Elaine Walker, M.A.
Elaine Walker, M.A. is
Instructor: Sound Design and Synthesis at Collins College,
Education & Public Outreach Coordinator at Mars Institute,
Co-owner at ZiaSpace Web Hosting, and Founder of the band ZIA.
She authored
Matter Over Mind: Cosmos, Chaos, and Curiosity.
Elaine is a music producer, performer, and has composed electronic
music since 1984. Her band ZIA has been together since 1991 and is
described as
“electronic-pro-space-pop”. She has volunteered in the pro-space
community since the mid-90s and is currently the Education and Outreach
Coordinator for the Mars Institute.
From 2002 to 2007 she did music editing for cartoons with 4Kids
Entertainment including Pokemon and GoGoRiki. Nowadays she teaches
electronic music I, II, and III at Scottsdale Community College, and
spends the rest of her time doing microtonal music research and
inventing new electronic music instruments.
She spends every July in the Arctic with the Haughton–Mars
Project. It’s
100 degrees cooler than Phoenix that time of year. She’s writing a
non-fiction philosophy book.
Specialties: Elaine is available for performance, either solo or with
her band
ZIA at space or futurist related events. She can build custom MIDI
keyboards and other MIDI devices for live performances.
Elaine earned her Master’s in Music Technology and Computer Music
at New York University in 2001 with the thesis
Chaos Melody Theory™. Her previous studies
included
Electronic Music at New Mexico State University in 1985,
British Music and Culture at the University of London in 1986,
and completing her Bachelor’s in Music Technology and Music
Synthesis Production at Berklee College of Music in 1991.
Watch
Martians by ZIA and
Bohlen-Pierce “Love Song” by Elaine Walker.
Listen to Elaine on The Space Show
hosted by
Dr. David Livingston.
Read
UP Aerospace Launch: A Giant Candle for Closure,
NASA Haughton-Mars Project — Summertime on a “Planet” Close to
Home,
Logic versus Emotion in Society, and
Pro-Space Activist Elaine Walker.
Read her
LinkedIn profile.
Follow her Twitter feed.