Sounds
like a violent action-packed computer game? Actually it’s
one
of the offerings on a new Library of Congress website dedicated to
the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds. The
multimedia website http://loc.gov/rogerreynolds gives an intimate
look into Reynolds’ life and creative
process with sound files, musical scores, interviews, photos, diagrams
and sketches.
 For Reynolds, a professor of music
at UCSD since 1969, the installation culminates many years of archiving
his nearly 100 compositions.
Reynolds is among the first American
composers to make significant use
of new technology and his music incorporates elements of theater,
digital
signal processing, dance and video. He continues to work at the intersection
of art and science with such projects as “Motione” and “The
Angel of Death.” So take an online tour, it just might be music
to your ears. 
Contributors to Making Waves: Malinda Danziger, '00, Jessica Demian, Karla DeVries, '04, Inga Kiderrra, Paul Mueller. |
