hi, I’m Ela. I think about sound, culture, and psychology a lot

How does the art we make reflect our identity and culture? What does making art do to our sense of self? How do alienation and otherness change the way we create, perceive, and interact with art?

some of my projects…

  • an adaptive installation and research paper exploring Hannah Arendt’s concept of plurality sonically. premiered at Berklee College of Music in 2025

  • an electroacoustic piece exploring ambiguity, meaning, and (mis)communication. premiered in august 2025 by Yarn/Wire

  • a series of works ‘translating’ natural soundscapes into musical compositions, along with an accompanying research paper. showcased at MIT and Berklee College of Music

  • a video essay deconstructing the postcolonial theory of Homi K. Bhabha, Edward Said, and the strange relatability of liminal spaces. initial research presentation shown at Berklee College of Music.

music i’ve written for other people

  • The Crooked Moon – Alchemy RPG

    Layered adaptive music and ambiences in a western folk-horror style. A lot of banjo.

    listen now

  • Daggerheart – Alchemy RPG

    Adaptive music and ambiences for the Critical Role RPG. Coming soon.

  • Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms

    An album of fantasy music based around East Asian traditional music practices.

    listen now

  • Dungeons and Randomness

    An album of podcast theme music in a wide variety of styles. Available on all major platforms.

    listen now

music I’ve written for myself

  • Entropy (2022)

    A futurist cyberpunk universe overflowing with synthetic textures and mangled orchestras.

  • Beyond the Mists (2022)

    A lurid dream of dark fantasy, folk horror, and gothic romance in sonic form.

  • Alive (2020)

    An eclectic assortment of tracks produced for tabletop gaming.

  • Ill Met By Moonlight (2021)

    A dreamlike collection of tabletop game music, inspired by Shakespearean comedies.

CV

work experience

  • Peer tutoring for students in the Electronic Production and Design department at Berklee, supporting students in their academic goals, as well as driving content creation for social media platforms and assisting with day-to-day office tasks. Tutoring covered advanced technical subjects, including game programming, audio systems design, sound design techniques, and audio production.

  • Prepared laptops and other digital devices for use by students with little to no tech literacy, including preparing documents and curriculum resources for tech classes.

education

  • Double Major in Interactive Media Scoring and Electronic Production & Design. Minors in Psychology and Creative Coding. 3.98 GPA at graduation.

    Activities and Societies: Lavender Graduation Commencement Speaker, Berklee Sexuality and Gender Alliance (President), Berklee Esports (President, Secretary), Berklee Electronic Music Club

    Capstone Project: "You Are Not Alone", a multichannel sound installation controlled by LiDAR point-cloud data, exploring Hannah Arendt's theories of plurality.

    Courses taken include: EP-394 Practice Based Research: Sound Identities, GAIMS-471 Advanced Scoring for Interactive Media, MTEC-340 Programming with Unity, LSOC-411 Developmental Psychology, LSOC-318 Biopsychology, and LHUM-433 Digital Narrative Theory and Practice.

  • Activities and Societies: Gender and Sexuality Pride (Founder and President), Tabletop Roleplaying Game Club (President), Theatre Club, Model United Nations

    Music, psychology, and english language and literature at higher level. Biology, math, and spanish ab initio taken at standard level. Extended essay on leitmotif in Stravinsky's The Firebird scored 98/100.

volunteering

  • Assisted with coordinating and organising the annual Happy Hour on a Mission fundraiser, raising significant funds for building support networks and resources for migrant domestic workers in southeast Asia. Activities included task allocation and scheduling, social media coordination, resource and material creation, budgeting, and event planning.

  • Oversaw event coordination, organisational work, and activism for a safe and inclusive campus. Activities included organising events with 120+ attendees, organising a board of 5+ members, social media outreach campaigns, developing campus culture and inclusivity, and creating a safe and welcoming environment for new students.

live performances & showcases

Smoke – Performed by Yarn/Wire, New York (2025)

Your Are Not Alone – Berklee College of Music, Boston (2025)

Earth / Song – MIT Spatial Sound Lab, Boston (2025)

and you will return to dust – Performed by Hypercube, Boston (2025)

Well of Light – Performed by the Blackstone Valley Quartet, Worcester (2024)

honours and awards

Summa Cum Laude (First Class Honours) – Berklee College of Music (2025)

Suzanne Ciani Award – Electronic Production & Design Department, Berklee College of Music (2025)

Recognition of Excellence in Game and Interactive Media Scoring – Screen Scoring Department, Berklee College of Music (2025)

LGBTQ+ Leadership Award – Diversity and Inclusion Department, Berklee College of Music (2023)

Berklee World Tour Scholarship – Admissions Department, Berklee College of Music (2021)

Clive Powell Award for Creativity in the Arts – Australian International School (2020)

books I like

The Rebel (Albert Camus, 1951)

Invisible Cities / Le Città Invisibili (Italo Calvino, 1972)

The Human Condition (Hannah Arendt, 1958)

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections (Walter Benjamin, with a foreword by Hannah Arendt, 1969)

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals (Sadiya Hartman, 2019)

Ariel (Sylvia Plath, 1965)

Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897)

Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847)