Timothy Hsu

Timothy Hsu

Assistant Professor
Music
Academic Specialty: 
Acoustics
He graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 2005 studying primarily with Brian Ganz. Presently, he serves as the Conducting Scholar at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church as well as the assistant conductor and accompanist for the Georgia Tech Choral Department. Additionally, he was a guest conductor for the Choral Guild of Atlanta and is currently the Music Director of the Atlanta Chinese Chorus He works in the area of architectural acoustics, noise control, psychoacoustics, the physiological response to noise, and musical acoustics. Currently, he is working closely with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, and Gothenburg University in a large research project concerning hospital acoustics. Previous large projects of his have included speaker and amplifier design projects, recording studio design, a noise-canceling headphone prototype, and church sanctuary and large auditoria consulting projects. He is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).