Christopher Ariza

Biography
Selected Works
Selected Publications

Christopher Ariza

Biography

Christopher Ariza is a composer and programmer of sonic structures and systems. He is presently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has studied at Harvard University (AB), New York University (MA, PhD), and, under a Fulbright grant, at the Institute of Sonology. He has served on the faculty of Towson University as Assistant Professor of Recording Arts and Music Technology. He has composed computer and acoustic music for digital media, theatre, film, concert-hall, and interactive performance, and performs live electronics solo and in the ensemble KIOKU. He has been the recipient of fellowships, awards, and commissions, and his compositions have been performed at numerous festivals and conferences around the world. Recordings of his compositions and performances are distributed by SEAMUS and Quiet Design Records. His research in generative music systems and computer-aided algorithmic composition is made available through the open-source, cross-platform software athenaCL. His web-based media and systems include the babelcast, Post-Ut, algorithmic.net, and envl.net. His music, software, and research are distributed via www.flexatone.net.

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Selected Works

Selected works are available on-line: see the link below. For a complete works list, see the CV above.

experimental music

Selected Publications

Selected publications are available on-line: see the links below. For a complete publications list, see the CV above.

Ariza, C. 2009. "Pure Data Object Glossary." Internet: http://flexatone.net/ docs/ pdg

Ariza, C. 2009. "The Interrogator as Critic: The Turing Test and the Evaluation of Generative Music Systems." Computer Music Journal 33(2): 48-70. Internet: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/ doi/ abs/ 10.1162/ comj.2009.33.2.48

Ariza, C. 2008. "Python at the Control Rate: athenaCL Generators as Csound Signals." Csound Journal 9. Internet: http://www.csounds.com/ journal/ issue9/ pcragcs.html

Ariza, C. 2008. "Composing Musical Structures within a Web-Browser: A Guide to Envl.net." Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ envl/ docs

Ariza, C. 2007. "Serial RSS Sound Installation as Open Work: The babelcast." In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association. 1: 275-278. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ srsiowb.pdf abstract

Ariza, C. 2007. "Automata Bending: Applications of Dynamic Mutation and Dynamic Rules in Modular One-Dimensional Cellular Automata." Computer Music Journal 31(1): 29-49. Internet: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/ doi/ abs/ 10.1162/ comj.2007.31.1.29

Ariza, C. 2006. "Beyond the Transition Matrix: A Language-Independent, String-Based Input Notation for Incomplete, Multiple-Order, Static Markov Transition Values." Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ btmimosmtv.pdf abstract

Ariza, C. 2006. "The babelcast Information Sheet." Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ babelcast.pdf

Ariza, C. 2005. "The Xenakis Sieve as Object: A New Model and a Complete Implementation." Computer Music Journal 29(2): 40-60. Internet: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/ doi/ abs/ 10.1162/ 0148926054094396 abstract

Ariza, C. 2005. "Navigating the Landscape of Computer-Aided Algorithmic Composition Systems: A Definition, Seven Descriptors, and a Lexicon of Systems and Research." In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association. 765-772. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ nlcaacs.pdf abstract

Ariza, C. 2005. athenaCL Tutorial Manual. 2nd ed. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ athenaDocs abstract

Ariza, C. 2005. An Open Design for Computer-Aided Algorithmic Music Composition: athenaCL. Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ caac.html abstract {amazon}

Ariza, C. 2004. "An Object Oriented Model of the Xenakis Sieve for Algorithmic Pitch, Rhythm, and Parameter Generation." In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association. 63-70. abstract

Ariza, C. 2003. "Ornament as Data Structure: An Algorithmic Model based on Micro-Rhythms of Csángó Laments and Funeral Music." In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association. 187-193. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ odsammrclfm.pdf abstract

Ariza, C. 2002. "Prokaryotic Groove: Rhythmic Cycles as Real-Value Encoded Genetic Algorithms." In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association. 561-567. Internet: http://www.flexatone.net/ docs/ pgrcrvega.pdf

Ariza, C. 2002. "A New Language for Computer-Aided Post-Tonal Pitch Analysis: Python and the Open Source athenaCL Project."

Ariza, C. 2001. "athenaCL: Set Class Utility and Algorithmic Composition in Csound."

Ariza, C. 2000. "Stravinsky's Verticals as Set Class Similarity Contours."