David Wetzel
Lecturer In Interdisciplinary Computing And Affiliate Faculty In Music
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Wetzel is a multidisciplinary educator-musician-technologist with over three decades of teaching experience and 11 years focused on interdisciplinary computing and music at Loyola University Chicago. He designs and teaches courses that blend code, audio, and visual media—ranging from P5.js graphics and UNIX tools to digital music, MIDI, and studio production—bringing practical production experience into the classroom. Beyond academia he runs a boutique audio production business and serves as Technical Director for contemporary music events, producing live sound, field recording, and post-production for festivals and a PBS documentary series. Trained to DMA and MM levels in clarinet performance and computer music, he uniquely pairs high-level musical artistry with hands-on technical systems (Max/MSP, multimedia stacks), enabling creative, production-ready learning and performance outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaB. Mus., Clarinet Performance, B. Mus., Clarinet Performance at Lawrence UniversityHS Diploma, Math/Science Concentration, HS Diploma, Math/Science Concentration at Lane Technical High School, ChicagoMM, Computer Music Performance and Concert Production, MM, Computer Music Performance and Concert Production at Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Github Skills (2)
jekyll5
react4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
loyola-university-tech-ensemble/loyola-university-tech-ensemble.github.io
Sep 2017 - Mar 2024
Web presence for the Loyola University Technology Ensemble.
Contributions:11 PRs, 21 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 7 months
reactensemblejekyll
dbwetzel/COMP122PlayerProject
Jun 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
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