Prof. Shai Cohen

EDUCATION:

• Practical Electronics Engineering & Computer Science, ORT Bialik, 1989
• Teaching Certificate + Teaching License, Bosmat Haifa, 1990
• B.A. The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, majoring in composition and jazz performing, 1994
• M.A. Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University, Music Composition, 2003
• Ph.D. Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University, Music Composition, 2007

Thesis:

• John Coltrane and Nicolas Slonimsky - Music theory as an unexpected inspirational encounter
• Echoes of Eternity, Fantasia for violin solo and orchestra

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Research topics and areas of specialization:

• Composition with an emphasis on the field of virtual art (new media), integration of the digital visual world for music applications, web creation, video art, sound installations, etc.
• Technology and creativity, developing computational-system-based environments for concert musical needs.
• Pedagogy in a musical context based on innovative technology and the development of interactive learning environments.

HISTORY OF ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

• 1996 -20                Lecturer. Carmel Zvulun Regional High School
• 2003 -                    Senior Lecturer. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
• 2009 - 20               Lecturer. Open University Music Department, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• 2010 -                    Lecturer. Levinsky College of Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel
• 2012-13                 Lecturer. The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Israel
• 2016-18                 Staff member, The Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching

VISITING APPOINTMENTS:

• Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Course in music and technology - History and Literature and algorithmic programming using MAX/MSP.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Military service: The IAF programming electronics and music educational activities.
• Musical arranger in the IAF Education Corps.
• Seniority in teaching: 1993-2022 (+3 years of teaching electronics in the IAF)

AWARDS, GRANTS, & HONORS:

• 2023 - "The People of the Black Circle" for Ensemble, Narrator, Live electronics, fixed media, and video. Mifal HaPais, Council for the Culture and Arts & ACUM grants.
• 2022 - Menachem Avidom Prize Achievement Award for the piece “Darkness” - An ACUM Prize. Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel.
• 2021 - “Understanding the inter-personal neural mechanisms of synchronization in young adults with ASD: Employing dyadic drumming as a platform for a multimodal investigation of social function”. The Israeli Science Foundation Jerusalem (ISF).
• 2021 - Grant of Excellence in Teaching, Bar-Ilan University.
• 2021 - The Royal Academy of Fine Arts San Carlos has held the V International Music Composition Competition Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, endowed with a single prize of 4,000 euros. In an open call to composers of any nationality, and with no age limit, the winning work has been Remez, whose author is Shai Cohen.
• 2020 - “Interpretation and Performance of Violins for the Graphic Notation Method: Interdisciplinary Observation - Music, Sociology, Literacy, and Mathematics”. The President's Fund, Levinsky College of Education.
• 2020 - "Darkness" for cello, electric guitar, percussion, Live electronics, fixed media, and video. Mifal HaPais, Council for the Culture and Arts grant.
• 2018 - Outstanding lecturer at Bar Ilan University, Israel.
• 2018 - Bar Ilan University rector grant, towards forming a research group and a conference on music, creativity, and technology.
• 2017 - Research grant in the framework of the President's Fund, Levinsky College of Education.
• 2017 - The President's scholarship for planning and developing an innovative teaching-learning course, Levinsky College of Education, Composition, and improvisation in real-time.
• 2011 - Aberdeen Music Prize for "Circles of Time" for Trumpet string quartet members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the University of Aberdeen Music Prize.
• 2011 - Ministry of Culture and Sport, The Prime Minister's Prize for Music Achievement.
• 2010 - Menachem Avidom Prize Achievement Award for the piece “Echoes of Eternity, Fantasia for violin solo and orchestra” - An ACUM Prize

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• 2012-17, 2019-     Chairman of the Israel Composers' League
• 2015-2017            Member of the Prime Minister's Prize for Composition Committee
• 2018-                    Member of the Board of Trustees of the Composers' Award 
• 2017-                    Israel's Ministry of Education, Curriculum Committee for High School        

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES:

• Cohen, S.  (January 16, 2020).  An international conference on contemporary music for early instruments. Composition, technology, and aesthetics - The well-tempered detune, Israel.
• Cohen, S.  (November 29 - Dec 1, 2017).  An international conference on research in music and creativity, pushing the boundaries of musical expression. IRMaM, The Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music and Mind, Israel.

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

1. Cohen, S. (2011). Music and Creation in a Computerized Environment - 10767. The Open University. Writing and developing 14 study units, including the coursebook (687 pages).

