Russell Pinkston
Musical Artist
1949 –
Who is Russell Pinkston?
Russell Pinkston is a professor of composition and the director of the electronic music studios at the University of Texas at Austin School of Music.
Pinkston is both an active composer and a researcher in the field of computer music. His compositions range from sacred anthems and concert works to computer-generated tape pieces and live electronic interactive music for dance. The primary focus of Pinkston's research has been in developing software and hardware for real-time synthesis and digital signal processing, including substantial work involving the Csound audio programming language, including Csound user interface software, numerous tutorials, and example Csound instruments. Some of this work can be found in The Csound Book.
Pinkston studied composition at Dartmouth College, where he was a student of Jon Appleton, and Columbia University, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1984.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1949
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Doctor of Musical Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts
Musical composition
( - 1984) - Dartmouth College
- Doctor of Musical Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts
- Lived in
- Austin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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