ELECTRONIC: John Chowning (2/15)

By Paloma Capanna on February 15, 2012

Eastman School of Music has had an electronic music program since 1981, a vintage that included the Radio Shack TRS-80 computer of black screens, green letters, and IF-THEN programming. American composer John Chowning (b. 1934) boasts a programming history that includes a patent from 1974 used by Yamaha for its GS1, a digital synthesizer released in 1981. Among his credentials, Chowning studied composition for three years with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and he was a founding director in 1973 of Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. You can sample Chowning's works on YouTube, including "Stria" and "Phoné," but, to give you a throw-back to 1971, why not show up at the concert, so that you can ask, "Is it live or is it Memorex?"

John Chowning performs Wednesday, February 15, 8 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. Free. 274-1100, eastman.rochester.edu.

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