Dr. Teresa Connors is active in many aspects of creative practice as an acoustic/electroacoustic composer, installation artist, creative coder, opera singer and film scorer. Teresa's works have received awards and support from the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, and ICMC, have been presented at international conferences, film festivals and galleries, and have been published in leading journals. Her current research as an Associate Researcher with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation expands her exploration of nonlinear creative systems and the use of environmental data as a co-creative device for public engagement audiovisual artworks.
Teresa is currently teaching at Concordia University in the Communications and Music Department and has previously lectured in creative coding and creative practice at Waikato University, NZ (2014–2016) and instructed singing, piano, guitar and composition at the White Rock School of Music and Dance in BC, Canada (1999–2004).