David Rosenboom
Encyclopedia
David Rosenboom is an American
composer
and a pioneer in the use of neurofeedback
, cross-cultural collaborations and compositional algorithm
s. Working with Don Buchla
, he was one of the first composers to use a digital synthesizer.
He studied composition, performance, and electronic music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
with Salvatore Martirano
, Lejaren Hiller
, Kenneth Gaburo
, Gordon Binkerd, Bernard Goodman, Paul Rolland
, Jack McKenzie
, Soulima Stravinsky
, John Garvey, and others. He is currently Professor of Music and Dean of the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts
.
He has performed with Trichy Sankaran
. His pre-CalArts students include Jin Hi Kim
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and a pioneer in the use of neurofeedback
Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback , also called neurotherapy, neurobiofeedback or EEG biofeedback is a type of biofeedback that uses realtime displays of electroencephalography or functional magnetic resonance imaging to illustrate brain activity, often with a goal of controlling central nervous system activity...
, cross-cultural collaborations and compositional algorithm
Algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning...
s. Working with Don Buchla
Don Buchla
Don Buchla is a pioneer in the field of sound synthesizers, releasing his first units months after Robert Moog's first synthesizers...
, he was one of the first composers to use a digital synthesizer.
He studied composition, performance, and electronic music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
with Salvatore Martirano
Salvatore Martirano
Salvatore Giovanni Martirano was an American composer of contemporary classical music.Born in Yonkers, New York, he taught for many years at the University of Illinois...
, Lejaren Hiller
Lejaren Hiller
Lejaren Arthur Hiller was an American composer. In 1957 he collaborated on the first significant computer music composition, Illiac Suite, with Leonard Issacson. It was his fourth string quartet. In 1958 he founded the Experimental Music Studio at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
, Kenneth Gaburo
Kenneth Gaburo
-Life:Gaburo was born in Somerville, New Jersey. He served as a professor of music at the University of Illinois, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Iowa. His notable students include James Tenney and Allen Strange...
, Gordon Binkerd, Bernard Goodman, Paul Rolland
Paul Rolland
Paul Rolland was a violist and an influential American violin teacher who concentrated on the pedagogy of teaching fundamentals to beginning string students. He was famous for emphasizing that the physical demands of most violin techniques can be taught in the first two years of violin education...
, Jack McKenzie
Jack McKenzie
Jack McKenzie is a British actor. He was born in Edinburgh in 1942 and was educated at George Heriot's School, after which he joined The Royal Marines, and then subsequently the Lothians and Peebles Constabulary and transferred to Edinburgh City Police...
, Soulima Stravinsky
Soulima Stravinsky
Sviatoslav Soulima Stravinsky was a Swiss-American pianist, composer and musicologist of Russian and Ukrainian descent...
, John Garvey, and others. He is currently Professor of Music and Dean of the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
.
He has performed with Trichy Sankaran
Trichy Sankaran
Trichy Sankaran is an Indian percussionist, composer, scholar, and educator. He is acknowledged as one of the foremost virtuosos of the mridangam and also plays the kanjira on occasion. Since the early 1970s, he has performed and recorded in a number of cross-cultural projects.Sankaran has lived...
. His pre-CalArts students include Jin Hi Kim
Jin Hi Kim
Kim Jin-Hi is a geomungo player and composer.She is known for introducing the geomungo to the wider world through her contemporary chamber and orchestral compositions and large-scale multimedia pieces, as well as her extensive work in avant-garde and cross-cultural free...
.
Quotes
"A true music school must return to being a healthy environment for the evolution of music as well as for the teaching of music. In this way, those who study will be most prepared to participate in what is sure to be the multi-dimensional musical environment of the coming decades."As sideman
With Anthony BraxtonAnthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
- Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986Five Compositions 1986 is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1986 for the Italian Black Saint label.-Reception:...
(Black Saint, 1986)
Sources
- Zorn, John, ed. (2000). Arcana: Musicians on Music. New York: Granary Books/Hips Road. ISBN 188712327X.
- Liner notes, David Rosenboom's How Much Better if Plymouth Rock Had Landed on the Pilgrimshttp://www.dramonline.org/albums/david-rosenboom-how-much-better-if-plymouth-rock-had-landed-on-the-pilgrims/notes