Carl Faia is an American composer, computer music designer and live electronics performer.
 
He studied composition at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Royal Academy of Music in Denmark on a Fulbright grant with Edward Applebaum, Peter Racine Fricker, Per Norgard and Karl Aage Rasmussen. AS a computer music designer, he collaborated  with a number of composers at IRCAM in Paris, at the CIRM in Nice where he was Studio Director. He has also worked on large scale projects with James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey, Harrison Birtwistle, Fausto Romitelli, Luca Francesconi, Alejandro Viñao, Philippe Leroux, as well as, the National Jazz Orchestra of France. He has collaborated with artists to present new works with computer electronics in various festivals throughout Europe including Ars Musica in Brussels, Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Musica in Strasbourg, Agora in Paris, Gaida and ISCM in Vilnius, MaerzMusik in Berlin, Lille 2004, MITO in Milano, Arena in Riga, as well as the Casa da Musica in Porto or the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. He has worked regularly with Art Zoyd Studios in France and the Forum Neues Musiktheater der Staatsoper Stuttgart in Germany both as composer and as a live electronics designer with invited composers for music theatre, opera, concert music, and multimedia projects.
 
As a performer, he plays Theremins, electric guitars and prepared piano with live electronics, most recently with video artist Thomas Köner.
 
He has taught master-classes and workshops throughout his career. He currently teaches electronic music and Sonic Arts at Brunel University London.