Decker received a Bachelor of Music in music composition from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in 1981,where he also pursued a minor in mathematics. He continued his studies at Northwestern University,earning a Master of Music in music theory and composition in 1982,followed by a Doctor of Music in the same field in 1987.[1]
Career
From 1982 to 1988,he was the assistant director of operations at the Northwestern University Computer Music Studio. Since 1991,he has been a professor at SAIC,teaching experimental art,sound,and media.[6] He was the chair of the Art and Technology Department for two three-year terms and led the Sound Department from 1988 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2009. In 1997,he chaired the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) held in Chicago. Alongside Cesar Marron,he co-founded Sketchbook Brewing in 2013,a community-supported brewery.[7]
Decker's public work Prairie was commissioned by the city of Chicago in 2013 and was exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center's Sydney Yeats Gallery. This electro-acoustic sound installation utilized over 400 separate loudspeakers within a large-scale kinetic sculpture.[11][12]
Decker collaborated with Mordine Dance Theatre on the performance Truth Spin,where dancers used light sensors to manipulate sound.[13]
Decker,S. and G. Kendall. 1985. "A Unified Approach to the Editing of Time-ordered Events." In B. Truax,ed. 1985. Proceedings of the 1985 International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco:Computer Music Association. Pp. 69-78
Decker S. et al. 1986. "A Modular Environment for Sound Synthesis and Composition." Computer Music Journal 10(4):pp. 28-41
Gary S. Kendall,William L. Martens,and Shawn L. Decker. "Spatial Reverberation:Discussion and Demonstration." In Max Mathews and John Pierce eds. 1989 Current Directions in Computer Music Research. Cambridge,Mass. MIT Press. pp. 65-87
Decker S.,and G. Kendall. 1984. "A Modular Approach to Sound Synthesis Software." In W. Buxton,ed. 1984. Proceedings of the 1984 Computer Music Conference. Toronto:University of Toronto. pp. 243-250.
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