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Past Events

       
 

Electroacoustic Music Studies EMS07 International Conference 2007

June 12-15, 2007, De Montfort University

Including the 20th-year celebration of Simon Emmerson's The Language of Electroaoustic Music.

Theme: New (Interactive) Approaches to Electroacoustic Music Analysis

For information: www.ems-network.org/ems07

 
 

EMS07 AHRC–ICT Network Pre-Conference Workshop Day: "New Protocols in Electroacoustic Music Analysis"

June 12, 2007, De Montfort University

(featured event within the Electroacoustic Music Studies EMS07 International Conference)

Contact person: Prof. Leigh Landy – llandy@dmu.ac.uk

Speakers/subject areas:

  • Prof. Michael Clark (Huddersfield) – interactive composition/Sybil software
  • Prof. Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University) – production documentation/hypermedia publications
  • Prof. Eduardo Miranda (Plymouth University) – computational analysis
  • Yann Geslin (INA/GRM-Paris) – multimedia/Acousmographe system
  • Dr. Pierre Couprie (MINT/Sorbonne & MTI/DMU + online publication – Musimédiane) – hypermedia publication of analytical results
  • Dr. Kate Stevens (MARCS/Univ. of Western Sydney) & Prof. Leigh Landy (MTI/De Montfort University) – intention/reception from a music psychology point of view – new ICT-based metrics

09.30-10.00 Registration for EMS07 for those attending the workshop
10.00-13.30 Invited guests introduce their ICT-based methods
13.30-14.30 Lunch break
14.30-16.30 Parallel hands-on demos of all systems
16.45-18.00 Round table discussion with participant feedback

This will be followed directly by the opening of EMS07 – www.ems-network.org/ems07

 
   

Research Seminar, MA by Independent Study — Alexis Ffrench, Shammi Pithia

May 23, 2007, 3:00-4.30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

Ffrench: The Potential for a New GCSE Qualification in Music and Music Technologies

Pithia: Pitch-Emotion-and Indian Classical Music: Their Unification for Film Music

 
   

Concert— Marko Ciciliani (Amsterdam)

May 9, 2007, 6:30-8.00pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Details TBC

 
   

Research Seminar — Marko Ciciliani (Amsterdam)

May 9, 2007, 3:00-4.30pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

The no-input mixer: an example of the creative potential in using technology against itself.

 
   

Concert — Guest Artist Paul Rudy

April 25, 2007, 6:30pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

 
   

Symposium — Art and Life, with Guest Artist Paul Rudy (University of Missouri-Kansas City)

April 25, 2007, 2:00-5:00pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Peter Batchelor, Chair

 
   

Lecture Recital — Guest Artist Sarah Bassingthwaighte (University of Washington, Seattle)

March 14, 2007, 5:30 - 7:00pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Flute Meets Machine
Works by Roger Nelson, Bret Battey, Diane Thome, Bern Herbolsheimer, Katherine Hoover, and Barry Truax

 
   

Research Seminar, MA by Independent Study — Serena Alexander, Ionna Pappa

March 14, 2007, 3:00-4:30pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Alexander: Spatialisation Techniques in Multi Channel Works: What Does the Listener Perceive?

Pappa: A Project in Performance Studies and Education

 
   

Concert — New Works from the University of Montreal

March 7, 2007, 6:00-7:30pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

 
   

Workshop — Multichannel Composition, with Robert Normandeau (University of Montreal)

March 7, 2007, 3:00-4:30pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

 
   

Research Seminar, Robert Normandeau (University of Montreal)

March 6, 2007, 3:00-4:30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

Normandeau discusses some of his recent work.

 
   

Cultural eXchanges (DMU Faculty of Humanities)

February 26 - March 2, 2007

A week of cultural events sponsored by the DMU Faculty of Humanities. MTI sponsored events include a Cornelius Cardew workshop with Howard Skempton on Tuesday, Feb 27 and a concert by Alexander's Annexe (including Warp Records artist Mira Calix) on Friday, March 2.

 
   

Exchange Concert— Simon Atkinson and John Richards at Fylkingen, Sweden

February 23, 2007

  • Simon Atkinson, Interiorities I and II (for multi-channel electronics and Kreepback instrument performed by Richards).
  • John Richards, Slowworm (a solo improvisation for Kreepback instrument)
  • Pete Batchelor, Kaleidoscope: Fissure (electroacoustic, 8-channel)
  • John Young, Allting Runt Omkring (electroacoustic, 8-channel).
 
