Audience Participation Using Mobile Phones as Musical Instruments

To my fiancé, Sol Ie iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Jason Freeman, my advisor, who not only supported me throughout my study at Georgia Tech, but also shared his expertise in music and research unconditionally for this work. I would not have started this research without inspirations he gave me in and out of the classroom and I would not have finished the thesis without his patient guidance and encouragements. I would like to thank Dr. Gil Weinberg. His insightful questions, which I cannot usually answer promptly, take me one step back and make me think bigger picture. I also deeply appreciate Dr. Ellen Yi-Luen Do's kindness of giving me a series of opportunities to present this raw idea in her class, which completed this research. I have been blessed with a number of able colleagues who helped me throughout this study. It was very pleasant to collaborate with Yonatan Sasson, who helped me turn a mobile app into a music performance with his talent in clarinet. Ajay Srinivasamurthy read this lengthy thesis draft and fixed loads of grammatical errors for me. Nathan Weitzner has been a valuable lab-mate, giving me ideas on a ride home everyday and helping me develop the simulator with his super power in Max/MSP. Aaron Albin always shared his knowledge in research with encouragements. I also thank all members of MSMT students for their inspiring works and friendly advices. Finally, I truly thank my family for their unconditional love and endless support, who always believe me regardless of what I am.