Russell Pinkston (born January 1, 1949) is a professor of composition and the director of the

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studios at the

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School of Music. Pinkston is both an active composer and a researcher in the field of

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. His compositions range from sacred anthems and concert works to computer-generated tape pieces and live electronic interactive music for dance. The primary focus of Pinkston's research has been in developing software and hardware for real-time synthesis and digital signal processing, including substantial work involving the Csound audio programming language, including Csound user interface software, numerous tutorials, and example Csound instruments. Some of this work can be found in The Csound Book. Pinkston studied composition at

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, where he was a student of Jon Appleton, and

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, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1984. His compositions have been played throughout

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and the

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and has received numerous awards for his compositions, most notably from the

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and a

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in Composition and

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. Pinkston is a founding member and former president of the

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(SEAMUS), and a former Regional Director for the Americas of the

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(ICMA).Russell Pinkston: SEAMUS President, SEAMUS Online, http://www.seamusonline.org/russ.html

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* http://www.music.utexas.edu/directory/details.aspx?id=89 , Russell Pinkston's listing in The University of Texas College of Fine Arts Directory Dartmouth College alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Texas classical music 1949 births Living people Electroacoustic music composers Centaur Records artists {{US-composer-20thC-stub