North Carolina State University

Rodney Waschka II, composer, is best known for his unusual operas and his
algorithmic compositions. His music has been performed throughout North
America and Europe, in Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. The
North Carolina Arts Council, The National Endowment for the Arts (USA),
Meet The Composer, the Fundacion Valparaiso (Spain), the Texas Composers'
Forum, among other groups and individuals have supported the composition,
performance, and recording of Waschka's works. Eighteen of Waschka's
pieces are recorded on the Capstone, IRIDA, Centaur, Vox Novus, and
Arizona University Recordings labels in the USA, on the Ama Romanta, Candy
Factory, and Plancton labels of Portugal, and the PeP label of Canada. His
music is published by Borik Press and American Composers Editions.
Waschka's most recent recording is “Music For Strings”, a compact disc of
works for string quartet, performed by the Nevsky String Quartet of St.
Petersburg, Russia, which includes two string quartets and works for solo
violin, viola, and cello. In addition, his film, Horizons, a collaboration
with director Zlatko Cosic, has been selected for film festivals in
Georgia, Florida, Australia, Poland, Denmark, and Germany. Waschka is a
professor at North Carolina State University where he teaches composition,
computer music, and other courses.