The music of Roy David Magnuson has been performed throughout the United States and Europe at venues such as the World Saxophone Congress, NASA, WASBE, CBDNA, the RED NOTE New Music Festival, and the Robb Composers’ Symposium. Roy is an Associate Professor of Composition and Creative Technologies at Illinois State University where he also coordinates University XR Development as the Co-Director of XR @ ISU. He is the creator of the virtual reality composition software solsticeVR, and co-creator of the virtual reality conducting pedagogy RibbonsVR: Virtual Reality Assisted Conducting. Roy is a member of ASCAP, and his music is recorded on Albany Records, NAXOS, and Tonsehen Records.