Frank Clark is Director and Professor of Music at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to his administrative duties, he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in multimedia performance, the integration of audio into multimedia, and streaming media. Previously, he was Chair of the Department of Music and Coordinator of Music Theory at the University of South Alabama, Coordinator of Music at Lewis Clark State College, and an Assistant Professor at Pacific University and the University of Northern Iowa.
His performance interests are primarily focused in the development of tools and techniques for the real-time musical control of video, animation, graphics, sound, text, and lighting systems. His primary performance instruments are the Yamaha Mark IV Disklavier and the Steiner EVI. Clark’s research interests revolve around Internet2 music teaching and performance as well as audio for standard Internet.
Clark is a sought-after consultant and a published multimediaist and composer. He has received numerous awards and honors and presents regularly at the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME), the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), and the College Music Society (CMS).
Clark received his Bachelor of Music Education at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific. He was awarded a Masters in Horn Performance from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Music Theory/Composition from the University of Arizona, Tucson.