Dr. Wingate came to FSU after co-founding and directing the Electronic Arts Studio at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. He holds a D.M.A. from the University of Texas, during which time he composed lived in Stockholm as a Fulbright Scholar to Sweden. Wingate has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship. His electroacoustic works have received international acclaim at new music festivals such as the International Society for Contemporary Music’s World Music Days (Copenhagen and London), the Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music (Warsaw), le Festival Rien à Voir (Montreal), the Acousmatic Experience (Amsterdam), the Pierre Schaeffer Concert de Bruits (Perugia), and many others.