Matteo Olivo (F)

Matteo Olivo is a PhD student at the Laboratory “ECLLA – Études du Contemporain en Littératures, Langues, Arts” of the Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne (FR). His research concerns the implementation and evaluation of an educational programme, based on collective musical composition, for the development of life skills for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. This programme is based on the use of Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs): these are musical applications with interfaces adapted to the users’ needs, which are created following a participatory and iterative design process. This research project is the result of Matteo Olivo’s education in computer music at the University of Saint-Etienne, his professional experience in the educational and health sectors, and his work as a composer of electronic and electroacoustic music. The research resulted in some scientific publications in the fields of computer music and educational sciences.

At a more general level, Matteo Olivo is interested in the various issues related to the use of digital music technologies in the field of education. He currently collaborates with various institutions working in this sector, such as the National Center for Musical Creation GRAME of Lyon or the Canopé Network, an organization linked to the French Ministry of Education aimed at promoting innovative teaching methods in schools. In collaboration with these institutions, he carries out creative educational projects, based on the STEAM approach, aimed at introducing students to digital music technologies. His expertise in computer music encompasses the development of web audio applications, the live coding and the creation of interactive audio-visual installations.

Since 2021, Matteo Olivo is in charge of some courses on computer music at the Musicology and Fine Arts departments of the University of Saint-Etienne. He is also responsible for a course on sound design at the Strate Design School of Lyon.

Matteo Olivo has experience in providing workshops in Sonic Pi to different groups (teachers and students). As a PhD student, he also knows the literature and can frame his workshop within existing research on live coding as a medium for creative music making through technology.