Rodney Waschka II

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

Contents 1 Biography 2 Articles and Reviews 3 Publications 4 Discography 5 References 6 External links

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. He also studied with Robert Ashley.

His music has been performed all around the world including numerous instances at the annual International Computer Music Conference,^[2] at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US festival, at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, and various other venues including Merkin Concert Hall in New York, the Sheremetev Palace and Glinka Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, the International Review of Composers in Belgrade, the Purcell Room in London, Hong Kong City Hall, and the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.^[3]

Currently, Rodney Waschka II is Professor of Arts Studies at North Carolina State University ^[4] and he is the director of the North Carolina Computer Music Festival.^{[5] [6]}

Articles and Reviews

Waschka's performances and recordings are regularly reviewed in Computer Music Journal (MIT Press), the Classical Voice of North Carolina and Fanfare. Reviews have appeared in Journal SEAMUS, Technology Review, and other journals. A lengthy interview with Waschka appeared in 21st-Century Music, in December, 2007.

• "An Interview with Rodney Waschka II" - Tom Moore, 21st-Century Music, December, 2007.
• "Rodney Waschka II: Saint Ambrose", Mary Simoni, Computer Misc Journal Vol. 31 Issue 3
• "An Incomplete Diskography of Computer Music" Stephen Travis Pope Computer Music Journal Vol. 17 Issue 4
• "Broadening horizons", Jilly Gooud, Dispatch Online, Tuesday, July 2, 2002
• "Composer, Teacher Host of North Carolina Computer Music Festival", Christina Dyrness, The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolin,a Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March 28, 2002
• "Artificial Life Models for Musical Applications: Workshop Report" Eleonora Bilotta, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Pietro Pantano, and Peter M. Todd, Artificial Life, Winter 2002, Vol. 8, No. 1, Pages 83–86
• "Rodney Waschka II: Saint Ambrose, A Chamber Opera in One Act", John Lambert, Classical Voice of North Carolina.
• "Two Offerings from the North Carolina Computer Music Festival", Karen Moorman, Classical Voice of North Carolina.
• "Success Yanked from the Jaws..." John Lambert, Classical Voice of North Carolina.

Publications

Selected Scholarly Publications ^{[7] [8]}

• "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 ^[9]

• "Musician responses to changes in technology". In Music and Technology. Osnabruck, Germany: Osnabruck University Press. (2000) pp 220–226.^[10]

• "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.

• "Computer Music for Compact Disc: Composition, Production, Audience", Rodney Waschka II and Larry Austin. 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

• "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.

• "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.

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.

Recorded by the Nevsky String Quartet.

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

• Singing in Traffic

Recorded by Steve Duke.

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

• Summer Concerto for alto saxophone and Symphony Band.

Recorded by Phillip Barham and the Tennessee Tech Symphony Band, Joseph Hermann, director.

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

Recorded by Steve Duke.

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

• Still Life with Castanets, recorded electronic computer music.

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.

Recorded 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.

Recorded by Waschka.

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

• Last Night for alto saxophone and piano.

Recorded by Phillip 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.

Recorded by 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

Composer: Antonio Ferreira; Text: Waschka and Ferreira. Recorded by Waschka.

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

• Euwe Suite
• Runes

References

1. ^ http://music.unt.edu/comp/alumni/waschka_rodney
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ http://www.waschka.info/biography.html
4. ^ http://www.ncsu.edu/music/bios/waschka.html North Carolina State University
5. ^ http://www.nccomputermusic.com/ North Carolina Computer Music Festival
6. ^ 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
7. ^ NCSU Scholarly Publications Repository: NCSU Libraries
8. ^ http://www4.ncsu.edu/~waschka/schpubs.html
9. ^ http://www.springer.com/uk/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=3-40109-22-173674005-0 Evolutionary Computer Music
10. ^ 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.

External links

• CONSORTIUM TO DISTRIBUTE COMPUTER MUSIC
• Rodney Waschka II website

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