masquedviol.in
MasquedViolin
An album series conducted as performance-as-research. Each season examines the artifact of a song. Electric violin, voice, electronics, AI.
Status
- Current season
- Season 1
- Research period
- 2025 – ongoing
- Location
- Hudson Valley and New York Metro
- Broadcast
- Blast Radio, ongoing
Season 1
War, What’s It Good For?
Research question: Art? if propaganda is more coherent than truth.
Cycle: Forever Wars. A dark-industrial cycle for electric violin, voice, electronics, and AI, guided by the question: what does resilience sound like?
Artifacts
| No. | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Fight Eternal | Released 10.2025 |
| 02 | War, What’s It Good For | Released 07.2026 |
| 03 | The Forever Wars | Forthcoming |
Method
Arrangement, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering are carried out by the performer.
Pieces are typically built from a spoken-word loop. The violin enters, answers, and loops over the voice.
Live work
The Human Music Machine
A participatory performance. Audience members propose musical ideas. The ideas become prompts for a generative AI system. The output is interpreted live on electric violin with effects processing. The mask is presented as an interface object.
Each performance adds to a public archive of prompts, AI outputs, recordings, and annotated responses.
Documentation
- Video: Could Have Had A Bicycle, 30.04.2026, 11:59. MasquedViolin on YouTube.
- Listen: Spotify
- Social: @masqued_violin on TikTok
Context
MasquedViolin is the performance persona of Dr. Jess Ingrassellino, an orchestral violinist and music educator based in the Hudson Valley, New York.
This page is a record. Material is added as artifacts accumulate.
Contact
Booking and residency inquiries: jessingrassellino.com