Michael Sterling Smith is a composer based in Denton, Texas. He holds degrees from University of Delaware, University of Florida, and University of North Texas (PhD). His works have recently been shown at SEAMUS 2017, the SCI national conference at UF and WMU (2015 & 2017), N_SEME (2016 & 2017), the Diffrazioni Festival (2016), EMM (2016), Ars Electronica Forum Wallis (2016), the Open Circuit Festival (2016), and the BGSU Graduate Student Conference (2016). His work Ictus was chosen as a finalist in the 2017 ASCAP/SEAMUS competition and the 2016 Open Circuit Festival call for electroacoustic works. His current interests include the use of virtual reality to create immersive audiovisual experiences. He has studied composition with Paul Richards, Paul Koonce, Jon Nelson, and Panayiotis Kokoras.