an anthology of innovative musical notation
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Douglas C. Wadle (b. 1977) studied composition with James Tenney, Marc Sabat, and Christian Wolff. His work has followed two dominant streams: manipulations of harmonic pitch space (as defined by James Tenney) and experiments in extreme forms of graphic notation, including the use on non-musical symbolic systems in a musical context, exploration of visual perception as it relates to the act of reading, and visual arts practices. Wadle’s interdisciplinary interests extend to the other arts, as well. He actively performs as a member of a quartet of research-oriented improvisers under the direction of choreographer/poet Simone Forti that includes theater artist Terrence Luke Johnson and choreographer Sarah Swenson, in which all members take on the roles of mover, sounder, actor, and writer. Wadle holds an MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where his work focused on creative models for cross-cultural aesthetic dialogue, and an MFA in Music Composition from the California Institute of the Arts. |
