Krzysztof Wolek is currently working as an Professor of Music Composition at the University of Louisville School of Music Composition Division. He teaches individual acoustic and computer music composition and classes in the area of computer music, orchestration, analysis and theory. Students working under Krzysztof Wolek's supervision are creating variety of works ranging from puerilely acoustic and electronic compositions through works based on improvisation to various forms of multimedia art and installations.
Beside teaching at the university of Louisville Krzysztof gives guest lectures at various universities around the world. Previous guest appearances included the University of Chicago, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, Katowice Academy of Music, Krakow Academy of Music, among others.
Krzysztof Wolek became the head of the University of Louisville Computer Music Studies in 2008. The UofL Computer Music Studios support research, production and creative work in the fields of electro-acoustic music, multimedia and sound art. Maintained by the School of Music, state-of-the-art computer music facilities accommodate introductory and advanced computer music classes that attract a broad spectrum of undergraduate and graduate students from various university departments and disciplines.
Creative research conducted in the studios may involve audio synthesis, sound analysis, digital signal processing, algorithmic and fixed media multichannel composition, computer generated/assisted music, computer music improvisation, sound and multimedia art, installations, robotics, visual art, artificial intelligence, audio recording and post-production, among others. Two multichannel studios are equipped with powerful Macintosh computers, various digital audio interfaces, auxiliary digital and analog hardware and specialized software. The additional multi-user lab is equipped with computers supporting audio and digital production.
The Computer Music Studios strongly support and facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations as well as sponsor multiple events throughout the year, including guest lectures and presentations, master classes, concerts and events featuring guest performers and sound artists. In the Computer Music Studios an open-minded teaching, learning and research environment is created where the faculty, students and guests seek to discover knowledge and to expand the creative potential through innovation, imagination and expression in order to better understand humanity and the universe.