Jesse Austin-Stewart

External Funding

2025, NZ On Air New Music Single Grant for Welcomer ($11,000) (collaborator)

2024, Creative New Zealand Creative Impact Fund ($46,115) (co-project lead)

2024, Creative New Zealand Development Fund for Artists and Practitioners ($5,000) (project lead)

2024, NZ On Air New Music Single Grant for Welcomer ($11,000) (collaborator)

2023, Creative NZ Arts Grant ($74,976) (collaborator)

2022, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant ($43,545) (projetct lead)

2022, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant ($23,100) (project lead)

2022, New Zealand Music Commission Capability Grant ($10,000) (project lead)

2021, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Cultural Installations and Events Initiative Funding ($19,990) (project lead)

2021, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant ($74,260) (collaborator)

2021, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant ($33,644) (collaborator)

2021, NZ on Air New Music Development Grant ($6,000) (project lead)

2021, NZ on Air New Music Single Grant for Solomon Crook ($10,000) (collaborator)

2020, Creative New Zealand Arts Grant ($32,019) (collaborator)

2020, Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi MusicAward ($2,000) (project lead)

2019, Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi MusicAward ($600) (project lead)

2018, Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi MusicAward ($1,000) (project lead)

2017-2018, NZ Pacific Lodge Music Scholarship ($1000) (project lead)

2025

RNZ - Why it's getting harder to uncover new local musical artists (3/6/2025)

2024

The Spinoff - A reminder about your Spotify Wrapped(6/12/2024)

RNZ - Spotify Wrapped has landed: What New Zealand listened to most in 2024 (5/12/2024)

RNZ – Nights: Spotify Wraps your 2024 with Dr. Jesse Austin-Stewart (5/12/2024)

The D* List - Feeling the vibes: The surprising tool making music more accessible (30/08/2024)

PlayStation – SIE Blog: Bridging Accessibility and Music for All Gamers with the DualSense® Wireless Controller (13/08/2024)

2023

Stuff - Sam Morgan on how disability and music technology intersect (25/04/2023)

Arts Access Aotearoa - Spreading kōrero of disability and music technology (16/03/2022)

2022

MusicTech - Music For PlayStation musical vibration EP lets hard of hearing feel music “on equal terms” (1/12/2022)

NME - ‘Music for PlayStation’ uses controller vibrations to play music for hard of hearing players (28/11/2022)

MixMag - 'Music for PlayStation' uses vibrations to play music to the hard of hearing – (28/11/2022)

The Spinoff - The sound artist democratising music with a PlayStation 5 controller (25/11/2022)

Arts Access Aotearoa - Music for PlayStation vibrates for music fans (23/11/2022)

RNZ - Jesse Austin-Stewart creates music for people of all types of hearing (20/11/2022)

Stuff - Technological innovation being used to improve access in the arts world (15/10/2022)

2021

RNZ - Breaking down barriers of access to sound art (22/11/2021)

2020

NZ Herald - Dance review: Footnote NZ Dance's Undercurrent double bill at Auckland's ASB Waterfront Theatre (9/11/2020)

Pyramid Club - An excursion to Putangirua (2020)

Creative Awards

2025, APRA Professional Development Award ($10,000)

2024, Best Awards, Finalist for Spatial – Exhibition and Temporary Sturctures – NZPQ23 Ka emiemi

2023, Student Radio Network Nomination EP/Mixtape of the Year - morris st network. felt cute, might delete. Compilation by Fi Carr. Featuring work by Jesse Austin-Stewart and others.

2023, Sound of the Year Awards, Nominee for Best Sound Innovation in Everyday Life - Music for PlayStation

2022, The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Springboard Award ($25,000)

2022, Student Radio Network Nomination EP of the Year - Sports Dreams. Weather Admitting EP. Music by Shannen Petersen and Fraser Williams. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

2021, Student Radio Network Nomination EP of the Year - Fruit Juice Parade. the more you question, the further you get from the answer EP. Music by Shannen Petersen and Tharushi Bowatte. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

2021, Semi-Finalist Stockholm City Film Festival. Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan.

Research Awards

2023, Best Professional Paper, Australasian Computer Music Conference - Approaches to Spatial Audio for Audiences of All Types of Hearing

Teaching Awards

2021, Massey University College of Creative Arts Ratas Award – Special Mention in the Year of COVID for being Tenacious and Tender.

Carter, Dave, Catherine Hoad, Jesse Austin-Stewart, Oli Wilson. “NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive”. The Conversation, 2025.

Carter, Dave, Jesse Austin-Stewart, Oli Wilson. “Music is at the forefront of AI disruption, but NZ artists still have few protections”. The Conversation, 2025.

Wilson, Oli, Catherine Hoad, Dave Carter, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?”. The Conversation, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Catherine Hoad, Dave Carter, Oli Wilson. “NZ’s Broadcasting Act is as old as Video Ezy. We need media reform for the streaming age”. The Conversation, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. Te Papa - Warm sounds and cold twinkles, Te Papa, Online, New Zealand, 2024.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Diversity Week - Accessibility, Disability, and Music for PlayStation”. Sony Interactive Entertainment Australia New Zealand, Online, 2024.

