Morton Subotnick at CalArts

Morton Subotnick receiving honorary PhD, originally uploaded by Dead Waiter.

Here's a photo by my friend Meason--

At the CalArts graduation last night, Morton Subotnick received a doctorate from the music school. This makes him the first recipient of the school's new doctorate of musical arts.

I was lucky enough to take a two-week workshop with him during this last January. It was amazing to be in the presence of one of the fathers of the Buchla synthesizer, creator of "Silver Apples of the Moon" (one of my favorite early synth albums), and one of the founding members of CalArts.

[5-26 -- looks like this photo is temporarily down-- I'll try to locate it and repost it here]