Question
Pauline Oliveros directed this institute after it moved to Mills College in 1966. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this institute co-founded by Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick that premiered Terry Riley’s In C. This institute commissioned Don Buchla’s modular “Box,” whose use defined the more experimental “West Coast” synthesizer style.
ANSWER: San Francisco Tape Music Center [or SFTMC; accept Mills Tape Music Center or MTMC; accept Center for Contemporary Music or CCM]
[10e] The erase/record (“erase re-CORD”) and playback heads on an Echoplex’s (“echo-plex’s”) tape loop were adjusted to create this effect long before Boss’s DD-8 digital pedals. Flanging, chorus, and reverb are based on this effect, a signal mixed with its copy after some milliseconds.
ANSWER: delay [or tape delay or delay line; accept delay pedal or delay unit; prompt on looping, feedback, echo, or automatic double-tracking or doubling; reject “decay”]
[10m] An echoplexed two-pitch trumpet ostinato and Indian conch shell depict a haunting cemetery and wind in this composer’s scores for Patton and Alien. Arthur Morton orchestrated for this film composer of Planet of the Apes and the original Rambo and Star Trek.
ANSWER: Jerry Goldsmith [or Jerrald King Goldsmith]
<OL, Classical Music and Opera>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 9.17 | 42% | 50% | 0% |