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Dr. Russell Pinkston (DMA, Columbia University, 1984) is a
Professor of Music Composition and Director of Electronic
Music Studios at The University of Texas at Austin. He is
active
both as a composer and as a researcher in the field of computer
music. His compositions span a wide range of different media,
from concert works and sacred anthems to computer generated
tape pieces and live electronic music for dance. While the
primary
focus of his research has been in developing software and hardware
for real-time synthesis and digital signal processing, his
numerous
tutorials, example instruments, and user-interface software
for Csound have also become renowned. His current research
involving
the use of interactive technologies for dance has recently
received international attention, leading to interviews with
CNN, CBCN
and BBC News and a feature article in New Scientist Magazine.
He is a founding member and the current President of the
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS),
and a former Regional Director for the Americas of the International
Computer Music
Association. |
