http://www.flexatone.net
http://www.algorithmic.net
http://www.post-ut.net
http://www.envl.net
Christopher Ariza
Christopher Ariza (b. 1976) is a composer and programmer of sonic structures and systems. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Recording Arts and Music Technology at Towson University. While completing a Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory at New York University (Ph.D. 2005, M.A. 2003) he studied composition with Elizabeth Hoffman and Louis Karchin. While at Harvard University (B.A. 1999) he studied composition with Michael Gandolfi, Mario Davidovsky, and Jeff Nichols. He has composed for theatre, film, concert-hall, and interactive media, and his works have been performed at numerous concerts and festivals. He performs live laptop electronics in the trio KIOKU, an ensemble that explores a new terrain between traditional Asian folk music and collaborative experimentation. Recognitions in composition include the Hugh MacColl prize (1999) and the John Green Fellowship in Composition (1999) from Harvard University, two BMI Student Composer Awards (2001, 2002), and a finalist designation in the 25th Concorso Internazionale “Luigi Russolo” (2003); commissions include new works for the 2003-2004 tour of the Los Angeles based TaikoProject. Research grants include a U.S. Fulbright grant (2004) to the Institute of Sonology, The Hague, the Netherlands, for research, supervised by Paul Berg, in algorithmic composition system design. His research in generative music systems and computer-aided algorithmic composition has been published in journals and presented at numerous national and international conferences, and is made available through the open-source, cross-platform software athenaCL. He is the creator of the babelcast-zoetrope, an algorithmic, computer-generated video podcast, and Post-Ut, a free, web-based ear-training system dedicated to training sonic qualities and measures relevant to computer musicians and audio engineers. His music, software, and research are distributed via www.flexatone.net.
athenaCL, Csound, Max/MSP
complete works available for download in both ogg and mp3 formats.
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