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Nicholas Vasallo (born October 28, 1979 in Oakland, California) is an American composer. In 1997, Vasallo graduated from Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, where he began his musical career as an electric guitarist and vocalist in a hardcore band called Y.F.H. (which later became Antagony). He has been credited as being the father of a genre of extreme metal called deathcore.〔(''No Clean Singing'' - ANTAGONY – Why you need to know this band… )〕〔(''Metal Archives'' Nick Vasallo - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives )〕 Vasallo has since evolved from a rock musician into an award-winning composer and professor of music. He is best known for his compositions combining heavy metal sounds and aesthetics with experimental classical techniques. He has released three albums containing his compositions with different independent labels. His music is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishers and released by Innova Recordings. Vasallo is of Filipino and Taiwanese descent.〔("Filipino, Taiwanese" ) Hapa Voice: A Celebration of Multiracial Identity〕 ==Biography== Vasallo graduated from Diablo Valley College with an A.A. in Music Industry Studies in 2003, and California State University, East Bay with a B.A. in Music Composition in 2007. As a Chancellor's Fellow at University of California, Santa Cruz, Vasallo completed his M.A. in 2009 and subsequently went on to finish his D.M.A. in 2011 as a President's Fellow. His teachers included David Evan Jones, Paul Nauert, David Cope, Hi-Kyung Kim, Frank La Rocca, Jeffrey Miller, Rafael Hernandez, Ken Ueno, and Francois Rose. He was an Assistant Professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona;〔("Meet the Maistro: Nick Vasallo" )〕 Lecturer at California State University, East Bay,〔(CSU East Bay faculty page )〕 Gavilan College, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Los Medanos College. Dr. Vasallo is the Director of Music Industry Studies at Diablo Valley College.〔("New Music Industries Director brings wealth of musical experience " )〕 ;Career As a composer, Vasallo's work has encompassed a variety of genres and projects. Most notably with his extreme metal band Oblivion, deathgrind band Antagony,〔("Antagony (USA)" ) ''Metal Archives''〕 film music career,〔(Nick Vasallo ) ''Internet Movie Database''〕 and concert music works.〔("Music alum, lecturer 'guest composer' at Feb. 24 Symphony concert" ) by Diane Daniels, ''Inside CSUEB News Blog''〕 Polystylism or Eclecticism has been linked to his compositions〔("Nick Vasallo: The Burning" ) by Steve Hicken ''Sequenza 21''〕 which range from electronic, electroacoustic, orchestral, chamber music, solo, choral, and various instrumentations utilizing the overdriven sound of electric guitar.〔("The Vertigo Series Part I (LIVE @ CSUEB)" )〕 His compositional approach involves mixing disparate elements from Extreme Metal to Taiko, Experimental, Spectral Music, Electronic Music, Algorithmic Music, and various 21st-century compositional techniques. Vasallo is a recipient of the 2010/2011 President's $21k Dissertation-Year Fellowship, the first Arts student to ever receive the honor.〔("Music student gets $21,000 fellowship" ) by Bonnie Horgos - ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' (May 28, 2010)〕 His music has been performed internationally by groups such as Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea,〔("Biography: Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea" ) Pacific Rim Festival〕 Del Sol String Quartet, San Francisco Choral Artists, Atlanta Schola Cantorum,〔("California composer Nick Vasallo will center the program." ) CLASSICAL: Atlanta Schola Cantorum, ''Piccolo Spoleto''〕 and Watsonville Taiko.〔("Nicholas Vasallo’s 'Antares Rising'" ) University of California, ''Santa Cruz News and Events''〕 Vasallo models his musical structures on extra-musical phenomenon, including pre-constructed narrative events either created on his own or appropriated. He describes musical ideas and instruments as "complex and surprising characters that exist in reality or imagination."〔(''YouTube'' - REDSHIFT - When the War Began (2013). Composed by Nick Vasallo )〕 Vasallo's ongoing goal is to hybridize extreme metal with modern classical music. He often designs sound worlds using acoustic instruments with electronic/digital manipulations.〔(''nickvasallo.com'' - ABOUT | NICK VASALLO )〕 As a performer, Vasallo is active as an bassist and extreme metal vocalist. He is currently the lead vocalist and songwriter for the extreme metal band Oblivion.〔(Oblivion Info )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicholas Vasallo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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