   

Exchange Lecture — "Inscribing Instabilities"
Simon Atkinson and John Richards at the Society for Electro Acoustic Music in Sweden (SEAMS)

February 22, 2007, EMS, Stockholm, Sweden

 
   

Research Seminar — Dylan Menzies (DMU, CSE) and Chris Joseph (DMU, IOCT)

February 14, 2007, 3:00-4:30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

Menzies: Holography, Nearfield Binaural Synthesis, and all that

Joseph: EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation) Sound Map

 
   

Concert — Guest Artist Trevor Wishart (University of Durham)

February 2, 2007, 6:30 pm, Institute of Creative Technologies

 
   

Symposium — Music, Technology and Politics — with guest Trevor Wishart (University of Durham)

February 2 , 2007; 2:00-5:00pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Ron Herrema, Chair

 
   

Recital — Philip Mead

January 29, 2007; 1:00-2:00 pm, Trinity Chapel

As part of his MA by Independent Study, Philip Mead performs three of his works for piano with electronics: Lux Perpetua, Three Evocations and Matrix.

 
   

Research Seminar — Bret Battey and John Young (DMU)

January 17, 2006, 3:00-4:30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

Battey: Computer Modelling of Pitch and Expression Curves in Indian Classical Music

Young: Compositional strategies and motivations in Arriverderci

 
   

Research Seminar — Dugal McKinnon (New Zealand School of Music)

December 6, 2006, 3:00-4.30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

Spectral Memories: the symbolism of the phonographic record

 
   

Research Seminar — Robin McGinley and David Gray (DMU)

November 29, 2006, 3:00 - 4.30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

McGinley: Interactive Sound Installation

Gray: Cognition and Representation of Musical Timbre

 
   

Research Seminar — Michael Norris (New Zealand School of Music)

November 22, 2006, 3:00-4.30pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

SoundMagic Spectral: realtime spectral effects for creative audio processing

 
   

Concert — Guest Artist Eric Rynes (Seattle)

November 15, 2006, 6:30-8:00 pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Works for violin and electroacoustics by Richard Karpen and Kotoka Suzuki, solo violin works by Lachenmann, Xenakis, and Scelsi. Plus new works by Katerina Tzedaki and Rick Nance.

 
   

Research Seminar — Eric Rynes (Seattle)

November 15, 2006, 3:00-4:30 pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Exploring Technical and Artistic Boundary Conditions in Solo Violin Works by Lachenmann, Xenakis, and Scelsi

 
   

Concert — John Bowers (Goldsmiths College) and John Richards (DMU)

October 18, 2006, 6:30 pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Featuring the Victorian Synthesizer and the Mixing Bowl / Ohm-my-God

 
   

Symposium — Creative Process

October 18, 2006, 2:00-5:30 pm, Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU

Bret Battey, Chair

Guest presenter John Bowers (Goldsmiths College)

 
   

Invited Paper — Simon Emmerson

October 11-14, Music Research Institute, Cologne University
'Internationales Musikwissenschaftliches Symposion Köln
"Iannis Xenakis: Das elektroakustische Werk" - http://xenakis.uni-koeln.de/

Noise, flux, process: metaphor and transcription in the electroacoustic compositions of Iannis Xenakis

 
   

Research Seminar — Lorenzo Picinali (DMU) and Simon Atkinson (DMU)

October 11, 3:00-4:30 pm, MTIRC (Clephan 0.19), DMU

Picinali: An introduction to the simulation of three-dimensional soundscapes through headphones: problems and possible solutions

Atkinson: Musical Semiotics and Electroacoustic Music Studies

 
   

Research Seminar — Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University/DMU)

June 21, 15:00-16:30, MTI-RC (Clephan 0.19)

Acoustic Space: an acoustic, perceptual, acoustic ecological, and electroacoustic perspective

 
   

Concert — Canadians Coast to Coast 2: Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University/DMU)

June 20, 19:00, Trinity Chapel.

Barry Truax presents new works from the composers' group at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver and the world premiere of DMU's Pete Batchelor's Kaleidoscope: Fissure for multi channel sound.

 
   

Symposium — Internet Music

May 24, 14:00, DMU Institute of Creative Technologies

Andrew Hugill, Chair. With Dr Martin Turner et al. (University of Manchester) and Mr Rob Godman (University of Hertfordshire) participating via the Access Grid.

