Morwaread Farbood

Morwaread Farbood

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education

Email: mmf9@nyu.edu

• Music and Performing Arts Professions
• Music Technology
• Music Theory and Composition

Morwaread Farbood's research encompasses topics in music cognition, computational modeling of music, and computer-assisted/algorithmic composition systems. She employs methodologies drawn from various disciplines including music theory, cognitive psychology, and computer science. Her work focuses primarily on the real-time aspects of music listening, in particular how emergent phenomena such as tonality and musical tension are perceived. In addition to her academic work, she performs professionally as a harpsichordist and is the recipient of the Pro Musicis International Award and First Prize at the Prague International Harpsichord Competition.

Website: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/farbood