, Hearth Music, Songlines Magazine, Virginia Pilot, All About Jazz. Nominated for Best Cajun or Zydeco category, 2011 Grammy Awards. Willey, Robert (Producer), (2010) Live from the Blue Moon. DVD of Feufollet. Lafayette: Pepper Records.

Garnier, D•Jalma & Willey, Robert. Louisiana Creole Fiddle. Pacific: Mel Bay Publications, inc., 2009. Engineered and produced companion DVD demonstrating the techniques and style performed by D•Jalma Garnier and other fiddlers.

Cardim, Alfredo & Willey, Robert (2008). Alfredo Cardim: Brazilian Nights. Buena Park: Yamaha Corporation of America. Producer and editor for PianoSoft Disklavier MIDI performance disk.

“Tattooed Walls”, Dickie Landry, saxophone; Robert Willey, electronics. Acadiana Center for the Arts, Festival International (2008).

Willey, Robert (2007). Into the Blue, Atlanta: Aucourant Records. CD of original compositions, producer, composer, performer, engineer.

Willey, R., Thompson, R., Bidlack, R. (2007).The Book of Names. Atlanta: Aucourant Records. CD of computer-mediated group improvisation, performer, composer, engineer.

“Electronic Realization of the Player Piano Studies of Conlon Nancarrow”. Technology in Music Instruction•s national conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 16, 2007. “Creating an Enhanced Podcast Episode”. Technology in Music Instruction•s national conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 16, 2007.

“Analyzing Harmonic Progressions with HarmIn: the Music of Antônio Carlos Jobim”. International conference, Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, São Paulo, Brazil, September 3, 2007.

Produced video on Louisiana culture for distance education event sponsored by the Weill Music Institute, Carnegie Hall•s education department, linking 500 secondary students in Zankel Hall (New York City) with 300 students at the French Cultural Center in Bamako, Mali, December 19, 2006.

“Zydeco Meets Copyright Law: Recording Louisiana•s Musical Heritage”, presentation, Learning at the Law Library Series, Louisiana Supreme Court Building, New Orleans, May 30, 2006. “Directing Audio and Video Recordings for DVD Productions”. Georgia Music Educators Association conference, in conjunction with Technology in Music Education (TI:ME). Southern Regional conference, Savannah, Georgia, January 25, 2006.

Willey, Robert & Fontenot, Karl (2005). From La La to Zydeco: Creole and Zydeco Music From Louisiana. Lafayette: Louisiana Studies. Engineer and producer of DVD documenting music from southwest Louisiana, which has since been played in several festivals in the United States and France.

Grants and Contracts

Alesis, Equipment donation (VideoTrack) (3/11), $180.

Instructional Improvement Grant: "Real World DVD Production and Promotion" (9/10), $750.

STEP Grant: "Multimedia Studio Development" (6/10), $3,863.97.

STEP Grant: "Software for School of Music" (6/10), $3,564.

STEP Grant: "Hearing Testing Equipment" (6/10), $5,018.90, with Department of Communicative Disorders.

STEP Grant: "Recording Microphones for Auditorium" (1/10), $6,940.

STEP Grant: "Server for School of Music" (1/10), $5,303.

BORSF Grant: "Multimedia Recording Facility" (10/09), $47,947, co-director.

Instructional Improvement Grant: "College of the Arts DVD Showcase" (9/09).

Faculty Development: Workshop on Hearing Conservation (10/09), $100.

Lyceum Committee: "Workshop on Hearing Conservation" (9/09), $600.

STEP Grant: "Music Postproduction System" (7/09), $24,611.

STEP Grant: "Performing and Live Recording System" (1/09), $5,185.

Instructional Improvement Mini-grant: "Recording at Dockside Studio", Spring, 2009, $750.

STEP Grant: "Recording Studio Upgrade: Developing System Input and Output" (7/08), $11,881.80.

STEP Grant: "CD Recording System for Angelle Hall", (1/08) $1,350.

Instructional Improvement Mini-Grant: Scores for jazz ensemble, (10/07), $750.

STEP Grant: "School of Music Resource Center Upgrade" (7/07), co-investigator, $21,638.

Faculty Development Grant: Concert / Workshop by Alfredo Cardim, visiting Brazilian Pianist (2007), $750.

LEQSF Regents Grant: "Redesigning the Music Education Curriculum to Incorporate Computing and Multimedia" (2004-2005), co-investigator, $127,000.

Offices, Awards and Honors

Chair, International Symposium, Conlon Nancarrow: Life and Music, 2012.

Musical Papers Program Committee, 13th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, 2011; Musical Papers Program Committee, 10th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, 2005; Tutorials and Demonstrations Committee, 6th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, 1999.