Trevor Wishart

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Trevor Wishart (b Leeds, 11 Oct 1946) is an English composer based in York and is widely acknowledged for his contributions in the domain of composing with digital audio media, both fixed and interactive. Not only has he composed many significant pieces, but he has also written extensively on the topic of what he terms, “sonic art,” and contributed to the design and implementation of many software tools used in the creation of digital music. He was educated at Oxford (BA 1968), the University of Nottingham (MA 1969), and the University of York (PhD 1973). He holds an honorary position at the University of York, and in 2006 was appointed as composer-in-residence at the University of Durham, but is mainly a freelance composer.

1 Music
2 Writings
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Music

Wishart's compositional interests deal mainly with the human voice. This is most evident in his VOX Cycle, Tongues of Fire, Globalalia, Two Women, and American Triptych. He is also well known as an improvisor of extended vocal techniques. A clip from a video piece by Steina Vasulka based on one of these improvisations can be seen here.

[edit] Writings

Wishart has written two major books On Sonic Art and Audible Design. Both of which have had a significant impact. On Sonic Art puts forth his theoretical and philosophical ideas while Audible Design deals mainly with the practise and technique of composing with digital audio.

[edit] Discography

as Trevor Wishart:

Journey Into Space (1973, 2xLP, not on label, mail order only)
Journey Into Space (??, cassette, ICR)
Red Bird: A Political Prisoner's Dream (1978, LP, York Electronic Studios)
Vox Cycle (1990, CD, Virgin Classics)
Red Bird / Anticredos (1992, CD, October Music)
Audible Design (1994, CD, Orpheus The Pantomine)
Tongues Of Fire (1994, CD, Maxi-Single, Orpheus The Pantomine)
Journey Into Space (2002, CD, Paradigm Discs)

as Trevor Wishart & Friends:

Beach Singularity / Menagerie (1979, LP, York Electronic Studios)
Mouth Music (1982, LP, Hyperion)
Menagerie / Beach Singularity / Vocalise (1997, CD, Paradigm Discs)

appears on:

Electronic Music From York (1973, 3xLP, York Electronic Studio)
Miniatures (1980, LP, Pipe)
Integration (1983, cassette, ICR)
Computer Music Currents 4 (1989, CD, WERGO)
Electroacoustic Music And The Saxophones Of Stephen Cottrell (1989, CD, Overhear Music)
Rē Records Quarterly Volume 3 Number 1 (1989, CD, Rē Records)
Prix Ars Electronica 95 (1995, CD, Ars Electronica Center)
Inventionen '98 - 50 Jahre Musique Concrète (1999, CD, Edition RZ)
Or Some Computer Music (1999, CD, OR)
Fümms Bö Wö Tää Zää Uu: Stimmen Und Klänge Der Lautpoesie (2002, CD, Urs Engeler Editor)
Das Dreidimensionale Möbiusband (2003, 2XCD, Flying Swimming)
Festival Voor Nieuwe Muziek: Happy New Ears 2005 (2005, CD, Gonzo Circus)