Refereed articles:

1. Azariahu, L., Broza, O., Cohen, S., Hershkovitz, S., Adi-Japha, E. Development of Creative Thinking via Fractions and Rhythm Corresponding Author. Thinking Skills and Creativity. March 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101514.
2. Cohen, S., Azaryahu L., Broza O., Hershkovitz, S., Adi-Japha, E. The Contribution of Technology to Understanding Shared Phenomena in Math and Music. International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, Volume 30, Number 4, December 2023, pp. 265-270(6). https://doi.org/10.1564/tme_v30.4.9
3. Gordon I., Gilboa E., Gilboa A., Cohen S., Kivity Y. Catching That Playful Beat: Social Anxiety and Synchronous Group Functioning. J Nonverbal Behav (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-023-00436-7
4. David M. Greenberg, Nir Milstein, Avi Gilboa, Shai Cohen, Nir Haimovich, Shahar Siegman, Shay Pinhasi, Ilanit Gordon  (2023). Improvised herding: Mapping biobehavioral mechanisms that underlie group efficacy during improvised social interaction http://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14307
5. Azariahu, L., Broza, O., Cohen, S., Hershkovitz, S., Adi-Japha, E. Development of Creative Thinking Patterns via Math and Music. (2022). Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2022-11 | Journal article DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101196
6. Cohen, S., (2022). Entanglement for conductor and interactive 2D point map. Peimot, Issue No. 5 Journal of Music and Culture, "RESLING" an Israeli academic publishing house. 
7. Ornoy E., Cohen S., (2021). Tool for a Real-Time Automatic Assessment of Vocal Proficiency. The Journal of Music, Technology & Education (JMTE). https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte_00034_1
8. Ornoy E., Cohen S., (2021). Back to the present: Assimilation of late 19th century performance features among currently active violinists. Journal of New Music Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2022.2029496
9. Ornoy E., Cohen S., (2021). The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on the Vocal Proficiencies of Music Education Students. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356211062262
10. Gordon I., Gilboa, A., Cohen, S., Kleinfeld T., (2020). The relationship between physiological synchrony and motion energy synchrony during a joint group drumming task. Physiology & Behavior Volume 224, 1 October 2020, 113074. DOI:10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113074
11. Gordon I., Gilboa, A., Cohen, S., Milstein N., Haimovich N., Pinhasi S., Siegman S. (2020). Physiological and Behavioral Synchrony Predict Group Cohesion and Performance. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65670-1
12. Sandak B., Cohen S., Gilboa A., Harel D. (2019). Computational elucidation of the effects induced by music making. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0213247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213247
13. Ornoy E., Cohen S., (2018). Analysis of contemporary violin recordings of 19th century repertoire: identifying trends and impacts. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02233
14. Cohen, S., (2017). Musical creativity resulting from dyslexia in reading score. Between the words, art therapy, Kibbutzim College of Education. Issue 14, 2018.
15. Cohen, S., (2017). Music Composition and real-time improvisation with mobile technology. Proceedings of the 13th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies: Learning in the Technological Era, Raanana: The Open University of Israel, pp. 214-219.

Musical compositions performed and premiers in Israel and abroad:

