Teresa Marrin Nakra

Teresa Marrin Nakra serves as Professor and Director of the Music and Technology Program at Stevens Institute of Technology. Teresa has made important research contributions in the study of musical expression and gesture; she is best known for her quantitative analyses of orchestral conducting and their applications to interactive music systems. She has presented her work in concerts with the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestras, as well as in museums, music festivals, and performance venues across the United States, Europe, and Japan. She earned PhD and MS degrees from the MIT Media Lab, and a BA in Music (magna cum laude) from Harvard College. Her book, Constructing Music: Musical Explorations in Creative Coding (2024), is published by Oxford University Press.