About
Michael Palumbo is a Toronto musician, concert presenter, educator and developer. They have organized concerts since 2006, and currently run Exit Points, a free-improvisation concert series and record label, and Cool New Instruments Night, a quarterly salon on new artmaking tools.
They lead Artist-Led Futures, a Toronto Arts Council-funded concert production fellowship, and are co-general editor of eContact!, the Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s peer-reviewed journal. They hold a PhD in Digital Media from York University. They also build custom software for artists and musicians, and teach sound design and creative coding.
Teaching
- 2026
Advanced Sound Design
- 2026
Creative Web Design
- 2017
Creative Data Visualization
- 2022–present
Introduction to Computer Science
- 2022–present
Interactive Digital Media
- 2024
Hybrid Media Lab
- 2018–2021
Media Signal Processing
- 2016–2019
Video Game History
- 2018
Collaborative Performance Project II
Education
- 2025
PhD, Digital Media
- 2023
Certificate, Full Stack Web Development
- 2016
MA, Theatre and Performance Studies
- 2015
BFA, Electroacoustic Studies
- 2006
Certificate, Entertainment Business Management
Grants and awards
- 2026
Music Production and Presentation Grant, Exit Points
- 2026
Open Door Sector Innovation Grant, Artist-Led Futures
- 2025, 2023
Music Projects Grant, Exit Points
- 2024, 2022
Helen Carswell Chair in Community Engaged Research in the Arts
- 2021
W. Lawrence Heisey Graduate Award in Fine Arts
- 2016
Animating Historic Sites and Museums
- 2014
CUSRA Research-Creation Grant
- 2013
Alcides Lanza Award in Electroacoustics