1. Cohen S. (2024). "The People of the Black Circle - Death Strikes a King". For ensemble, narrator, live electronics, and video animation. Original text in Hebrew by Shai Cohen, inspired by Robert A. Howard's novel. Meitar Ensemble, Conductor - Steven Sloane, Narrator - Avigail Arnheim.  Studio Annette, Tel-Aviv (16, Feb. 2024).
2. Cohen S. (2022). "ALEA IACTA EST" For Alto Sax, Electric Guitar and Cello. Ensemble SIV, Studio Annette, Tel-Aviv (Feb. 2024).
3. Cohen, S. (2009). "Echoes of Eternity" for violin solo and orchestra. Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Bar Avni - Conductor, Yael Barolsky - Violin Solo, The Israeli Music Festival, Rapaport Hall, Haifa (Sep. 2023).
4. Cohen, S. (2023). "Is P=NP?" For Voice, Vibraphone and Tibetan Singing Bowls. Geizhals Oded, percussion. ContComp Conference on Contemporary Composition, the Dr. Hecht Center for the Arts, University of Haifa, Israel. Sunday, May 22, 2023.
5. Cohen, S. (2023). "Points of Convergence", for a bass incorporating technology-based notation. The 8th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR), 15 May 2023, Boston-Cambridge, USA.
6. Cohen, S. (2023). “Have you taken your medication today, Mr. Feldman?” (2021). Contemporary Music from Israel Concert VII: Center for New Music Ensemble. David Gompper, conductor. Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 1:00 pm, Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa Chamber Ensembles, USA.
7. Cohen S. (2019, 22). "Chapter 01", for accordion, electronics, and video. Audio Rocket Festival, Saturday 11/19/22 at Art Information Center Art Hall, Osaka University of Arts, Japan.
8. Cohen S. (2022). "Who pulls the strings?" For Electric Guitar and String Quartet. Commissioned by The Mivos Quartet (New York) and Nadav Lev. Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Sept 2022).
9. Cohen, S. (2022). "The four Elements", 4 electronic works based on Fire, Water, Earth, and Air for the Moran Singers Ensemble project. Suzanne Dellal Center, 25.6.2022, Israel.
10. Cohen, S. (2022). "Who does not play the dice?", Comprovisation for the C Barré Ensemble, inspired by "The Lottery in Babylon" by Jorge Luis Borges.  The 7th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR), 9/10/11 May 2022, Marseille, France.
11. Cohen, S. (2021). “ER=EPR” for French Horn and Live electronics. Premiere: Bram Vanoverberghe, MIRY Concertzaal the Royal Conservatory of Arts Ghent, Belgium. March 1, 2022. Also work chosen for the 2021 ISCM WNMD in Shanghai and Nanning, China.
12. Cohen, S. (2021). “3 electronic pieces - (Conversation with Cage, let vectors = {}, Chapter 01)”. Works Chosen for the 2021 SONIC MATTER festival, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich. 04.12.2021 - 05.12.2021
13. Cohen, S. (2021). “Remez” for Trombone and Piano. the winner of the V International Contest of Musical Composition Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, 2021. Valencia, Spain. Slide Trombone: José Vicente Faubel, Piano: Carlos Apellániz. Tuesday, February 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos.
14. Cohen, S. (2021). "A LEAP INTO THE DARK". Peter Katina - Accordion, Shai Cohen - Electronics, Slovenia (Mar. 2021). Darja Goldberg (accordion), Cezary Joczyn (sound diffusion), the Oblate Center for Education and Culture in Poland. (April 2024).
15. Cohen, S. (2021). "Conversation with Cage". Conversation with the cage about the social situation in the face of the covid-19. John Cage, Nadav Lev, Shai Cohen. Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Mar. 2021).
16. Cohen, S. (2021). “Secret Scripture”. for Meitar Ensemble, Suzanne Dellal Centre For Dance and Theater, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Mar. 2020).
17. Cohen, S. (2021). "Even the most unfounded story had to be made up". Hila Zamir, Humay Gasimzade, Shai Cohen. Bowling Green State University, USA (Mar. 2021).
18. Cohen, S. "Entanglement" for conductor and interactive 2D point map. Conductor, Ilan Volkov, Conception, Composition and Video, Shai Cohen, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Aug. 2020).
19. Cohen, S. "Three Glances", for Viola solo, Nitai Zori - Viola, Shai Cohen - Electronics, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (July. 2020).
20. Cohen, S. "Flatten the Curve", for the Modern Art Orchestra, "ART OF VIRUS" challenge. Level 10 descendent from Péter Eötvös, Hungary (July. 2020).
21. Cohen, S. "Odd kind of Sympathy", for Meitar Ensemble, conductor Tom Karni, the Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (June. 2020)
