Rose Marshack is a researcher, teacher, computer programmer, performer, and artist living in Champaign, IL.
Rick Valentin is is a musician, artist and web developer living in Champaign, Illinois.
About Rose:
As a founding member of the bands Poster Children (http://www.posterchildren.com) and Salaryman (http://www.salaryman.org), she spent over a decade touring the US and Europe and released 13 albums of original music on various independent and major labels. Interested in exploring the boundaries between audience members and performers, Rose became known for pioneering the facilitation of audience participation through technology, and with her husband and creative partner Rick Valentin, prototyped some of the earliest known blogs, enhanced-CDs, websites, and podcasts.
Rose holds two BS degrees in Math, Computer Science and Engineering from University of Illinois, an MFA in Narrative Media, and a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Music and Arts Technology (http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/arts_tech/) at Illinois State University, where she positions herself at the intersection of computer programming, new media, martial arts, and music. She enjoys teaching her students new ways of thinking about everyday actions and experiences.
About Rick:
As a founding member of the bands Poster Children (http://www.posterchildren.com) and Salaryman (http://www.salaryman.org), he spent over a decade performing throughout the United States and Europe and has released 13
albums of original music. When time permits he co-hosts the proto-podcast Radio Zero (http://www.radiozero.us) with his wife and creative partner Rose Marshack.
Rick holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MFA in New Media from UIUC. He currently works as a web development specialist at the Beckman Institute for Advanced
Science and Technology (http://www.beckman.illinois.edu) and is an Instructional Assistant Professor in Arts Technology at Illinois State University.
The New Music Ensemble, under the musical direction of Professor Eduardo Diazmuñoz, is a student ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. It is both a learning tool and a way of introducing the participants to an experimental environment.
Its repertoire includes works by well-known composers as well as representatives of an extremely diverse array of contemporary trends.
Student compositions are played regularly, and members of the ensemble ensure the performance of University of Illinois works at the Midwestern Composers' Symposium, which brings together student and faculty composers from major Midwestern music schools.