Andrew Schloss, University of Victoria
Professor
Victoria, British Columbia
aschloss@finearts.uvic.ca
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(250) 721-7931
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Bio/Research
Andrew Schloss studied at Bennington College, the University of Washington, and Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1985 working at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics). He has taught at Brown University, the University of California at San Diego, The Banff ...
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Bio/Research
Andrew Schloss studied at Bennington College, the University of Washington, and Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1985 working at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics). He has taught at Brown University, the University of California at San Diego, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and currently at the University of Victoria.
Schloss is a pioneer in new musical instruments, and a virtuoso on a new instrument called the radiodrum. He has received numerous awards and fellowships: Fulbright Scholar in France at IRCAM/Centre George Pompidou, collaborative composer's grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, research fellowship from the BC Advanced Systems Institute (ASI), creative grant from La fondation Daniel Langlois, a New Media Initiative grant jointly awarded from the Canada Council for the Arts and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), Research/Creation Grant from SSHRC (Social Science and Humanities Research Council), commission from the British Columbia Arts Council, Jack Straw Foundation, among others. He has been a JUNO Awards judge in the World Music category for several years, was on the advisory board of CIS/R, Canadian Heritage, a judge for the Chalmers Awards, consultant to the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, and other organizations.
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Schloss is a pioneer in new musical instruments, and a virtuoso on a new instrument called the radiodrum. He has received numerous awards and fellowships: Fulbright Scholar in France at IRCAM/Centre George Pompidou, collaborative composer's grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, research fellowship from the BC Advanced Systems Institute (ASI), creative grant from La fondation Daniel Langlois, a New Media Initiative grant jointly awarded from the Canada Council for the Arts and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), Research/Creation Grant from SSHRC (Social Science and Humanities Research Council), commission from the British Columbia Arts Council, Jack Straw Foundation, among others. He has been a JUNO Awards judge in the World Music category for several years, was on the advisory board of CIS/R, Canadian Heritage, a judge for the Chalmers Awards, consultant to the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, and other organizations.
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