22. Cohen, S. "Darkness", for amplified ensemble and fixed media electronics and video. Dan Weinstein, Amos Elkana, Oded Geizhals. HaTeiva, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Jan. 2020)
23. Cohen, S. "Epistola de ignoto", for amplified ensemble and fixed media electronics. Ensemble airborne extended, The well-tempered detune, International Conference on contemporary music for early instruments. Bar-Ilan University, Israel (Jan. 2020)
24. Cohen, S. "4 lines", for Prepared amplified Snare Drum and fixed-media electronics. Geizhals Oded, CNMAT Berkeley UC, California, USA (Dec. 2019).
25. Cohen, S. "The edge of Irrationality", for Electric Guitar and Drum Set. Lev Nadav and Geizhals Oded, Spectrum, NYC (Dec. 2019).
26. Cohen, S. "Mechanical Expressiveness", for Flute & Alto Flute head joints and electronics. Antonella Bini, Italy (Nov. 2019).
27. Cohen, S. "Signs", for voice and piano. "Israeli Music Festival", The Jerusalem Music Centre (Oct. 2019).
28. Cohen, S. "I saw a rainbow in a puddle", For Harp solo and electronics. Olga Moitlis (Sept. 2019).
29. Cohen, S. (2019). "Seven Cadenzas" for string quartet and electronics, commissioned by Carmel Quartet (June 2019).
30. Cohen, S. (2019). "Noumenon" for ensemble with audiovisuals, commissioned by the International Society for Contemporary Music, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Apr. 2019).
31. Cohen, S. (2019). "I Heard a Fly Buzz... When I Died" for ensemble and electronics, commissioned by the 'Israel Contemporary Players, Tel Aviv (Mar. 2019).
32. Cohen, S. (2018). "Pain Expands the Time" for chamber ensemble. Wiener Collage Ensemble, Buchman Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv (Dec. 2018).
33. Cohen, S. (2018). "I Heard the Old Men Say..." for chamber ensemble. The 3rd “Asia – Europe” New Music Festival in Vietnam (Nov. 2018).
34. Cohen, S. (2018). "Can You Hear the Wooden Man?" for percussion ensemble. Ju Percussion Group, the 35th Asian Composers League Conference and Festival, Taiwan (Oct. 2018).
35. Cohen, S. (2018). "Absence of Yesterday" for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano. Meitar Ensemble, the Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Oct. 2018).
36. Cohen, S. (2018). "Ancient Scripts" for accordion and electronics. Peter Katina, Slovenia (Sept. 2018). *
37. Cohen, S. (2018). "Tefila" for alto sax and live electronics. Jonathan Chazan, HaTeiva, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (June 2018). *
38. Cohen, S. (2018)." Messages from..." for young concert band and vibraphone. Hagar Shahal, The Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, Israel (June 2018).
39. Cohen, S. (2018). "Parenthetically" for piano and live electronics. Hagai Yodan, 60-second project, Israel (June 2018). *
40. Cohen, S. (2017). "Magic Spells and Ancient Ritual" for violin solo. Moshe Aharonov, Pushing the Boundaries of Musical Expression. International Conference on Research in Music and Creativity. IRMaM, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (Nov. 2017). *
41. Cohen, S. (2017). "Moment of Silence" for sax quartet and tape. The Tel Aviv Saxophone Quartet, the Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, Israel (July 2017).
42. Cohen, S. (2017). "The Double" for violin solo strings and tape. Moscheles Ensemble, conductor: Jan Rezek, Sólisté Tomáš Tuláček, Muzeum Bedřicha Smetany, Prague, Czech Republic (June 2017).
43. Cohen, S. (2017). "Time Dilation" for piano solo. Hagai Yodan, Tel Aviv, Israel (May 2017).
44. Cohen, S. (2017). "A Second Glance of Rows Already Written" for mezzo-soprano and cello. Bracha Kol Mezzo and Yoni Gotlibovich, Levinsky College of Education Tel Aviv, Israel (Jan. 2017).
45. Cohen, S. (2016). "Disegno" for flute and chamber ensemble. New Babylon Ensemble, BREMEN, Germany (Oct. 2016).
46. Cohen, S. (2016). "Seven Flashes of Thought" for orchestra.  Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO), Hanoi Opera House, the 34th ACL Festival & Conference in Vietnam. Conductor: Mr. Honna Tetsuji. (Oct. 2016).
47. Cohen, S. (2016). "Encounters" duet for trumpet and piano. Yigal Meltzer, Amit Dolberg, The Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, Israel (Oct. 2016).
48. Cohen, S. (2016). "A Butterfly Flaps its Wings" for String trio Oud and live electronics. Evgeny Subbotin (violin), Serge Poltavski (viola), Serge Suvorov (cello), Basem al Ashkar (oud). 17 June 2016 Cultural center ZIL, Moscow.
