About This Issue

摘要

In this issue's interview, Trevor Wishart discusses his distinctive and multifaceted career as an independent composer of electroacoustic music. Referring to his compositional process as "slow improvisation," he describes the three main phases of his approach to creating a piece: conception, sound processing, and structural formation. For Mr. Wishart, sonic transformation is central, and the voice is a paramount sound source. He explains that the voice's timbral flexibility is unmatched by traditional instruments; this flexibility is displayed in his own vocal improvisational performances as well as his electroacoustic compositions. Mr. Wishart goes on to discuss some of the many techniques he has invented for sonic metamorphosis. He has long been a key figure in the Composers' Desktop Project, an organization that has produced "a vast collection of non-real-time signal-processing software." In addition to his activities in composition, performance, and software development, Mr. Wishart is also well known as a teacher and author. Following his widely read volumes, On Sonic Art and Audible Design, another book is in the offing. The interview concludes with a look to the future.