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==Publications==
==Publications==
Contributions
'''Contributions'''


'''''Evolutionary Computer Music'''''], Miranda, Eduardo Reck; Biles, John Al (Editors) 2007, XIV, 259 p. With CD-ROM., Softcover, ISBN: 978-1-84628-599-8
*"Evolutionary Computer Music", Miranda, Eduardo Reck; Biles, John Al (Editors) 2007, XIV, 259 p. With CD-ROM., Softcover, ISBN: 978-1-84628-599-8
<ref> http://www.springer.com/uk/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=3-40109-22-173674005-0 Evolutionary Computer Music </ref>
<ref> http://www.springer.com/uk/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=3-40109-22-173674005-0 Evolutionary Computer Music </ref>


'''''Musician responses to changes in technology. In Music and technology.''''' Osnabruck, Germany: Osnabruck University Press. (2000). <ref> 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. </ref>
*"Musician responses to changes in technology. In Music and technology." Osnabruck, Germany: Osnabruck University Press. (2000). <ref> 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. </ref>


'''Scholarly Publications'''
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<ref> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/repository/scholpubs/search.php?page=dept&pos=1&af=42 </ref>
<ref> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~waschka/schpubs.html </ref>


* "Composing with Genetic Algorithms: GenDash", in Evolutionary Computer Music. Editors: Eduardo R. Miranda and John Al Biles. London: Springer, 2007. (Should be out in May.)
Conference Papers
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Waschka, Rodney A., II. (1999). Avoiding the fitness "bottleneck": Using genetic algorithms to compose orchestral music. In Proceedings of the ICMC99. (pp. 201-203). San Francisco: International Computer Music Association.


* "Musician Responses to Changes in Music Technology" in Global Village, Global Brain, Global Music . Editors Bernd Enders and Joachim Stange-Elbe. Osnabruck: EPOS, 2003, pp220-226.
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<ref> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/repository/scholpubs/search.php?page=dept&pos=1&af=42 </ref>

* "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.

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* "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: http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/COMJ/sample-article.html

* "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.


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 16:52, 17 November 2007

Rodney Waschka II is an American composer. His work has been perfomed all around the world including:International Computer Music Conference, the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US festival, 2001 NewMusic@ECU Festival, [1] Fourth Annual UNCG New Music Festival, The 15th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) [2] [3]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.

He studied at the Institute of Sonology, The Royal Conservatory of The Netherlands, Brooklyn College, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of North Texas. [4]

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

Articles and Reviews

"Gone in 60 Minutes: Electronic Compositions Showcased at NC State University" - Alexandra Jones, "Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 1st, 2007.
"Rodney Waschka II: Saint Ambrose", Mary Simoni, "Computer Misc Journal" Vol. 31 Issue 3
"An Incomplete Diskography of Computer Musi" The CDCM Computer Music Series on Centaur Records, Stephen Travis Pope Computer Music Journal Vol. 17 Issue 4
"NCSU’s Arts Now Series: Soothsayers and Shamans” by Karen Moorman"Classical Voice in North Carolina", October 20th, 2006.
"Broadening horizons", Jilly Gooud "Dipsatch 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

Publications

Contributions

  • "Evolutionary Computer Music", Miranda, Eduardo Reck; Biles, John Al (Editors) 2007, XIV, 259 p. With CD-ROM., Softcover, ISBN: 978-1-84628-599-8

[7]

  • "Musician responses to changes in technology. In Music and technology." Osnabruck, Germany: Osnabruck University Press. (2000). [8]

Scholarly Publications [9] [10]

  • "Composing with Genetic Algorithms: GenDash", in Evolutionary Computer Music. Editors: Eduardo R. Miranda and John Al Biles. London: Springer, 2007. (Should be out in May.)
  • "Musician Responses to Changes in Music Technology" in Global Village, Global Brain, Global Music . Editors Bernd Enders and Joachim Stange-Elbe. Osnabruck: EPOS, 2003, pp220-226.
  • "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: http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/COMJ/sample-article.html
  • "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.

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

References

  1. ^ http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/music/newmusicfest/previous/2001.cfm 2001 NewMusic@ECU Festival
  2. ^ http://www.nosuch.com/mostly-midi/archive/icmc.1989 The 15th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)
  3. ^ http://www.uncg.edu/mus/NMFSpecial.htm Fourth Annual UNCG New Music Festival
  4. ^ http://www.waschka.info/biography.html Rodney Waschka II Biography
  5. ^ http://www.ncsu.edu/music/bios/waschka.html North Carolina State University
  6. ^ http://www.nccomputermusic.com/ North Carolina Computer Music Festival
  7. ^ http://www.springer.com/uk/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=3-40109-22-173674005-0 Evolutionary Computer Music
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/repository/scholpubs/search.php?page=dept&pos=1&af=42
  10. ^ http://www4.ncsu.edu/~waschka/schpubs.html

External links

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