Dr. Ricky Graham

Ricky Graham

Dr. Ricky Graham

Professorial Lecturer in Music (Creative Code and User Interface and Digital Product Design)


Programs: Music

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Bio

Ricky Graham, Ph.D., is an engineer by day, and a musician, educator, and entrepreneur by whatever hours are left. His creative pursuits usually involve computer-assisted music composition and instrumental performance. Currently based in Washington, D.C., Graham produces music under the alias, “Signals Under Tests,” and makes music software with his friend, Edwin Park, as “Delta Sound Labs.”

He teaches Creative Code and User Interface and Digital Product Design at Corcoran.


National Association of Music Merchants, ASCAP

  • Agentic product design
  • XR applications for modeling and simulation
  • Computer-assisted music composition, performance, and production
  • PhD in Systems Design (2012; Ulster University)
  • MS in Computer Science (2025; George Washington University)
  • MMus in Music (2017; Ulster University)
  • BSc in Music Technology (2016; Queen's University Belfast)
  • Automation and Expression in Live Performance Systems Design for Music
    CMMAS · Aug 16, 2024
  • Strategies for Spatial Music Performance: The Practicalities and Aesthetics of Responsive Systems Design
    Divergence Press / Centre for Research in New Music at the University of Huddersfield (ISSN 2052-3467) · Jan 27, 2015
  • Gesture and Embodied Metaphor in Spatial Music Performance Systems Design
    Goldsmiths,  University of London ISSN: 2220-4792 (Print), 2220-4806 (Online), 2220-4814 (USB). ISBN: 978-1-906897-29-1 (Online). · May 31, 2014
  • Managing Musical Complexity with Embodied Metaphors
    Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA (ISSN 2220-4806)