Tara Rodgers

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Tara Rodgers is an American electronic musician, composer, and author. [1] She is a multi-instrumentalist and performs and releases work as Analog Tara. [2]

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Education and career

Rodgers graduated from Brown University in 1995, earning an AB with Honors in American Studies. [3] [4] She received an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College in 2006 and earned a PhD in Communication Studies from McGill University in 2011.

Rodgers was visiting faculty in sound at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 2004 to 2005. She was a Canada-US Fulbright scholar in Montreal in 2006/2007. [5] From 2010 to 2013 she was an assistant professor of Women's studies and Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Digital Cultures and Creativity at the University of Maryland. In 2011 Rodgers established the Women's Studies Multimedia Studio at UMD. Rodgers also served on the faculty of Dartmouth College in 2013. [6]

Rodgers founded the website PinkNoises.com in 2000 to document the works of women in electronic music and to provide music production resources. [7] [8] The site was nominated for a Webby Award in the category of Best Music Web Site in 2003. [9] Her composition, "Butterfly Effects," was inspired by the behaviors of migrating butterflies. [10] Written in SuperCollider, it won the IAWM New Genre Prize in 2007. [11] [12] She authored the 2010 book Pink Noises: Women On Electronic Music And Sound, which is a collection of interviews spotlighting female electronic musicians, composers, producers, and DJs. [13] The book received the 2011 Pauline Alderman Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM). [14]

Following the release of Pink Noises, Rodgers has published essays and lectured on the history of synthesized sound. She is currently working as a composer and performer in the Washington, D.C. area. [15] [16] [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Analog Tara Discography". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Fresh Ink". Brown Alumni Magazine. May–June 2010.
  4. ↑ Americans are a race of frustrated baseball heroes: Gender, baseball and softball in the United States, 1900-1950. WorldCat. OCLC   549640438 . Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Three Mills College Alumnae Named Fulbright Scholars". Mills College. June 13, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Digital Musics Highlights". The Graduate Program. March 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ Piasta, Jacquie (June 7, 2010). "Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound". Elevate Difference.
  8. ↑ "Tara Rodgers: Patterns of Movement Pre-Show Interview". Stamp Gallery. July 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ "7th Annual Webby Awards: Music". The Webby Awards. 2003. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Tara Rodgers - Interviewed by Corina MacDonald". Vague Terrain. November 15, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  11. ↑ Rodgers, Tara (2006). "Butterfly Effects: Synthesis, Emergence, and Transduction" (PDF). Leonardo Electronic Almanac. 14 (8).
  12. ↑ "Search for New Music by Women Composers: Past Award Recipients". International Alliance for Women in Music. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo (March 18, 2010). "Tara Rodgers: Pink Noises". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  14. ↑ "Past Pauline Alderman Awards Recipients". International Alliance for Women in Music. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Building Curriculum Diversity: Pink Noises". New Music Box. New Music Box USA. July 13, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  16. ↑ "5 Ableton Loop Events You Absolutely Can't Miss | LANDR Blog". LANDR Blog. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  17. ↑ Kannenberg, John (2017-07-07). "Media Crafting: Tara Rodgers' Collection of Mini Fibre Arts Audio Gear". Medium. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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