Rodney Waschka II

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Rodney Waschka II is an American composer known for his algorithmic compositions and his theatrical works.

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[edit] Biography

Waschka studied at Brooklyn College, at the Institute of Sonology, then newly part of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and earned his doctorate at the University of North Texas. [1] His teachers include Larry Austin at the University of North Texas, Charles Dodge (composer) at Brooklyn College, and Paul Berg, composer, Clarence Barlow, Joel Ryan and George Lewis (trombonist) at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

His music has been performed all around the world including:International Computer Music Conference, the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US festival, 2001 NewMusic@ECU Festival, [2] Fourth Annual UNCG New Music Festival, The 15th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) [3] [4]the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Merkin Concert Hall in New York, the Sheremetev Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, the International Review of Composers in Belgrade, the Purcell Room in London, and the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, as well as many other venues [5]

Currently, Rodney Waschka II is Professor of Arts Studies at North Carolina State University [6] and he is the director of the North Carolina Computer Music Festival. [7] [8]

[edit] Articles and Reviews

Jan. 5, 2006

[edit] Publications

Scholarly Publications [9] [10]

  • "Composing with Genetic Algorithms: GenDash", in Evolutionary Computer Music, Miranda, Eduardo Reck; Biles, John Al (Editors) 2007, XIV, 259 p. With CD-ROM., Softcover, ISBN: 978-1-84628-599-8 [11]
  • "Musician responses to changes in technology". In Music and Technology. Osnabruck, Germany: Osnabruck University Press. (2000)pp220-226. [12]
  • "Theories of Evolutionary Algorithms and a 'New Simplicity' Opera: Making Sappho's Breath in Artificial Life Models for Musical Applications. Cosenza, Italy: Editoriale Bios, 2001, pp79-86.
  • "Dynamical Systems in Two Music Compositions", Rodney Waschka II and Alexandra Kurepa, Mathematics and Computers in Modern Science: Acoustics and Music, Biology and Chemistry, Business and Economics. N. Mastorakis, editor. Athens, Greece: World Scientific Engineering Society, 2000. pp 90-92. Also available on CD ROM.
  • "Avoiding the Fitness "Bottleneck": Using Genetic Algorithms to Compose Orchestral Music", Proceedings of the ICMC. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association, 1999. pp 201-203.
  • "Computer Music for Compact Disc: Composition, Production, Audience", Rodney Waschka II and Larry Austin, (Major revision of Waschka and Austin, 1992). Computer Music Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp 17-27. Summer, 1996. Republished, December, 1997, at the Computer Music Journal Website Computer Music Journal Website
  • "Teaching a History of Technology in the Arts: A Multidisciplinary Approach". in Convergence: Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference on the Arts and Technology, 1995. New London, CT: Center for the Arts and Technology, Connecticut College. pp 30-34.
  • "Composing Computer Music for Compact Disc" in the Proceedings of the ICMC 1992, Rodney Waschka II and Larry Austin, ed. Pablo Furman. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association, 1992. pp 469-472.
  • "Computer-assisted Composition and Performance: The Making of A Noite, Porem, Rangeu E Quebrou". Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 2 (1992) number 1 pp 41-44.
  • "The 1991 ICMC: The Music at Montreal". A review article, Perspectives of New Music, Volume 30 (1992), number 1, pp 310-323.
  • "Using Computers to Compose Harp Music: Building A House Without Mirrors". The American Harp Journal, V.12 (1990) no.3 pp 11-13.
  • "Using Fractals in Timbre Construction: An Exploratory Study". Proceedings of the ICMC, Rodney Waschka II and Alexandra Kurepa, ed. David Butler. San Francisco: ICMA, 1989, pp 332-335.
  • "Rapid Event Deployment in a MIDI Environment". Rodney Waschka II and Toze Ferreira, Interface, a journal of new music research, (now titled, Journal of New Music Research) V. 17 (1988) no. 4, pp 211-222.

[edit] Discography

"Music for Strings" Capstone Records CPS-8781, 2007

  • String Quartet: Laredo,
  • Ravel Remembers Fascism (cello alone),
  • Six Folksongs from an Imaginary Country (viola alone),
  • Xuan Men (violin alone, Russian version), and
  • String Quartet: Ha! Fortune.

"Evolutionary Computation" compact disc. London and Berlin: Springer, Release Date: May, 2007

  • Singing in Traffic

Volume XII of the "America's Tribute to Adolphe Sax Series". Released April 16, 2007 Arizona University Recordings disc (AUR 3129)

  • Summer Concerto for alto saxophone and Symphony Band.

Saint Ambrose a chamber opera in one act for saxophonist/actor and recorded electronic computer music. Capstone Records CPS-8708, 2002.

"Presence III" CD, Montreal: PeP 005, 2002

  • Still Life with Castanets, recorded electronic computer music. On .

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 24. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Centaur Records compact disc, (CRC 2310), 1996

  • Visions of Habakkuk

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 16. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Centaur Records compact disc, (CRC 2193), 1994.

  • Xuan Men for violin alone. Performed by Bruce Berg.

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 14. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Centaur Records compact disc, (CRC2170), 1993.

  • Help Me Remember for performer, interactive computer systems, recorded electronic computer music, and visual projections.

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 11; Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Centaur Records compact disc (CRC 2133), 1992

  • Last Night for alto saxophone and piano. Phil Barham, sax; Yumi Mayama-Livesay, piano; .

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 9; Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Centaur Records compact disc (CRC 2078) 1991

  • A Noite, Porem, Rangeu E Quebrou for string bass, computer music and computer. George Dimitri, string bass. .

"LOW FIDELITY MUSIC" Lisbon, Portugal: Ama Romanta Records (AR 05) 1988. Rereleased on Plancton Records, 2002

  • More Adult Music
  • This Is Music As It Was Expected

"Cartography". Canton, Texas: IRIDA Records (IRIDA 0007), USA, 1986.

  • Euwe Suite
  • Runes

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.waschka.info/biography.html Rodney Waschka II Biography
  2. ^ http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/music/newmusicfest/previous/2001.cfm 2001 NewMusic@ECU Festival
  3. ^ http://www.nosuch.com/mostly-midi/archive/icmc.1989 The 15th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)
  4. ^ http://www.uncg.edu/mus/NMFSpecial.htm Fourth Annual UNCG New Music Festival
  5. ^ Computer Music Events at Peabody Conservatory for Wednesday, 29 March 2000
  6. ^ http://www.ncsu.edu/music/bios/waschka.html North Carolina State University
  7. ^ http://www.nccomputermusic.com/ North Carolina Computer Music Festival
  8. ^ http://media.www.technicianonline.com/media/storage/paper848/news/2006/03/02/Features/A.New.Type.Of.Music-1650169.shtml "A new type of music: Carolina Computer Musical Festival features computerized music", Josh Bowes, Tecnichian Online, March 2nd 2006
  9. ^ NCSU Scholarly Publications Repository: NCSU Libraries
  10. ^ http://www4.ncsu.edu/~waschka/schpubs.html
  11. ^ http://www.springer.com/uk/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=3-40109-22-173674005-0 Evolutionary Computer Music
  12. ^ http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/repository/scholpubs/search.php?page=dept&pos=1&af=42 Musician responses to changes in technology. In Music and technology.

[edit] External links

CONSORTIUM TO DISTRIBUTE COMPUTER MUSIC
Rodney Waschka II website