WASCHKA FILM WINS PRIZE AT MACON FILM FESTIVAL
The film, Horizons, a collaboration with director Zlatko Cosic was a prize winner in the Experimental category at the Macon Film Festival. The Festival, which ran from February 18-21, 2010 featured the world premiere of Horizons on Friday, February 19th and a second screening on Saturday, February 20th. Waschka composed the music and co-produced the short film. Director Zlatko Cosic, whose films have been presented at the St. Louis International Film Festival, the USA Film Festival, the Picture This Film Festival in Canada, and elsewhere, is well-known for his avant-garde movies and his documentary film on the life of James C. Holmes.
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NEW ORCHESTRA PIECE PREMIERED IN EUROPE
The Radio Television Symphony Orchestra of Serbia presented the Premiere of Waschka's Belgrade Overture as part of the 17th International Review of Composers.
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WASCHKA WORK FEATURED ON WNYC RADIO PROGRAM
Looking, from Waschka's large-scale computer music work Help Me Remember was a featured selection on the WNYC (New York) radio program "New Sounds". Billboard Magazine called "New Sounds", hosted by John Schaefer, "The #1 radio show for the Global Village."
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NEW PIANO WORK AT NC STATE AND MIT
Dr. Elaine Chew of the University of Southern California has premiered Rodney Waschka's new piano piece, A Simple Gift for Elaine, at North Carolina State University and she has subsequently performed the work at MIT.
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A review of the concert appears in September/October, 2008 issue of Technology Review magazine.
NEW ALL-WASCHKA COMPACT DISC RELEASED
Music For Strings a CD of Waschka's music performed by the Nevsky String Quartet, has just been released on Capstone Records. The disc contains recordings of two string quartets and solo works for violin, viola, and cello.
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A review of the CD appears in CVNC.