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Dr. Patrick Pennefather is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Theatre and Film at UBC, focusing on the Design of Sound, and a founding faculty member at the Master of Digital Media (MDM) Program, a multidisciplinary graduate consortium comprising of UBC, SFU, ECUAD and BCIT. Over the past ten years teaching at the Master of Digital Media Program, Patrick has developed a successful rapid prototyping methodology focused on mentoring teams co-constructing scalable digital prototypes for real-world clients.
Patrick has a multi-disciplinary background spanning education, learning design, digital media, sound engineering and performing arts. He leverages his diverse expertise to teach, research and facilitate workshops on subjects including human-centered design, rapid prototyping, improvisation, creativity, disruptive teaching and learning, game-based learning, engagement, design unthinking, and mixed reality development (xR).
Patrick is currently researching rapid prototyping xR pipelines at UBC in music, medical and educational applications, and has published in a variety of journals in the fields of project-based learning and VR, AR and MR.
He is an international award-winning sound designer and composer for live and digital productions teaching sound design for live and virtual media, and conducting research at UBC Theatre and Film. He has worked with a wide range of collaborators including the performing arts, digital, corporate, conference and not-for profit industries. For over 30 years he has composed hundreds of songs, underscores, music and designed sound for the following companies: Bard on the Beach, UBC Theatre, School for the Contemporary Arts, Electric Company Theatre, Touchstone, Arts Club Theatre, University of Florida, UCLA Long Beach, Theatre La Seizieme, Dancers Dancing, Dances for a Small Stage, Felix Culpa, Western Theatre Conspiracy, Pi Theatre, Boca Del Lupo, Erasga Dance Co., CBC Radio & Television, Studio 58, Dances for a Small Stage, Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver Opera, Silver Lining Productions, DDB, McDonalds Special Events, Touchstone Theatre, Blackbird Theatre, Translink BC, Arts Club Theatre, Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Green Thumb Theatre, The Virtual Stage, Bravo Television, Mandala Arts, Amnesty International, and SIGGRAPH.