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Nolan Ira Gasser (born November 10, 1964) is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist. He is the chief musicologist for Pandora Media, Inc. and the architect of the Music Genome Project,〔("Digging Into Pandora's Music Genome with Musicologist Nolan Gasser" ) by Matthew Lasar, ''Ars Technica'' (January 12, 2011)〕〔("The Song Decoders at Pandora" ) by Rob Walker, ''The New York Times'' (October 14, 2009)〕 the proprietary musical analysis system that underlies the popular Internet radio service. His classical compositions have been performed by orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists around the world, in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Rose Bowl. Gasser's book, ''Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste'' (Macmillan Publishing) will be released in late 2015. He recently scored his first film soundtrack, for Lance Kinsey's comedy ''All-Stars'' (starring Fred Willard and John Goodman), to be released in October 2014. Gasser will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary as part of the series on prominent data collectors / purveyors by Nate Silver's ''FiveThirtyEight'' via ESPN Films. Gasser is the Artistic Director of Classical Archives,〔("New Ways to Buy Bach Online" ) by John Jurgensen, ''The Wall Street Journal'' (May 8, 2009)〕 a leading online classical musical service. He received his Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford University, where he has been adjunct professor in Medieval-Renaissance music history. He frequently performs as well as lectures around the United States – on music, and the relationship between music and science. He is also working with the Chicago-based company Mission Metrics, to help develop an Impact Genome Project, on behalf of social impact program measurement across all social sectors (education, food security, poverty, culture and identity, health, etc.). == Biography == Gasser began playing piano at age 4, and was composing by age 8. His professional career began at age 11, when he became the weekend pianist at the newly built La Mirada Mall – for which he credits his eclectic musical identity, being fluent in pop, rock, jazz, Broadway, and classical styles. Gasser received a Bachelor's degree from California State University, Northridge (1988), where he studied composition with Aurelio de la Vega, and piano with Charles Fierro; this was followed by a two-year sojourn in Paris, where he studied privately with Betsy Jolas and at Fontainebleau with Jolas, Gilbert Amy, and Tristan Murail. While in Paris, he began a fascination with Renaissance music (especially the music of Josquin des Prez), spawning an interest in musicology. Upon returning to the States, he earned a Masters in composition at New York University (1991), studying with Todd Brief and Menachem Zur; and a Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford University (2001), with his dissertation, "The Marian Motet Cycles of the Gaffurius Codices: A Musical and Liturgico-Devotional Study". In March 2000, Gasser was hired by Savage Beast Technologies (today Pandora Media, Inc.), where he helped flesh out the Music Genome Project. He is the Chief Musicologist at Pandora, and is the architect of all five Music Genomes (Pop/Rock, Jazz, Hip-hop/Electronica; World Music; Classical); he also helped design the means of analysis and training by which the company continues to this day, as the hugely successful Pandora Radio service. In April 2003, Gasser became the Artistic Director of the Classical Archives website, which in May 2009 re-launched as a streaming and download service with classical content from most labels. Gasser designed for the site a proprietary database to properly categorize and display classical recordings, and runs the editorial operation – including conducting interviews with classical artists and composers such as Renée Fleming, Hilary Hahn, Alan Gilbert, Hélène Grimaud, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jeremy Denk, Daniel Hope, David Lang, Eric Whitacre, and John Corigliano.〔(Index of Interviews by Nolan Gasser on Classical Archives )〕 Gasser is active as a pianist and bandleader, especially in jazz and popular styles – including with the San Francisco Jazz Quartet;〔(Official Website of San Francisco Jazz Quartet )〕 he occasionally teaches musicology, including as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford; he also gives periodical lectures – such as at the 2010 Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival.〔(Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival website )〕 and at a recent joint meeting of the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Department of Health and Human Services in Washington D.C., regarding arts education. He was a visiting professor at UC Santa Barbara in February 2011. Gasser is in the early stages of a book on the inter-relationship between music and science. He lives in Petaluma, California, with his wife Lynn (since 1994) and their two children, Camille (born 1995) and Preston (born 2001). 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「Nolan Gasser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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