Waschka studied at Brooklyn College, at the Institute of Sonology, then newly part of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and earned his doctorate at the University of North Texas.
[1] His teachers include Larry Austin at the University of North Texas, Charles Dodge (composer) at Brooklyn College, and Paul Berg, Clarence Barlow, Joel Ryan and George Lewis (trombonist) at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
[5][6] Waschka's performances and recordings are regularly reviewed in Computer Music Journal (MIT Press),[7][8] the Classical Voice of North Carolina [9] and Fanfare.
[15] A Tuesday with Rodney, Jeff Morris, composer; Waschka, performer, “Hearing Voices: Human Sounds, Digital Ears”, Ravello Records, 2020.
[18] Belgrade Overture, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms, conductor, “Orchestral Masters”, Ablaze Records, 2013.
[19] Winter Concerto, London Schubert Players chamber orchestra, Huw Morgan, trumpet soloist, “A European Odyssey”, Nimbus Records, 2013.
Summer Concerto, Phillip Barham, sax soloist, and the Tennessee Tech Symphony Band, Joseph Hermann, director, Arizona University Recordings, 2007.