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Colin E. Stokes

  • Assistant Professor, Music (AI)

  • AI in Music and Visuals

  • Immersive Media

  • Creative Coding

  • Composition

  • Cello

Colin Stokes

Biography

Colin Stokes is an intermedial composer, cellist, technologist, and researcher in artificial intelligence in immersive media. As a cellist, Colin tours actively with the Berlin-based electronic group Symphoniacs and the American contemporary music ensemble Zohn Collective. His work can be heard on more than 25 albums released by Universal Music Group/Polydor, Warner Music Japan, EMI, Neuma Records, and others. He has shared the stage with performers ranging from Yo-Yo Ma, Gidon Kremer, and John Williams, to Lady Gaga, Chaka Khan, and Heidi Klum, and his performances, broadcasts, and streams have been seen and heard by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Colin completed his PhD at the University of North Texas, where he worked with Jon Nelson, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, David Stout, and Panayiotis Kokoras. He also holds degrees in cello performance from The Juilliard School and Eastman School of Music.

Collected Works

Immersive presentation space with rows of audience seating facing wraparound curved LED screens displaying colorful abstract visuals beneath circular overhead lighting trusses.
Black-and-white view from the side of a theater stage showing musicians rehearsing with a keyboard, cello, microphones, and guitars, facing a large empty auditorium.
Live performance featuring violinists, cellists, piano, and electronic instruments on a theater stage with a large LED screen showing colorful abstract imagery.
Performers with violins and cellos take a bow before a standing audience, with colorful stage graphics displayed behind them.