Changemakers Series Welcomes Award-Winning Composer

The College of Charleston, in partnership with Gray Matters Consulting, will host award-winning composer, recording artist and experimental guitarist Christopher Libertino as a featured guest for Changemakers, a series designed to connect innovators in technology, media, the creative arts and business with students, faculty and alumni. The series also aims to position the campus as a hub for founders and entrepreneurs to network with early- to mid-career executives.

Changemakers will be held Tuesday, April 7, from 1:40 to 2:55 p.m., in room 380 of the Albert Simons Center for the Arts (54 St. Philip St.) on the CofC campus. Libertino will be the featured guest, and Stanfield Gray, Dig South founder and CEO, will moderate the fireside chat.

Libertino is an award-winning composer, recording artist and guitarist whose work lives at the intersection of texture, tone and emotional architecture. A sonic experimentalist, Libertino deconstructs music into its most primal elements and reassembles it – sometimes – into immersive, cinematic soundscapes that challenge expectations and rewire perception.

“I’m really excited to share my thoughts on creativity, innovation and music composition at the College of Charleston,” says Libertino. “The path of the creative artist is always complex and now, with the dizzying rate of technological advancement, even more so. I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to bring my wisdom to the next generation of artists and innovators, to learn from them, as well, and navigate this complicated, but essential, journey together.”

Gray Matters worked with the College of Charleston Arts Management Program to bring Libertino to campus.

“The Arts Management Program is thrilled to take part once again in the Changemakers series,” says the program’s director, Chris Burgess. “The opportunity to interact with an artist of Christopher’s caliber is an invaluable aspect of the student experience at the College.”

About Christopher Libertino

Libertino has composed more than 50 scores for film, including, including “Speak” (Sundance), “The Wormhole” (Academy Award Gold Medal, 2002) and “Repetition Compulsion” (Emmy-nominated, 1999), accompanying performances by Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Steve Zahn, James Caan and Peter Dinklage.

His music also appears in film and television projects including 28 Days Later, Six Feet Under and CSI: Miami, as well as recordings such as Annie Lennox’s album Bare. He has collaborated on remixes for artists including Gwen Stefani, Roxy Music and Duran Duran.

His film work has been featured on Showtime, Lifetime, HBO, Sundance Channel and Netflix, and has been covered in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Cartography – his album of cinematic guitar instrumentals, received high marks in Guitar World, Prog and Guitarist magazines.

About Changemakers

Changemakers is a series designed to connect innovative, early- to mid-career executives with students, faculty, alumni and the community by inviting them to speak on campus, meet with student groups, establish internships and remote mentoring sessions, and more. The series is a launchpad for initiatives that position the College of Charleston campus as a hotbed of entrepreneurship and industry collaboration to help students become the next generation of successful founders and innovators.

About Gray Matters Consulting

Gray Matters is a Charleston-based consulting firm led by Dig South and Charleston Tech Week founder and CEO Stanfield Gray. Gray Matters collaborates with universities, businesses and other organizations on digital innovation projects focused on artificial intelligence, curates executive speaker series and advises on innovation ecosystem development.