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Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is a composer of mostly electronic music and former student of Alvin Lucier.〔http://www.lovely.com/bios/collins.html〕 He received a B.A. and M.A. from Wesleyan University.〔http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/collins.html〕 Subsequently, he was a Watson Fellow. Nicolas Collins was "a pioneer in the use of microcomputers in live performance, and has made extensive use of 'home-made' electronic circuitry, radio, found sound material, and transformed musical instruments."〔http://www.kalvos.org/collins.html〕 He has presented over 300 concerts and installations in Europe, Japan, and the United States as a solo artist and as a member of various ensembles.〔http://www.kalvos.org/collins.html〕〔http://www.saic.edu/people/Collins_Nicolas.html?color=ORANGE〕 He is a member of The Impossible Music Group with David Weinstein, David Shea, Ted Greenwald, and Tim Spelios. Collins is a prominent curator of performance and installation art, and has been a curator, policy adviser, and board member for numerous cultural organizations.〔http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/collins.html〕 For example, in the early 1990s he was both artistic Co-Director at STEIM (Studio for Electro Instrumental Music), located in Amsterdam and a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) composer-in-residence in Berlin.〔http://www.issueprojectroom.org/2010/02/17/loud-objects-nicolas-collins/〕 Collins is currently Editor-in-Chief of the ''Leonardo Music Journal'', a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the MIT Press.〔http://www.leonardo.info/lmj/collins.html〕 He is also the chair of the sound department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.〔http://www.saic.edu/faculty/fac_lists/index.html#alphasections/SLC_6091〕〔http://ausland-berlin.de/hardware-hacking-nicolas-collins〕〔http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/ChristianMarclay/Bios〕 In 2006 Collins' book ''Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking'' was published by Routledge. An expanded, updated edition was published in 2009.〔http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t903254931 〕 He was a major influence on the establishment of the Musical Electronics Library in New Zealand. ==Discography== *1982 - ''Going Out With Slow Smoke'' (Lovely Music) *1984 - ''Let The State Make The Selection'' (Lovely Music) *1985 - ''Devil's Music'' (Lovely Music) *1989 - ''100 of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies'' (Trace Elements) *1992 - ''It Was a Dark and Stormy Night'' (Trace Elements) *1999 - ''A Host, Of Golden Daffodils'' (Plate Lunch) *1999 - ''Sound Without Picture'' (Periplum) *2005 - ''Pea Soup'' (Appelstaartje) 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「Nicolas Collins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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