1.0New Music USAhttps://newmusicusa.orgFrank J. Oterihttps://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/author/fjo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RFZB7SVMk7"><a href="https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/daria-semegen-so-many-awareness-pixels-going-on-at-the-same-time/">Daria Semegen: So Many Awareness Pixels Going On at the Same Time</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/daria-semegen-so-many-awareness-pixels-going-on-at-the-same-time/embed/#?secret=RFZB7SVMk7" width="600" height="338" title="“Daria Semegen: So Many Awareness Pixels Going On at the Same Time” — New Music USA" data-secret="RFZB7SVMk7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://newmusicusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/15-ds-featured-scaled.jpg25601408Daria Semegen's compositional output consists of fixed media and performed works as well as pieces that combine both, often including improvisation. Her electronic music studio at Stony Brook University, where she has taught since 1974, has a wide variety of vintage synthesizers and oscillators as well as state of the art digital equipment plus four reel-to-reel tape work stations for editing pre-recorded sounds using classic studio techniques such as splicing. "I tend not to like to work boxed into one box, she explains. "The job of a composer is to choose!"