Andrew Schloss Explained

Andrew Schloss (Walter Andrew Schloss; born 1952 Hartford, Connecticut) is an American musician and computer engineer.

Career

Schloss is perhaps best known for his work with the radiodrum, a three-dimensional midi-controller. Schloss is a pioneer in computer-music technology, and worked at IRCAM and the CCRMA in the 1980s. He has performed with Léon Theremin, Laurie Anderson, Tito Puente, Chucho Valdés, David A. Jaffe and Peter Brook. He has collaborated extensively with David A. Jaffe, who has composed a variety of works for him, including "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," for radiodrum-performed Disklavier and ensemble. Schloss teaches at the University of Victoria and heads the Music Computer Science joint degree program.

Schloss earned a PhD in 1985 from Stanford University, where he worked at CCRMA – the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.

Selected technography

10. 1. 1. Part 1: "Sonata "Sacre"
       2. Part 2: "The Most Religious"
       3. Part 3: "Reversed Orbits"
       4. Part 4: "Oracular and Prophetic"
       5. Part 5: "Edible Trance"
    Centaur CRC 2190
    Discogs release ID 1773079.
    Allmusic album ID mw0001371262.
    

Bibliography

References

• Book: . 2013 . Andrew Schloss . Fuller . Amy Elisabeth . Contemporary Authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields . en-US . 327 . .,, .

• . Matthews . Max Vernon (1926–2011) . Max Matthews . Boie . Robert Albert (born 1939) . Schloss . Andrew . Andrew Schloss . 1989 . The Radio Drum as a Synthesizer Controller . March 29, 2021 . Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, San Francisco . en-US . 1989. 2027/spo.bbp2372.1989.010 . (article).

• Web site: . An Interview With Andrew Schloss . Nevile . Ben (interviewer) . Schloss . Andrew (interviewee) . Andrew Schloss . September 14, 2005 . . en . . December 28, 2020 . .The interview was at Schloss' home in Seattle. Schloss, in 1996, was a member of the Examining Committee for Ben Nevile's masters thesis for Master of Applied Science degree in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria: "Gesture Analysis Through a Computer’s Audio Interface: The Audio-Input Drum." .

• Book: . Schloss . Walter Andrew . Andrew Schloss . 1985 . On the Automatic Transcription of Percussive Music: From Acoustic Signal to High-Level Analysis . PhD dissertation . en-US . . . .

Primary sources

• Web site: . W. Andrew Schloss – Professor Electronic & Computer Music, Acoustics, Ethnomusicology . University of Victoria, School of Music . bio – faculty website . en . December 28, 2020 .

External links

• Web site: Andrew Schloss (biography). Fondation-langlois.org. 28 December 2020.
• Discogs artist ID 1773079.