Paul Doornbusch (born 1959,

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

) is an Australian composer and musician.Europa Publications Limited. ''International who's who in classical music''. Europa Publications Limited, 2009, p. 202.Dan Albertson and Ron Hanna
''The Living Composers Project''
He is the author of a book documenting the first computer music, made with the

CSIRAC CSIRAC (; ''Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer''), originally known as CSIR Mk 1, was Australia's first digital computer, and the fifth stored program computer in the world. It is the oldest surviving first-gene ...

. Doornbusch spent several years at RMIT University in Melbourne, and later taught at the

New Zealand School of Music The New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī, at Victoria University of Wellington (NZSM), is located in Wellington, New Zealand. NZSM provides a tertiary teaching faculty with programmes in Classical Performance, Jazz Performance, Music Studies, C ...

. He now lives in the Melbourne area. Doornbusch is known for researching the origins of computer music in Australia and has written a book on the subject. The book was reviewed by James Harley in

Computer Music Journal ''Computer Music Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers a wide range of topics related to digital audio signal processing and electroacoustic music. It is published on-line and in hard copy by MIT Press. The journal is accompa ...

in Fall 2006. Harley's review recognized Doornbusch as having "dedication", "thoroughness", "determination", and being "admirable". It also called ''The Music of CSIRAC'' "an important, crucial addition to the body of references documenting our field." The biography accompanying his ''Corrosion'' CD states that "his compositional concerns involve new forms for music appropriate for contemporary culture.... He works mostly as an algorithmic composer, but occasionally in recent years he has engaged in peripheral areas such as the Place-Hampi project with Jeffrey Shaw. As an algorithmic composer, Doornbusch has identified and examined in detail the mapping stage of the process where structural data becomes musical parameters." ''Corrosion'' was reviewed by Richard Barrett in

in Fall 2006. His review stated that "There are not so many composers at work, even in the 21st century ..whose commitment to the technical possibilities afforded by contemporary technology is so closely matched by a compulsion to exploit to the full the expressive potential unleashed thereby."

Recordings

* ''Corrosion'' CD of the works of Paul Doornbusch, 2002 (EMF 043) * ''The Frog Peak Collaboration Project'' 1998 (USA)

List of works

* ''Continuity 1W'' (2007), electronics. * ''Lorenz'' (2005), piano. * ''Continuity3'' (2000), percussion and electronics. * ''Continuity 2'' (1999), bass recorder quartet and electronics. * ''Dialogus'' (2000), electronics. * ''ACT 5'' (1998), for amplified bassoon and hanging percussion. * ''G4'' (1997), for electronics. * ''MFPG'' (1994), for electronics. * ''Strepidus Somnus'' (1997), for 4 voices and electronics. * ''Assifxiation'' (1997) amplified flute and electronics. * ''On The Fence'' (1997) for medium ensemble and electronics. * ''Structured Luck'' (1996), for amplified bassoon and electronics. * ''Iceberg'' (1995) for electronics. * ''Preludes'' (1994) for 4 voices. * ''M1'' (1995) for soloist and electronics. * ''M2'' (1995) for soloist and electronics.

Books

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External links

The Living Composers Project page

Academia home page

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