49. Cohen, S. (2016). "A Tale of Nature" for solo electric guitar and triggered tape. Alain Blesing, USA (Aug. 2016).
50. Cohen, S. (2016). "Tachbir" for piano solo. Ofra Yitzhaki, The Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, Israel (Feb. 2016).
51. Cohen, S. (2016). "A Deafening Silence" for chamber orchestra. Pierre-Andre Valade: conductor: Meitar Ensemble, EME Festival Tel Aviv,Israel (Jan.2016).
52. Cohen, S. (2015). "Ma-hod" for English horn and percussion quartet. Benjamin Fischer and New Babylon Ensemble, BREMEN, Germany (Dec. 2015).
53. Cohen, S. (2015). "Like a Mountain Stream" for soprano and vibraphone. Geizhals Oded and Aronstein Einat, The Abu-Gosh Vocal Festival, Jerusalem, Israel (Oct. 2015).
54. Cohen, S. (2015). "Episode II" for amplified cello, soundtrack and live electronics. Markus Hohti, Oulu, Finland (Sept. 2015). *
55. Cohen, S. (2015). "Narrative Enigma" for viola solo and ensemble. Meitar Ensemble, Pierre-André Valade, The Center for New Music, Tel Aviv, Israel (Apr. 2015).
56. Cohen, S. (2014). "Mistorin" for accordions. Ljubljana, Slovenia (Oct. 2014).
57. Cohen, S. (2014). "I Have Outlived the Night" for mezzo‐soprano, digital narrator and double projectors. Angelica Cathariou, Greece (Aug. 2014). *
58. Cohen, S. (2014). "Mipnej Mah?"  For violin, clarinet, cello, and piano. Based on themes from J. Engel, op. 35, Hadibuk.  Orit Orbach, Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel (June 2014).
59. Cohen, S. (2014). "Variation on an Old Story" for Violin, soundtrack and live electronics. Cordelia Hagmann, HaTeiva. Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel (May 2014). *
60. Cohen, S. (2014). "Parmenides Dialogue" for flute and marimba. Elisabeth Wentland, Oded Geizhals, Felicja Blumental, Israel (Mar. 2014).
61. Cohen, S. (2014). "Apsis" for piccolo, baritone sax and tuba. Noa Even, Elise Roy, Mary MacKinnon, University of Bowling, Green State, USA (Jan. 2014).
62. Cohen, S. (2013). "And the Echo Died Away" for string orchestra and vocals. Tel-Aviv Soloist Orchestra, Barak Tal, Hadas Faran-Asia, Shahar Lavi, Israel (Dec. 2013).
63. Cohen, S. (2013). "Ragnarok" for chamber orchestra. Sally Beamish, St Andrews University, Scotland (Nov. 2013).
64. Cohen, S. (2013). "Games, Songs and Dances" for string quartet. T'ang Quartet, ACL Asian Contemporary Music Festival 2013, SINGAPORE (Sept. 2013).
65. Cohen, S. (2013). "pANIkA" for ensemble and electronics. Meitar Ensemble, The Center for New Music, Tel Aviv, Israel (July 2013). *
66. Cohen, S. (2012). "Boundaries" for violin solo and real-time graphics control sound processing. Moshe Aharonov, 30th Festival & Conference of the ACL (Oct. 2012). *
67. Cohen, S. (2012). "Shochenet Basade" for big-band, ethnic soloist singer, choir and oud. The Israeli Music Festival (Sept. 2012).
68. Cohen, S. (2012). "Pride" for piano and voice. Revital Raviv, Eyal Bat, Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel (Apr. 2012).
69. Cohen, S. (2012). On Another Note" for soprano sax, piano, bass and perc.  Reeds & Mallets Ensemble, HaTeiva Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (Mar. 2012).
70. Cohen, S. (2011). "Circles of Time" for trumpet and string quartet. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, University of Aberdeen, Music Prize Gala Concert (Nov. 2011).
71. Cohen, S. (2011). "Liminal Experiences" for ensemble and tape. Meitar Ensemble, Jerusalem Theatre, the Israel Music Festival (Oct. 2011).
72. Cohen, S. (2011). "Schizophrenia" for alto sax, marimba (and vibraphone). Reeds & Mallet's duo, Tel Aviv, Israel (June 2011).
73. Cohen, S. (2011). "Nuance" for harp and live electronics. Olga Moitlis, Haifa, Israel (June 2011). *
74. Cohen, S. (2011). "Second Message from Dmitri" for piano and string quartet, Israel Philharmonic Quartet, Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel (May 2011).
75. Cohen, S. (2010). "Captured" for ensemble, tape and live electronics. The Israel Contemporary Players, Zsolt Nagy, Tel Aviv, Israel (Jan. 2010).
76. Cohen, S. (2009). "From Earth to Wind" for accordion and narrator. Claudia Buder and Elija Schwarz, Leipzig, Germany (June 2009).
77. Cohen, S. (2009). "Echoes of Eternity" for violin solo and orchestra. SNU Symphony Orchestra, Seung-Lim Kim, Seyoung Lee, Asian-Pacific Contemporary Music Festival in Korea (Apr. 2009).
78. Cohen, S. (2009). "DSCH" for Ensemble. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Alexei Vinogradov, Moscow, Russia (Nov. 2006).

