Team U

MCT’s 2023 students, Tom, Karenina and Juliana, have all had strong backgrounds in music from an early age. Playing cello, singing and being a part of various music groups have defined large portions of their lives.

Within the past five years each of the three members have gravitated towards various aspects of music technology. Working in live sound, with Max and experimenting with electronic music composition and performance have drawn them each to MCT to explore music technology more deeply. You can meet each of them below:

Karenina Juarez

Hi there! My name is Karenina and I am from Los Angeles, CA, USA. For my Bachelor’s degree I attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. There I discovered my passion for the convergence of music, technology, and visuals. I graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Music majoring in Electronic Production and sound design with a minor in Music Technology. During the pandemic, I interned at Tesla where is was taught valuable AV skills that helped me in my AV career. I have since worked at Harvard and MIT as an AV supervisor and AV and Events Associate respectively.

In this program, I want to sharpen my skills in programming and go more into depth of my studies of machine learning and music computing.

Outside of music I like to swim, crochet, travel, read, and meet awesome new people!

You can follow me on Instagram, Soundcloud, and Github to see what I’m up to!

Juliana Bigelow

Juliana Bigelow, is forging a path for herself as a woman in audio and media. In June of 2021 she graduated with Bachelor’s of Science in Sonic Arts and Music Production from Portland State University. In addition to her studies, she has worked in digital marketing, journalism, and audio editing.

She is passionate about accessibility and hopes the MCT program will allow her to create accessible music technology and installations.

You can see more of her work at julianabigelow.com and listen to her music on SoundCloud.

Tom Oldfield

Hello! My name is Tom Oldfield and I’m a musician from the UK. I studied classical cello and use this alongside hardware and modular synthesizers to make ambient, experimental and dance music. I like building, experimenting, improvising and finding new ways to interact with technology. I am excited to begin my journey in MCT as part of team U! Check out what I’m working on my website or follow me on Instagram.