Ted Apel is a sound artist whose sculptures and installations focus on the audio transducing element as the source of visual and sonic material. He has exhibited his work at sound art festivals and exhibits including the SoundCulture 96 festival in San Francisco; the Ussachevsky Festival in Claremont, California; the EarArt Sound exhibit in Chico, California; the Sinusoidal Sound Art Show at SFSU; the Audio Art Festival in Krakow, Poland; and the Sound Symposium in St. John's Newfoundland. He was twice a prizewinner at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition for his sound installations. And his sound installation received an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2001. Ted Apel received his M.A. in electroacoustic music at Dartmouth College studying with Jon Appleton, Larry Polansky and Christian Wolff. He received his Ph.D. in computer music at the University of California, San Diego with Miller Puckette, Shlomo Dubnov, and F. Richard Moore. He is currently teaching computer music as adjunct faculty at the Boise State University Department of Music.