Summary
Charles Hutchins is an experimental music performer and composer based in London with 16 years of professional experience blending electronic and acoustic practice. He designs bespoke live-performance software (notably in SuperCollider), crafts SuperCollider plugins, and performs improvisation across laptop systems, analogue modular synths, tuba and tenor vocals. An experienced lecturer and supervisor at institutions including Goldsmiths and University of Kent, he teaches live electronics, sound design and SuperCollider while supervising final-year and postgraduate projects. Beyond performance and teaching, he has coordinated online festivals and built the systems and training required to run large remote events. His background in computer science and a PhD in music give him a rare fluency across DSP, granular synthesis and practical hardware techniques, often applying research-led approaches to real-time improvisation.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Music, Computer Science, BA, Music, Computer Science at Mills College
PhD, Music, PhD, Music at The University of Birmingham
Music, Music at Centre de Création Musical Iannis Xenakis
MA, Music Composition, MA, Music Composition at Wesleyan University
Sonology, Sonology at Koninklijk Conservatorium
Esperanto, French