Maxwell Tfirn is a fifth year PhD student at the University of Virginia, pursuing his degree in Composition and Computer Technology. He received a Masters degree from Wesleyan and University in Music Composition and a Bachelors degree in Music Education. Max has had work performed at SEAMUS, FEASt Festival, 12 Nights Festival of Electronic Music and Art Series, Subtropics Music festival, N_SEME, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Technosonics Festival, and Fifteen Minutes of Fame. Currently Max is interested in glitch/noise music and spectromorphology. He has worked with Dr. Judith Shatin, Dr. Ted Coffey, Dr. Matthew Burtner, Anthony Braxton, Dr. Paula Matthusen, Ronald Kuivila and Dr. James Paul Sain.