Background
Dodge, Charles Malcolm was born on June 5, 1942 in Ames, Iowa, United States.
Dodge, Charles Malcolm was born on June 5, 1942 in Ames, Iowa, United States.
Bachelor of Arts with honors and high distinction in music, U. Iowa, 1964; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1966; D.M.A., Columbia, 1970.
He is a former student of Darius Milhaud and Gunther Schuller. Dodge received his undergraduate education (Bachelor) at the University of Iowa, and earned his Master of Arts and doctorate (DMA) at Columbia University. While at Columbia, Dodge was very active at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Center.
In particular, Dodge was one of the leading innovators in the emerging field of computer music composition (as opposed to analog electronic composition, the norm in the field through the 1970s).
In the 1970s he taught at Columbia and subsequently founded the Brooklyn College Center for Computer (British Columbia-CCM) at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York where he was Professor of. He also taught at the City University Graduate Center.
During Dodge’s years as Professor of Composition and Director of the British Columbia-CCM, Dodge not only had the British Columbia-CCM designated as an official Center within Brooklyn College in 1978 but more importantly brought it to a world-class standing in the field of computer music In the early 1990s Dodge left Brooklyn College for Dartmouth College.
In May 2009 he retired from the position of Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College, a post he held for 18 years.
In addition to his work as a composer, Dodge is noted for co-authoring the highly praised book Computer: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance, The company has experienced growth every year since its founding in 1998. Epitonic.com: Charles Dodge two works from Art of the States: Charles Dodge (1980) Charles Dodge interview from American Mavericks site Charles Dodge interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian, 1975.
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Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Composers Alliance (president 1971-1975), American Music Center (president 1979-1982), Century Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Albert Francis and Constance (Ruth) D. Divorced 1971; children: Samantha Rachael, Baird Willard. Married Katharine King Schlefer, July 1, 1978.
1 child, Margaret Pascal.