Curtis Roads

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Curtis Roads is a composer of electronic and electroacoustic music specializing in granular and pulsar synthesis, author, and computer programmer. (CCMIX Paris)

He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts and the University of California, San Diego and teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has previously taught at the University of Naples "Frederico II", Harvard University, Oberlin Conservatory, Les Ateliers UPIC (now CCMIX, Center for the Composition of Music Iannis Xenakis), and the University of Paris VIII. (CCMIX Paris)

He co-founded the International Computer Music Association in 1980 and edited the Computer Music Journal for over 23 years. He has created software including PulsarGenerator and the Creatovox, both with Alberto de Campo. (CCMIX Paris)

[edit] Bibliography

• Microsound
• The Computer Music Tutorial
• Musical Signal Processing

[edit] Compositions

• POINT LINE CLOUD (2005)
• Half-life (1998-1999)
• Clang-Tint (1991-1994)

[edit] Source

• CCMIX Paris