Lamtharn (Hanoi) Hantrakul P.O Box 203660, New Haven CT 06520 607-351-5961 [email protected] Website: http://lh-hantrakul.com/ Experience CEID Workshop Developer, Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID), 2013 – present. • Designed and developed workshops with Prof. Lawrence Wilen, CEID design mentor. Co-led a flute building workshop and assisted with a bubble physics workshop. Fabricated workshop materials and electronics using machinery such as the CNC Mill, lathe, laser cutter and 3D printer. • Taught and independently led a popular workshop on basic DJing and the electronics of music controllers. • Aided students with individual projects undertaken at the CEID Senior Thesis in Applied Physics, Advisors: Prof. Roman Kuc & Prof. Lawrence Wilen, Yale University, 2014 • “Surrogate soundboards for novel real-time transmission of instrumental audio” – year long research • Currently developing a novel method of audio transmission between a live violin and a surrogate soundboard that can faithfully reproduce the same vibrational mechanics as the source violin. MUSI 471: Independent Study, Advisor: Prof. Konrad Kaczmarek, Yale University Department of Music, 2013 • Built a program in Max/MSP for the Leap Motion device that allows musical control of software instruments using hand motion and finger gestures over the sensor. • Created a motion-augmented granular synthesizer and developed motion augmentation for existing synthesizers • Implemented a novel method of “spatial mixing of audio effects” for live music performance in Ableton Live • Constructed a 6-channel hemispherical speaker for performance of original electronic music Publications • • Hantrakul, L. , Kaczmarek, K. “Implementations of the Leap Motion device in sound synthesis and interactive live performance”. Currently under review by Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) for the Proceedings of the 2014 International Workshop on Movement and Computing in Paris, France. “Organically Creating Music with your Hands and Fingers.” Featured article in the Leap Motion Developer Lab’s Newsletter sent to registered developers of the platform, published on 2/4/2014. Education Yale University, New Haven, CT • Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics – Expected graduation May 2015 (Current GPA: 3.81) • Bachelor of Arts in Music (Intensive) – Expected graduation May 2015 • Awards: Perspectives on Science and Engineering Fellowship, Richard U. Light Fellowship, Creative and Performing Arts Award, Yale University Bands Paul F. Festerson Memorial Prize Bangkok Patana School, Bangkok, Thailand • Bilingual International Baccalaureate Diploma in English and French. Graduated May 2011 Scored 43 points total, in addition to Level 5 for SL Further Mathematics. • International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). 2009. • Awards: High Achievement for Top Score in Thailand for Music and Top in Thailand for Mathematics Activities Composer, 2008 – present. Visit for http://lh-hantrakul.com/music/ for selected compositions and recordings. • Works have been premiered at the Yale School of Music, Yale Art Gallery, Beinecke Library and IGIGI. Yale University Jazz Ensemble (YJE), Pianist and Composer, 2011 - Present • Played piano in the ensemble for the last 3 seasons and performed in concerts on and off campus. • Composed two featured and well-received pieces for the YJE: Tuk Tuk’n (2012) and Tom Yum Kung (2014) Kiss Me Kate, Orchestral pianist and rehearsal pianist, 2013 • Performed on piano and celeste in the 45-piece orchestra led by renowned conductor David Charles Abell’81. The production was named by the Hartford Courante as one of the top theater events of 2013