Research

Dissertation, publications, and presentations.

Dissertation

2025
Patch Histories and Forking Paths: Version Control as Creative Practice in Modular Synthesis
PhD dissertation, York University. Supervisor, Graham Wakefield.

2024
From 'What If?' to 'What Diff?' and Back Again
with Graham Wakefield · Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines & People, Routledge, pp. 449–455
2020
Disperf: A Platform for Telematic Music Concert Production
with Doug Van Nort and Rory Hoy · Proceedings of ICMC 2020
2020
git show: Musical Creativity, Ideation, and GitHub
with Doug Van Nort · Proceedings of ISEA 2020
2020
Modular Reality: Analogues of Patching in Immersive Space
with Alexander Zonta and Graham Wakefield · Journal of New Music Research 49 (1), pp. 8–23
2020
Affordances and Constraints of Modular Synthesis in Virtual Reality
Graham Wakefield, Michael Palumbo, Alexander Zonta · Proceedings of NIME 2020, pp. 547–550
2016
Towards a Mappable Database of Emergent Gestural Meaning
Doug Van Nort, Ian Jarvis, Michael Palumbo · Proceedings of NIME 2016, pp. 46–50
2015
Stethoscope Hero
Contemporary Performance Almanac
2014
CrossTalk: A Reflection on the Development of an Interactive Performance
eContact! 16.3
2014
Video Games as Cooperative Performance: Composing for Meaningful Play in Laptop Orchestras
Undergraduate Research Showcase, Concordia University
2013
Design and Construction of a Polyphonic Signal Router for 13-pin DIN MIDI Guitars
with Pouya Hamidi, Richard King, Donald Pavlasek · Proceedings of the 135th AES Convention

2026
Before, During, and After: Documenting Improvised Music through the Exit Points Catalogue
Lecture, Guelph Jazz Colloquium