Canadian composer, performer and teacher, Kenneth Newby was born in 1956. He studied electroacoustic and computer music techniques (B.A., M.F.A.) at Simon Fraser University and specialized in writing his own software for composition. A co-founder of the Vancouver Gamelan Ensemble in 1986, he has studied Karawitan and Gender Wayang extensively in both Java and Bali. His compositions explore a synthesis of interactive computer music, improvisation, and an attention to deep states of consciousness.