Tara Rodgers: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|American musician}}

Rodgers graduated from [[Brown University]] in 1995, earning an AB with Honors in American Studies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fresh Ink|url=http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/2546/40/|publisher=Brown Alumni Magazine|date=May–June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Americans are a race of frustrated baseball heroes: Gender, baseball and softball in the United States, 1900-1950 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/549640438|publisher=WorldCat|oclc=549640438|accessdate=August 9, 2014}}</ref> She received an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from [[Mills College]] in 2006 and earned a PhD in Communication Studies from [[McGill University]] in 2011.

Rodgers was visiting faculty in sound at the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] from 2004 to 2005. She was a Canada-US [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] scholar in Montreal in 2006/2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inside.mills.edu/news/2006/newsarticle06132006mills_fulbright_scholars.php|title=Three Mills College Alumnae Named Fulbright Scholars|date=June 13, 2006|publisher=Mills College|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> From 2010 to 2013 she was an assistant professor of [[Women's studies]] and Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Digital Cultures and Creativity at the [[University of Maryland]]. In 2011 Rodgers established the Women's Studies Multimedia Studio at UMD. Rodgers also served on the faculty of [[Dartmouth College]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://music.dartmouth.edu/graduate/people|title=Digital Musics Highlights|date=March 24, 2018|work=The Graduate Program}}</ref>

Rodgers founded the website PinkNoises.com in 2000 to document the works of [[List of female electronic musicians|women in electronic music]] and to provide music production resources.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Piasta|first1=Jacquie|title=Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound|url=http://elevatedifference.com/review/pink-noises-women-electronic-music-and-sound|work=Elevate Difference|date=June 7, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tara Rodgers: Patterns of Movement Pre-Show Interview|url=http://stampgallery.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/tara-rodgers-patterns-of-movement-pre-show-interview-13/|publisher=Stamp Gallery|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref> The site was nominated for a [[Webby Award]] in the category of Best Music Web Site in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2003/web/general-website/music/|title=7th Annual Webby Awards: Music|year=2003|publisher=The Webby Awards|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> Her composition, "Butterfly Effects," was inspired by the behaviors of [[Lepidoptera migration|migrating butterflies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://traktion.com/interviews/interview-with-tara-rodgers/|title=Tara Rodgers - Interviewed by Corina MacDonald|date=November 15, 2007|publisher=Vague Terrain|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> Written in [[SuperCollider]], it won the IAWM New Genre Prize in 2007.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rodgers|first1=Tara|title=Butterfly Effects: Synthesis, Emergence, and Transduction|journal=Leonardo Electronic Almanac|date=2006|volume=14|issue=8|url=http://www.leoalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/03Butterfly-Effects-Synthesis-Emergence-and-Transduction-by-Tara-Rodgers-Vol-14-No-7-8-November-2006-Leonardo-Electronic-Almanac.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://iawm.org/snm-winners|title=Search for New Music by Women Composers: Past Award Recipients|publisher=International Alliance for Women in Music|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> She authored the 2010 book ''Pink Noises: Women On Electronic Music And Sound'', which is a collection of interviews spotlighting female electronic musicians, composers, producers, and DJs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/tara-rodgers-ipink-noisesi-39309 |title=Tara Rodgers: Pink Noises |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=March 18, 2010 |accessdate=2014-08-08}}</ref> The book received the 2011 Pauline Alderman Award from the [[International Alliance for Women in Music]] (IAWM).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iawm.org/pauline-alderman-awards-winners|title=Past Pauline Alderman Awards Recipients|publisher=International Alliance for Women in Music|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

Following the release of ''Pink Noises'', Rodgers has published essays and lectured on the history of synthesized sound. She is currently working as a composer and performer in the Washington, D.C. area.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/building-curriculum-diversity-pink-noises/|title=Building Curriculum Diversity: Pink Noises|date=July 13, 2017|work=New Music Box|accessdate=March 24, 2018|publisher=New Music Box USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blog.landr.com/ableton-loop-2016/|title=5 Ableton Loop Events You Absolutely Can't Miss {{!}} LANDR Blog|date=2016-11-04|work=LANDR Blog|access-date=2018-03-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/museum-of-portable-sound/media-crafting-tara-rodgers-collection-of-fiber-arts-audio-gear-45220a1fd339|title=Media Crafting: Tara Rodgers' Collection of Mini Fibre Arts Audio Gear|last=Kannenberg|first=John|date=2017-07-07|website=Medium|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>

*''[https://www.dukeupress.edu/pink-noises Pink Noises]'' at Duke University Press

*[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/mss_456/index.html Guide to the Tara Rodgers Pink Noises Riot Grrrl Collection] Fales Library & Special Collections, New York University

*[http://wmst.umd.edu/academics/multimedia-studio# The Women's Studies Multimedia Studio] at the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Maryland

*[https://tararodgers.bandcamp.com/ Analog Tara] at Bandcamp

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