about salvatore siriano

Salvatore Siriano is a Chicago-based composer and audiovisual artist whose work explores the intersection of sound, imagery, and nature through technology. He blends field recordings, synthesis, acoustic instruments, and self-filmed videos to create engaging multimedia experiences.

Siriano’s compositions include performances the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, Tulane University, the McAninch Arts Center, and Columbia College, as well as through virtual recitals necessitated by the pandemic. Recent presentations of his audiovisual works include the Art Alive Festival (Portugal), Seoul International Computer Music Festival (South Korea), Contemporary Venice (Italy), Indianapolis Arts Center, Earth Day Art Model, New York Electroacoustic Music Festival, Performing Media Festival, WOCMAT Conference (Taiwan), Aurora Public Art, McAninch Arts Center, and New Music on the Bayou Fest, among others. 

In collaboration with Chicago photographer Alice Hargrave, Siriano developed immersive sound collages for her Sea Change and Forest Shouting exhibitions. As a music educator, he has led workshops on fostering equity in music education through technology for Illinois school districts and at the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children Convention.

In the summer of 2024, Siriano taught music at the Roi Et School for the Blind in Thailand, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy, Northern Illinois University, and Mahidol University.

Appointed in 2020, Siriano is tenured faculty at Triton College and Director of Bands, where he teaches music theory and technology to many first-generation college students—just like himself. He has hosted a virtual lecture/recital series inviting artists from across the United States to perform and engage in conversations with Triton students and the community. Recent lecture/recitals include a conversation with social justice artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson, the Colombian American group EnsAmble Ad-Hoc, Portland sound artist Crystal Quartez, and Michael Heralda, creator of Aztec Stories. Siriano also curates a global music series on campus in collaboration with Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music. In 2023, he was awarded Triton College’s Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member of the Year.