Research:
Dr. Harchanko is a composer of music
for both electroacoustic media and acoustic (traditional) ensembles.
His dissertation
consisted of two parts: a composition for wind ensemble entitled
"Horizon" and the related treatise "Creating Narrative in
Post-serial Tonality."
His research in electroacoustic music has centered
around the concepts of spectro-morphology. These ideas were
presented at the 2002 Society of Electro-acoustic Music (SEAMUS)
National Convention and later published in the Journal SEAMUS (vol.16
no.2) and are pending reprint in the Canadian Journal "eContact!".
A multimedia version is available
on-line.
Demonstration
patches in the MAX/MSP and Pd software environment are also available.