Drake Ralph Andersen

Drake Andersen is a composer whose work encompasses acoustic and electroacoustic music for diverse performing forces of all sizes and categories, collaborative projects for dance and theater, site-specific installations and interactive electronic environments. His compositions have been performed at venues throughout the United States and Europe, including Symphony Space, the Park Avenue Armory, New World Symphony Center, and Teaterhuset Avant Garden (Trondheim).
Dr. Andersen’s research interests include electronic music, the performance practice of experimental music, and virtual scores. He teaches electronic music at Vassar College.
Research and Academic Interests
Electronic Music
Performance Practice of Experimental Music
Virtual Scores
Departments and Programs
Courses
MUSI 219 Electronic Music
Selected Publications
- “The Laptop and the Printing Press: Divergent Visions of Democratized Musical Practice” in Lost and Found: Exploring the Performance Practices of Early and New Music. Eds. Rebecca Cypess, Estelí Gomez, and Rachael Lansang. (forthcoming)
- “Spaces for People: Technology, Improvisation, and Social Interaction in the Music of Pauline Oliveros. Organised Sound. (forthcoming)
- “Earle Brown and the Minimalist Dialectic.” Perspectives of New Music. (forthcoming)
- “(Per)forming Open Form: A Case Study with Earle Brown’s Novara.” Music Theory Online 26/3. (Sep. 2020) https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.20.26.3/mto.20.26.3.andersen.html
- “What can they have to do with one another?”: Approaches to Analysis and Performance in John Cage’s Four2. Music Theory Online 23/4. (Dec. 2017) https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.4/mto.17.23.4.andersen.php
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