Able Audio Podcast. Produced by Jesse Austin-Stewart. 2023.

Wilson, Oli, Catherine Hoad, and Dave Carter. “Barriers for Women in Creative Technology Tertiary Training in Aotearoa”. Toi Mai Workforce Development Council, New Zealand, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Do You Hear My Point? Addressing Accessibility Issues Within Spatial Audio.” Curating Access: Global Exhibitions Creative Accommodations, edited by Amanda Cachia, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Hello! I’ve Been Here the Whole Time: When non-cochlear sound art meets disability aesthetics.” Organised Sound. Published online 2024:1-7. doi:10.1017/S1355771824000232

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Bridget Johnson. “The Multichannel Monophonic Simulation Tool.” Chroma 38(1), 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Jason Wright. “The Role of Communication Technologies Between Choreographer and Composer During Aotearoa/New Zealand’s COVID-19 Response.” Perfect Beat 21(2), 2021, pp. 103-110.

Austin-Stetwart, Jesse. “Creating Interfaces for Live Octophonic Spatialisation of Sound.” Pūrātoke: Journal of Undergraduate Research in the Creative Arts and Industries, 1(1), 2017, pp. 35-48.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Approaches to Spatial Music for Audiences of All Types of Hearing.” SOUND / IMAGE Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2025.

Wilson, Oli, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “Trends in Local Music Share and Future Implications in Aotearoa.” International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Australia & New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand (upcoming), 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Stuart Foster, Jon He, Sabrina Lawson, Josh Lowe. “Elastic Proximity – Artist Talk” World Stage Design – Sound Kitchen, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation – Artist Talk.” World Stage Design – Sound Kitchen, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Catherine Hoad. “Issues of Accessibility within Music Production and Composition in Aotearoa.” Composer’s Association of New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Catherine Hoad. “Disability and Accessibility in Composition Practice.” Composer’s Association of New Zealand Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Catherine Hoad. “‘It all has to start from a place of manaaki’: Researching accessibility in Aotearoa’s small to medium music venues.” International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Australia & New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 2024.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “beyond nearsightedness - Artist Talk.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2024.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Approaches to Spatial Audio for Audiences of All Tyopes of Hearing.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2023.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Gamification and Spatial Music.” Convergence, Leceister, England, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Gamification and Spatial Audio.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Spatial Vibrations – Demo Track Presentation.” New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Online/Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Bridget Johnson. “Multichannel Monophonic Spatial Application.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Online, 2021.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Bridget Johnson. “Spatial System Design as a Spatial Composition Strategy.” 46th International Computer Music Conference, Online, 2021 (from the 2020 proceedings).

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Bridget Johnson. “Multiple Monophony and the Multichannel Monophonic Compositional Framework.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Online, 2020.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Mo Zareei. “The Extended Stereo Speaker Configuration as an Individual Spatial Experience.” 45th International Computer Music Conference, New York University, 2019.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation.” SOUND / IMAGE Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Stuart Foster, Jon He, Sabrina Lawson, Josh Lowe. “Elastic Proximity.” World Stage Design – Sound Kitchen, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation.” World Stage Design – Sound Kitchen, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates , 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation.” Composer’s Association of New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2025.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “beyond nearsightedness - installation.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2024.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Spatial Vibrations.” International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2024.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation.” International Symposium of Contemporary Music, Faroe Islands, 2024.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Spatial Vibrations.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2023.

Rollandi, Meg, Jesse Austin-Stewart, Frankie Berge, Terri Ripeka Crawford, Charley Draper, Micheal McCabe, Hannah Smith, Paula van Beek, Nick Zwart. Commissioned by Stuart Foster. Ka Emiemi, 2023 Prague Quadrienniel of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic, 2023.

Rollandi, Meg, Jesse Austin-Stewart, Frankie Berge, Terri Ripeka Crawford, Charley Draper, Micheal McCabe, Hannah Smith, Paula van Beek, Nick Zwart. Commissioned by Stuart Foster. Ka Emiemi, The Performance Arcade, Pōneke Wellington Waterfront, 2023.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Music for PlayStation.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2023.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Waterfront Monophony, The Performance Arcade, 2023.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Some Swinging Speakers, The Performance Arcade, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Still Moving.” Convergence, Leceister, England, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Still Moving.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “5 Moving Speakers.” International Symposium of Contemporary Music, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “Still Moving.” International Computer Music Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “miss u, RD1 – woof woof lol.” New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, United States, 2022.

Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan. Official Selection Thessaloniki Cinedance International Festival, Greece, 2021.

Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan. Official Selection Dance (Lens) Film Festival, Australia, 2021.

Walk With Me - The Verse. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart. Auckland Film Festival, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “lighthouse auralization.” International Society of Contemporary Music Virtual Collaborative Series, Online, 2021.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “miss u, RD1 – woof woof lol.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Online, 2021.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “Four Swinging Speakers.” Tuning Into The Pandemic, Massey University, 2020.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “beyond nearsightedness - octophonic.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Monash University, 2019.

