InésThiebaut Faculty Profile

Inés  Thiebaut

Associate Professor of Music, Composition / Technology / Music Theory

What makes me unique

Inés Thiebaut is a composer and sound artist and Associate Professor of Music at Cal State East Bay, where she teaches composition, music technology, and theory, and directs the computer music studios. Born and raised in Madrid, she writes contemporary, electronic, and electroacoustic music that brings together live electronics, synthesis, and computer-based processes, shaped by her interests in Greek philosophy, new complexity, and the timbres of early analog synthesis. Her music has been performed across the United States and internationally by ensembles and artists including the Grossman Ensemble, the Galan Trio, and the MIVOS Quartet, and she collaborates often with film, theater, and dance. She holds a Ph.D. in composition from the CUNY Graduate Center, with research on symmetry and interval cycles in the music of Mario Davidovsky.

  • Inés Thiebaut's work centers on composition and music technology, with a focus on contemporary, electronic, and electroacoustic music that integrates live electronics, synthesis, and computer-based processes. Her interests extend to interdisciplinary collaboration across film, theater, and dance, and to music-theoretical research on symmetry, interval cycles, and form.

  • Ph.D., Music Composition. CUNY Graduate Center. September 2016.M.A. in Composition. Aaron Copland School of Music, CUNY Queens College. May 2009. B.M. in Composition and Film Scoring. Berklee College of Music, Boston. May 2006Título de Profesor de Grado Medio. Solfège, music theory, transposition, and accompaniment. Conservatory of Music Adolfo Salazar, Madrid, 2003.

  • Summer Session 2026

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    MUS 30202What to Listen for in MusicARRWEB-ASYNCHOnline Campus

  • Recordings

    • syneche (piano, violin, cello, electronics), Galan Trio. On KINESIS, Vol. 3. Neuma Records, 2026.

    Writings

    • "Compositional Spaces in Mario Davidovsky's Quartettos." In Form and Process in Music, 1300–2014: An Analytic Sampler. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
    • Review of Teresa Fraile Prieto, Música de cine en España: Señas de identidad en la banda sonora contemporánea. TRANS: Revista Transcultural de Música 16 (2012).

    Special projects

    • The Rite of Spring Project (Joseph Straus). Director and producer of a multimedia initiative documenting performances and analysis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, presented through a dedicated website and YouTube channel.

  • Recent premieres and performances

    • apeiron (large chamber ensemble and electronics). Grossman Ensemble, Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, December 2025. Micah Gleason, conductor.
    • syneche (piano, violin, cello, electronics). Galan Trio, West Coast tour, April 2024. Acoustic version at Mikrotöne: Small is Beautiful, Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, July 2025.
    • pantha rhei (piano and electronics). EarPlay, San Francisco, February 2024. Premiered by Jason Hardink, Salt Lake City, March 2022.
    • Con Nombre de Olvido (percussion and electronics). Recent performances by Miriam Llerena Martín in Oporto, Pamplona, and Alicante, 2023.
    • Paisaje Acústico: San Ildefonso (sound installation). EMT Madrid, permanent installation since 2022.
    • Hiraeth (piano, viola, cello, bass, two trombones). NOVA Chamber Music Series, Salt Lake City, April 2018.

    Invited lectures and conference presentations

    • Guest Visiting Composer: Diablo Valley College (2025), Las Positas College (2024), Brooklyn College (2022), Westminster College (2022), and UC Davis (Valente Lecture, 2019).
    • "Near-Symmetry: A Theory of Chord Quality, With Implications for Voice Leading." Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, 2017.

  • @CSU East Bay

    • Graduate Coordinator, Department of Music, 2021–present
    • Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Music, 2018–present
    • Chair, Curriculum Committee, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, 2022–present
    • Web Master, Department of Music (2018–present) and the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (2023–present)
    • Recording Coordinator, Department of Music, 2018–present
    • Faculty Advisor, Department of Music, 2018–present
    • Member, Diversity Committee, Department of Music, 2021–present
    • Board Member, Center for Student Research Advisory Board, 2019–2022