Dr. Joseph Edward Harchanko

Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition/ Violoncello
Western Oregon University
D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin

Media Reviews of Joseph Harchanko's music:

      
     

"Energetic... exhilarating" - Dallas Morning News*

"Mystical and alluring" - Austin American Statesman**

 

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Phone: (503) 838-8874
Office:  APS233A
Email: click here (Java script must be enabled)
harchanko  'at'   wou   .   edu
Office hours, Spring 2009
Mailing Address:
Western Oregon University
Department of Music, Smith Hall 102
Monmouth, OR 97361
Fall 2009 Courses :

MUS311 Music Theory 4

MUS208 American Popular Music
Composition Studio
Cello Studio

Other courses:
MUS315- Orchestration II

MUS465 - Counterpoint 18th-20th Century

For fun:This is the most disturbing picture I've ever seen.

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.  

Links:

Professional
BSU's Music Engineering Technology Lab
Lilly Endowment iComm Initiative
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. (SEAMUS)
Showcase at the Indianapolis Arts Garden Nov.1, 2003

Educational
Review this quick and clear tutorial and circuits and electronic theory

Various
West Salem Carpool

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Harchanko in the MET studios

On the summit of South Sister

      

   

 

 

 harchanko@bsu.edu

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*From review of Dr. Harchanko's "Incessant Compulsion"

** From review of Dr. Harchanko's "Dream to a Vision"