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John Chowning

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John Chowning

Emeritus
Professor Emeritus (CCRMA)
D.M.A., Stanford University
B.M., Wittenberg University

About

Osgood Hooker Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus. B.M., Wittenberg University, D.M.A., Stanford University, Studies with Nadia Boulanger, Paris, 1959-62. Fields: computer music/composition, auditory/music perception. Patents: The Simulation of Moving Sound Sources, The Synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Frequency Modulation. Publications/Recordings: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Schott/WERGO. Grants/Awards: artist-in-residence, Kunstlerprogramm des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdiensts, Berlin, 1974; invited composer/researcher IRCAM, Paris, 1978, 1985; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1988; Honorary Doctor of Music, Wittenberg University, 1990; Diplome d’Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres, French Ministre de la Culture, 1995; Doctorat Honoris Causa, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, 2002.