Dr. Chaz Underriner

Dr. Chaz Underriner (b. 1987 in Texas, USA) is a composer, transmedia artist and performer based in DeLand, Florida where he is an Associate Professor of Digital Arts at Stetson University. Chaz’s work explores the representation of reality in art, especially landscape, through the juxtaposition of video projections, audio recordings and live performers. His work is “quietly radiant in animated stasis” (The Wire), “beautifully introspective and thought provoking” (Squidco), and “enchant[s] the listener so that time loses its function, so that you are completely subordinated to your dreams.” (Nieuw Noten)Chaz’s work has been programmed both nationally and internationally at festivals and venues such as the MuseumsQuartier (Vienna), Gaudeamus (Utrecht), the Moscow State Philharmonic Society (Russia), the International Computer Music Conference (USA) the Impuls Festival (Austria), the Timucua Arts Foundation (Orlando, USA), and the MISE-EN-MUSIC festival (NYC). As an engineer, composer, and performer, Chaz’s work has been released on Edition Wandelweiser Records, Slubmusic, New World Records, Fleur du Son, Task Records, Sedimental Records, and Delos. Chaz earned an MFA in Music Composition from CalArts and a PhD in Music Composition from the University of North Texas. Chaz was a Fulbright Scholar to Vienna for an artist residency at the MuseumsQuartier in 2024. Dr. Chaz Underriner is a tenured professor of Digital Arts at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. He has written original courses on Creativity, the History and Aesthetics of Japanese Animation, Advanced Seminars for Digital Artists, and Scoring for Multimedia. Chaz is a composer, transmedia artist, author, and performer and engages with all of his artistic practices to inform his teaching. Chaz's writing has been published in academic journals in Cambridge University Press (Organised Sound) and MIT Press (Leonardo Music Journal). Chaz has given presentations at universities around the world including as Soeul National University (Korea), Tamagawa University (Japan), the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (Czech), the University of Texas (USA), Kunstuniversität Graz (Austria), the Young Composer's Academy (Russia), at the Nasher Sculpture Center (USA), and the Ostrava Composer's Institute (Czech). His work is commissioned and presented by ensembles and venues nationally and internationally, especially in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Czech, and Austria.