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. Click on the headline for more information/press release. 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
.WASCHKA FILM SELECTED FOR AUSTRALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
The film, Horizons, a collaboration with director Zlatko Cosic, has been named an official selection of the Byron Bay International Film Festival in Australia, which ran from March 5-13, 2010. Waschka composed the music and co-produced the short film. Horizons 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. This was the Australian premiere of Horizons.
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.
SUMMER CONCERTO RECORDING RELEASED ON COMPACT DISC
Waschka's composition, Summer Concerto for alto saxophone and Symphony Band, recorded by Phillip Barham and the Tennessee Tech Symphony Band directed by Joseph Hermann, has a commercial release on Arizona University Recordings.
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BOOK PUBLISHED WITH WASCHKA RECORDING AND CHAPTER
Waschka's composition Singing in Traffic has been published as part of the book Evolutionary Computer Music. Waschka wrote a chapter for the book describing his use of genetic algorithms in the composition of some of his music.
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Gregory Wiest premiered Rodney Waschka's song cycle Trains, for voice and piano, in Munich, Germany on March 25, 2007.
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