Carlo Diaz
Lecturer and Project and Communications Coordinator, Urban Theory Lab and Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization (CEGU)
Ph.D, Music, Leiden University, 2024
M.M., Composition, Conservatory of Amsterdam, 2018
B.M, Composition & Interdisciplinary Arts, Northwestern University, 2016
Carlo Diaz is a composer, designer, and artistic researcher. He is currently the project and communications coordinator for the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization (CEGU) and Urban Theory Lab at The University of Chicago and adjunct faculty in music composition and audio technology at Harper College. Carlo joined CEGU and the Urban Theory Lab in 2021 after two years as program assistant at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT)↗ and production supervisor at the Chicago Philharmonic↗. Prior to that, he served as production coordinator for Make Music Chicago↗ and Rush Hour Concerts at the International Music Foundation.↗
His artistic research explores the acoustic representation of historical sound and the rich intertemporality of contemporary musical practices. His latest music can be found at carlodiaz.com.↗
Publications
Imagining the Non-Present: Thought Experiments on Rich Temporality in Sound (editor) (Ghent: Orpheus Instituut, 2025) Orpheus Instituut SONUS online publication series (forthcoming)
Artistic Practices of Historical Sound: Memory, Imagination, and Mimesis in Contemporary Composition and Historical Performance (doctoral dissertation, 2024)
Courses
Sound & Environment (Spring 2025)