09/08/2026
Riley Ferretti, who graduated from the UofL School of Music in 2022 with a BM in Music Composition, is now creating music with light. She has invented her own instrument that senses brightness and turns it into music. To describe the instrument, Riley says: “it starts with photoresistor cables that sense brightness. These cables go into an Arduino, which transforms the photoresistor cable data into data that can go into a computer. I then turn this data on my computer into music! “
Her experience in the music composition program deepened her understanding of what music can be. She states that the electronic (music) classes she took at UofL became the foundation for exploring electronic music.
Check out more information about Riley’s music, including a CNN interview, on her website: rileyferretti.com
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