Installation art and electronic music:

1. Cohen S. (2020). “Countless parallel universe” with the sculptor Israel Hadany. Joseph Fetter Museum of Nanotechnology. Bar Ilan's Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA).
2. Cohen S. (2020). Automata piano machine, a "quasi piano concerto" that exploits sound localization of virtual moving objects and machine learning.
3. Cohen S. (2020). Corpus-based vibraphone composition based on machine learning 2D point map. Performed by Canaan Canti.
4. Cohen S. (2020). "Birds fight" for Flute and electronics. The work confronts bird sounds with extended flute playing techniques and contemporary computer sound processing. 

Work in Progress:

1. "The well-tempered detune", FOR QUARTER-TONE DISKLAVIER, UTEMS.

Works cited in books:

1. E. Dolinskaya (2007). D. SHOSTAKOVICH dedicated to the 100th birthday of the composer. pp. 458-464.
2. Aubat-Andrieu, M. (2019). Guide to the Contemporary Harp. p. 30.
3. Jaffe K. (2011). Solo Vocal Works on Jewish Themes: A Bibliography of Jewish Composers. p. 352.

List of festivals and ensembles performed in Israel and around the world (partial list):

1. Asian Contemporary Music Festival - 2003/Japan, 2009/Korea, 2012/Israel,
    2013/Singapore, 2016/Vietnam, 2018/Taiwan.
2.  "Asia - Europe" New Music Festival, Vietnam 2018
3.  "ISCM" Contemporary Music Festival, Moscow Autumn, The Moscow
    Contemporary Music Ensemble, Moscow, 2006.
4.  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Aberdeen Music Prize Scotland, 2011.
5.  34th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival, 2013.
6.  The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Vietnam, 2016.
7.  The SNU Symphony Orchestra, Korea, 2009.
8.  Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan, 2003.
9.  T'ang Quartet, Singapore, 2013.
10.  St. Andrews New Music Ensemble, Scotland 2016.
11. The Israeli Music Festival, 2004, 2012, 2017.
12. Kaprizma Ensemble, Israel, 2003.
13. The Israel Contemporary Players, Israel, 2008, 2018.
14. The Arab & Jewish Ensembles of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel.
15. The Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble, Israel, 2014.
16. The Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, Israel, 2005.
17. Israel Sinfonietta Orchestra of Beer-Sheva, Israel, 2003.
18. The Tel Aviv Saxophone Quartet, Israel, 2017.
19. New Babylon Ensemble, Germany, 2016.
20. Moscheles Ensemble, Czech Republic, 2017.
21. Meitar Ensemble, Israel, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
22. Wiener Collage Ensemble, Vienna 2018.

Video score: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLFAB29E64A99E99EB

SOUND INSTALLATION AND FILM:

1. Real-Time Music Composition with color and movement tracking (2008) a project in memory of Yossi Banai, premiered at Bar-Ilan University, Duration: "Free”
2. Music for documentary films wins Haifa International Film Festival (2005) with the support of The Second Authority for Television and Radio.

TALKS AND INVITED LECTURES:

