Madalyn Merkey

Madalyn Merkey is a composer and performer of live computer music based in the Silicon Valley. Merkey creates sound events with elemental sonic material—voice, sine waves, and pulses—to generate lush synthetic environments with the aid of acoustic readings from microphones and sensors. Her recent work observes the principles of acoustic instruments and material spaces to design real-time sound synthesis programs. She has performed solo computer music compositions at Yale Union, Issue Project Room, and Block Cinema, and designed sound installations for Robert Irwin’s Central Garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

Projects:

• 2023 Marcus Exhibition (Art on the Grounds): Take Time