Draper, Charley, Jesse Austin-Stewart. Critical Mass. 2019 Prague Quadrienniel of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. “8x5 Speaker Array.” Australasian Computer Music Conference, Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, beyond nearsightedness. play_station gallery, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “beyond nearsightedness.” Nelson Composer’s Workshop. Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, J, Duncan Armstrong, Bailee Lobb, & Sam Morgan. “SCC x Everybody Cool Lives Here: Accessibility and Disability in Aotearoa”. Social Change Collective and Everybody Cool Lives Here, Circa Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, 2023.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Eastburn, S, Arditto Delsoglio, C, & Molloy, R. 5 Moving Speakers Panel Discussion. International Society for Contemporary Music, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse. Making Music Accessible Panel. Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2021.

New Zealand School of Dance- Graduate Performance. Choreography by Airu Matsuda, 2025.

Again and Again. Directed by Tyler Carney-Faleatua, Joshua Faleatua. 2025. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

Footnote New Zealand Dance - Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Nomands, Tokyo(ing). Poneke Contemporary Dance Festival 2025. Choreography by Kota Yamazaki.

Ev & Bow – untitled. Choreography by Airu Matsuda, 2025.

Footnote New Zealand Dance x Massey University. Collaboration between dancers and student composers. Massey University, Wellington. Produced by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Anita Hunziker.

Yamazaki, Kota, Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Nomands, Tokyo(ing). Footnote New Zealand Dance, 2024. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

Footnote New Zealand Dance x Massey University. Collaboration between dancers and student composers. Massey University, Wellington. Produced by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Anita Hunziker.

A Delicate Blend. Directed by Tyler Carney-Faleatua, Joshua Faleatua. 2023. Dance Film. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart

Pelenakeke Brown – Enter // Return. Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer, Sophiensaele, Berlin, Germany. Choreography by Pelenakeke Brown, 2022.

Walk With Me. Directed by Tyler Carney. 2021. Dance Film. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart and Elliot Vaughan.

Yamazaki, Kota, Fog, Nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes). Footnote New Zealand Dance, 2020. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

Carney, Tyler, Still Waiting. Ev & Bow, 2020. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

Langlois, Lauren, Dys-Connect. Footnote New Zealand Dance, 2018. Music by Jesse Austin-Stewart.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Waterfront Monophony, Pōneke Wellington Waterfront, 2021/2022.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Four Swinging Speakers. Audio Foundation, 2020.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, 24x multimono, 2020.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Multiple Monophony. The Engine Room, 2020.

Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” Passages, a response. Adam Art Gallery, 2019.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “8x5 Speaker Array.” Aotearoa Audio Arts Festival. Victoria University of Wellington, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “5 Moving Speakers.” New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition Competition. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018 

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, 22 Solenoids & LEDs. 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Rob Thorne, “Beating Spaces.” Rob Thorne x SMP Ensemble. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.

Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” TGIF: ANTIPHONY in the ANTIPODES. St Paul’s Cathedral, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “Outlined Transformations.” Ponts of Reference. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “8x5 Speaker Array.” New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition Competition. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, 2017.

Welcomer - Nothing of You Remaining, 2025

Sports Dreams - Weather Admitting EP, 2022

Sports Dreams - DIY, 2021

Solomon Crook - rains, 2021

Solomon Crook - breathe for you, 2021

Fruit Juice Parade - The more you question, the further you get from the answer EP, 2021

Fruit Juice Parade - The more you don’t know the less you know, 2021

RIIKI - High Heights (Live Acoustic), 2019

Solomon Crook - Race Car, 2019

ZÖ - WAR EP, 2019

Doons - High Beam EP, 2019

Doons - Icy, 2019

Solomon Crook - Race Car, 2018

Solomon Crook - Abandon Adolescence EP, 2018

Solomon Crook - Love Juice, 2018

Simon Eastwood - Triptych for Two, 2018

Sarah Ballard - Vyatiṣaṅga, 2018

Glen Downie - Gorzannis Frammenti, 2018

Glen Downie - for Solo Piano, 2018

Michael Norris - Zali, 2018

Parc Sun - Dopamine, 2017

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “lighthouse auralization,” A excursion to Putangirua. Putangirua Pinnacles, Pyramid Club. Wellington, New Zealand, 2020.

Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” Passages, a response. Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2019. 

Snowball, Nicholas, “IT HASN”T HAPPENED YET.” New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī Composition Competition, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Rob Thorne, “Beating Spaces.” Rob Thorne x SMP Ensemble. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “the builders of this faith rejected us.” TGIF: ANTIPHONY in the ANTIPODES. St Paul’s Cathedral, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Jackson, Marcus, Jesse Austin-Stewart. “My First Dance Part Anthem (Sons of Dane Rumble).” Body/Harris Performance Prize. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, “Outlined Transformations.” Points of Reference. New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī, Wellington, New Zealand, 2018.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Spatialising Wellington. Toi Pōneke, Wellington, New Zealand, 2017.

Austin-Stewart, Jesse, Spatialising Wellington. Wellington Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, 2016.