Boyt, Zachary James2023-04-062023-04-062023-03https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28143Digital Portfolio Dissertation files include: descriptive text document; README; zipped computer files; and 7 performance videos linked for streaming at this URL on University of Oregon Panopto service: https://uoregon.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=a45a8cd1-312d-45d7-9079-afbe01839275 . Archival copies of videos have been preserved by the UO Libraries.Sounds of Unseen Boundaries: A Digital Portfolio Dissertation of Seven Original Compositions for Data-driven Instruments is presented as a Digital Portfolio Dissertation of seven compositions for data-driven instruments. The entirety of the Digital Portfolio Dissertation consists of video documentation of each piece, software and score material used in performance, and a text document serving as an accompanying analytical guide to each composition and its respective data-driven instrument. This document contains definitions related to the conceptual frameworks of data-driven instruments, an analysis of the design and implementation of each instrument, data mapping strategies used, compositional structures, and issues and practices in their performance. The compositions included in this Digital Portfolio Dissertation are: unFamiliar, Within the Tallest Tree, Things Look Different Here, A Need to Be Free, A Musical Interpretation on the Findings of Voyager 2, family, friends, and Virtualability.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USData-driven compositionData-driven instrumentsMusic compositionTerminal Project