1. Cohen S., Olivero B, Yitzhaki O. (2024). 'Sound design pipeline', exploring Betty Olivero music. The Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago, USA.  Chicago Integrated Media Experimental Studio Fest, Composition seminar, April 9th 2024.
2. Cohen S., Koren L, Ivancovsky T. (2023). 'Improbable Melodies', exploring the Voices of Rock Hyraxes in Musical Improvisation. Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST). Tel Aviv, Israel. 16 Nov. 2023.
3. Ornoy E., Cohen S. (2023). The International Symposium on Performance Science. "The effect of mindfulness meditation on the vocal proficiency of music education students". Warsaw, Poland 17 - 20 August 2023.
4. Ornoy E., Cohen S. (2023). International Conference: Perspectives of Performing Arts Pedagogy. "Assimilation of late 19th-century performance features among currently active violinists". The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Israel. June, 14-16, 2023.
5. Cohen S., Azaryahu L., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. (2022). Music & Math - Computerized Tests for Collecting Multidisciplinary Data. CADGME (Conference on Digital Tools in Mathematics Education) Jerusalem College of Technology. Israel, 12, September 2022.
6. Azaryahu L., Cohen S., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. "Musimath": Creative thinking via Music, Math, and Technology in elementary school. Mathematics and its Connection to the Arts and Science International Symposium (MACAS 2022). Université de Moncton, Campus de Shippagan in Shippagan, New Brunswick on August 16 – 19, 2022.
7. Azaryahu L., Cohen S., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. (2022). The Wonders of STEM and STEAM Education: What, Why, and How? "MusiMath" - Promoting Creative Thinking via Music, Math and Technology". International Online Conference. July 5-6, 2022.
8. Cohen S. (2022). "Voices from the Killing Jar" by Kate Soper: a study in contemporary composition. ContComp Conference on Contemporary Composition, the Dr. Hecht Center for the Arts, University of Haifa, Israel. Sunday, May 22, 2022.
9. Cohen, S. (2022). "Who does not play the dice?". The 7th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR), 9/10/11 May 2022, Marseille, France.
10. Azaryahu L., Cohen S., Hershkovitz S., Borza O., Adi-Japha E. (2022). The 22nd Conference on Education Research. "Musimath and Creative Thinking". Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
11. Cohen S., Ornoy E. (2021). The 20th Virtual Summer-Autumn Conference. "Tool for real-time automatic evaluation of a singing voice performance". The Israel Musicological Society, Israel.
12. Cohen S. (2021). "Who pulls the strings" - the artist or the machine? Lecture series on "Relationships and Emotions", Faculty of Humanities, Bar Ilan University.
13. Cohen S. (2021). Goethe-Institut Israel, Discourse on Contemporary Music International Festival of Contemporary Chamber Music.
14. Cohen S. (2021). Two hours documented Interview and conversation with Kornél Fekete-Kovács, the artistic director of Modern Art Orchestra in Hungary, including a world Premier of my music compositions for the "Art Of Virus invitation-based online composing-initiative that includes: György Kurtág, Péter Eötvös, and 486 artists from 42 countries. The event was sponsored by the Embassy of Israel in Hungary and Jewish Art Days.
15. Cohen S. (2021). The 21st Conference on Education Research. " Tool for real-time automatic evaluation of a singing voice performance". Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
16. Cohen S. (2021). Guest Lecturer at the “Multimedia Composition Class” in Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Germany.
17. Cohen S. (2020). SIG 05 Conference 2020, Early Childhood Education: Growing Up in Dynamic and Changing Times. “Emergent Musical Creativity in People Suffering from Dysmusia”, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
18. Cohen S. (2020). The 20th Conference on Education Research. "Seven Cadenzas, for the string quartet, electronics and the radiophonic voice of composer Joseph Tal". Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
19. Cohen S. (2020). Neuropedagogy at Achva Academic College. "Creative freedom in a space of uncertainty". Achva Academic College, Israel.
20. Cohen S. (2019). VOX FEMINAE 2019.  "Voices from the Killing Jar" by Kate Soper: a study in contemporary composition. Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
21. Cohen S. (2019). The 19th Conference on Education Research.  “Issues in musical temperaments as part of choral singing, planning, and building a working environment for student demonstrations and practical practice”. Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
22. Cohen, S. (2018). "Analysis of Contemporary Violinist Recordings of the Nineteenth Century Repertoire: Trends and Influences", Conference of the Israel Musicology Association, Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
23. Cohen, S. (2018). "Feelings, Emotions, and Thoughts in the Virtual, Real and Hybrid Era", ContComp Conference on Contemporary Composition, the Dr. Hecht Center for the Arts, University of Haifa.
24. Cohen, S. (2018). The 18th Conference on Education Research. Study of orchestration and arrangement using music notation software. Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
25. Cohen, S. (2018). The 13th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies. Music Composition and real-time improvisation with mobile technology. The Open University of Israel.
26. Cohen, S. (2017). Pushing the Boundaries of Musical Expression, an international conference on research in music and creativity. Compositional analysis and synthesis in search for artistic potential. Bar-Ilan University.
27. Cohen, S. (2017). The 17th Conference on Education Research. Closed and open systems in composition, technology, and education. Levinsky College of Education, Israel.
28. Cohen, S. (2016). The Asian Composers League (ACL) festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Vietnam.
29. Cohen, S. (2015). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Slovenia.
30. Cohen, S. (2015). The Asian Composers League (ACL) festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. The Philippines.
31. Cohen, S. (2014). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Poland.
32. Cohen, S. (2015). The Asian Composers League (ACL) Festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Singapore.
33. Cohen, S. (2013). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Vienna, Austria.
34. Cohen, S. (2012). The Asian Composers League (ACL) Festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Israel.
35. Cohen, S. (2012). ISCM world music days, festival. Presentation of Israeli contemporary music. Belgium.

STUDIO COMPOSITIONS:

1. Cohen S. (2022). "I'm Nobody! Who are you?". For Voice, Ensemble, and Electronics. Poem by: Emily Dickinson, Soprano - Einat Aronstein, Germany.
2. Cohen S. (2022). "TRACES OF DISAPPEARANCE", For violin and cello.
3. Cohen S. (2022). "Do unconscious thoughts use words"? For Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, and string quartet.
4. Cohen S. (2022). "Who pulls the strings?" For Electric Guitar and String Quartet.
5. Cohen S. (2022). "ALEA IACTA EST" For Alto Sax, Electric Guitar and Cello.
6. Cohen S. (2022). "Tnudot" For Trumpet, Guitar, Vibraphone, and Bass.
7. Cohen S. (2021). “Countless parallel universe” with the sculptor Israel Hadany. Joseph Fetter Museum of Nanotechnology. Bar Ilan's Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA).
8. Cohen S. (2020). "kipa'on" for piano and 8 loudspeakers.
9. Cohen S. (2020)."Takriv" for Flute, Percussion, Prepared Piano, Cello, and Contrabass.
10. Cohen S. (2020)." Between the two ends of silence" for Piano, Guitar, and Cello
11. Cohen S. (2020). "In the midst of devastation" for cellist duo and gliding binaural beat.

MUSIC PUBLISHER AND CD:

1. BabelScores, Paris, France
2. The Israel Music Institute (IMI)
3. Israeli Music Center (IMC)
4. Score Follower FMS21 Spring & incipitsify

MEMBERS OF REPUTABLE SCIENTIFIC FORUMS IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD:

•    The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
•    ACL (Asian Composers' League)
•    ECSA (European Composers and Songwriter Alliance)
•    Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel

REVIEWER:

PLoS ONE: Synchrony as a measure of conversation difficulty: Movement coherence increases with background noise level and complexity in dyads and triads.

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES:

• Tool for a Real-Time Automatic Assessment of Vocal Proficiency
• Musimath and Creative Thinking

SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND PUBLIC ACTIVITIES:

1. Chairman of the Israel Composers' League
2. Membership of the Committee of the Director of Culture in the Prime Minister's Award for Composition
3. Members of the Culture Director Listening and Evaluating Orchestras and Orchestras
4. Membership in a winning locating committee for the Haifa Symphony
5. Recommends to the Inamori Foundation Committee for the prestigious Kyoto Prize for Art and Philosophy for 2022
6. Article for the Israeli high-tech book, The Marker, Haaretz: On Digital Technologies and New Music, December 2020
7. Bar Ilan Podcast on: Artificial Intelligence and Musical Creation and Production Processes, June 2021
8. A conversation on the "Seder Yom" program here on Monday, about warriors' songs and Memorial Day songs
9. Playing in the project "Composition as a movement without paperwork" together with Prof. Gideon Levinson, the singer, actor, and radioman Dori Ben Zeev, Dr. Igal Myrtenbaum, and Roy Zu-Arets.
10. Record recording of works for accordion and electronics by Peter Katina in Slovenia.
11. A meeting with students and lecturers of composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music on the subject: "The boundary between the real and the imagined between what we understand - and what we do not understand, but to which we are attracted."
12. Judging a national composition competition, held on behalf of the Israel Conservatory of Music together with Dr. Eyal Adler and Dr. Alexander (Alex) Kornhandler.

SPECIAL PROJECTS IN SOUND PROGRAMMING AND AUDIO DESIGN:

• Sound Director & Computer Design of the Israeli opera production: "Les Rois Mages", Musical Theatre by Fabián Panisello for mezzo-soprano, ensemble, and multimedia. 26/3/22 Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
• Sound Director & Computer Design of Pierre Boulez Anthèmes 2. Contemporary Encounters Meitar Ensemble. International new music festival, Tel Aviv. 31.12.2022 – 7.1.2023
• Sound Director and Computer Design of "Many Waters" for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (by Betty Olivero). Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Dortmund, and Berlin. September 2023.
• Sound Director and Computer Design of Betty Olivero – ”Over the face of the waters” for piano and electronics. Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago. CHIMEFest (Chicago Integrated Media Experimental Studio Fest). Logan Hall on April 12, 2024.