 
   

Sensuous Geographies — Alistair MacDonald and Sarah Rubidge

Public Presentation: May 17 & 18, 16:00-19:00, DMU Campus Centre Theatre (room 2.17)
Student workshops: May 16, 17

 
   

Research Seminar — Alistair MacDonald and Sarah Rubidge

May 18, 13:00-15:00 DMU Campus Centre Theatre (room 2.17)

 
   

Concert — With Guest Artist Jean Piché (University of Montréal)

April 5, 13:00, Phoenix Arts Center

Concert of video and computer music works by Jean Piché and Bret Battey

 
   

Research Seminar — Jean Piché (University of Montréal)

April 5, 15:30-17:00, MTI-RC

CEPA visiting practitioner discusses his work in videomusic

 
   

Symposium — Surrealism

March 29, 14:00-17:30, Institute of Creative Technologies

Simon Emmerson, Chair. Special guest Mr Bennett Hogg (University of Newcastle)

 
   

Research Seminar — Ximena Alarcon (DMU) & Matthew Moore (DMU)

March 22, 15:00-16:30, MTI-RC

Alarcon: An Interactive Sonic Environment: listening to and remembering the London Underground’s soundscape

Moore: Exploring and Extending the Aesthetic and Technical Boundaries of the Talking Book

 
   

Concert - L'Entente Cordiale: Leicester-Bourges Music Concert

March 20, 19:00-21:00, St. Mary De Castro Church

Will be followed by a drinks reception at Trinity House on the Newarke.

 
   

Research Seminar — Rick Nance (DMU) and Roger Barker (DMU)

March 15, 15:00-16:30, MTI-RC

Nance: Plastic Music

Barker: In Search of the Postmodern Composer

 
   

Cultral eXchanges Concert — Guest Artist Christian Calon

March 2, 19:00-21:00, DMU Trinity House Chapel

Part of the DMU Cultural eXchanges festival. With guest artist Christian Calon and a premiere by John Young.

 
   

Research Seminar — Robert Normandeau (University of Montréal/DMU)

February 22, 15:00-16:30, Trinity Chapel

Normandeau will discuss recent compositions

 
   

Concert — Canadians Coast to Coast 1: Prof. Robert Normandeau (University of Montréal/DMU)

February 22, 19:00, Trinity Chapel

Music by Robert Normandeau and Katerina Tzedaki (DMU), plus other works from the University of Montréal.

 
   

Postgraduate Performance — Rick Nance

November 29, 16:00-18:00, Liverpool Hope University.

Analogies of Control, for fixed sounds and cello, will be performed at a concert and workshop for cello and electronics at the Cornerstone Festival.

 
   

Research Seminar — Ron Herrema (DMU)

December 14, Clephan 0.19, 3-4.30pm

8-channel politics: sound and sense

 
   

Visiting Professor — Robert Normandeau

December 1 - 2

 
   

Postgraduate Performance — Ian Willcock

November 24, 20:00, The Warehouse, London

Ian's For the Republic presented as part of Bmic The Cutting Edge

 
   

Research Seminar — John Mitchell (Arizona State University)

November 23, Clephan 0.19, 3-4.30pm

Topic TBD. Hosted by DMU's Dance Department and the Center for Excellence in Performance Arts.

 
   

Research Seminar — Michael Casey (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

November 9, Clephan 0.19, 3-4.30pm

Streams of consciousness: real-time audio information retrieval in music performance

 
   

Visiting Artists — Mark Coniglio & Dawn Stoppiello (Troika Ranch)

November 7-10, Mark and Dawn's visit is hosted by DMU's Dance Department and the Center for Excellence in Performance Arts. They will talk with Music Technology and Dance undergraduates about their collaborative relationship in the creation of interactive dance.

 
   

Research Seminar — Prof. Sue Thomas (DMU)

Wednesday Oct 26, Clephan 1.19, 4pm

Transliteracies: the future of reading, writing and research (Media Studies seminar)

 
   

Research Seminar — Prof. James Paul Sain (University of Florida)

Monday October 17, Clephan 0.19, 3-4.30pm

Wired - Wireless - Wired: Experiences with Musical Alternate Controller Design and Implementation

 
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Electroacoustic Music Studies Network International Conference 2005

19-22 October 2005, Concordia University, Montreal

Theme: Sound in Multimedia Contexts

 
   

Seminar — Barry Truax (Visiting Professor)

2 June, 2005, 11:00 am, MTI Research Centre

 
   

Symposium — Space and Music

28 April, 2005, MTI Research Centre

 
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Symposium — Imaginary Technology: The Pataphysical Approach to Music

March 2005, Université de Paris-Sorbonne.

 

 
   

Concert — MTI Research Centre: New Works, New Members

25 February, 2005, De Montfort University Campus Centre

 
   

Diffusion Workshop by Robert Normandeau (Visiting Professor)

17 February, 2004, Trinity Chapel

 
   

Seminar Presentation by Robert Normandeau (Visiting Professor)

16 February, 2004, MTI Research Centre

 
   

Guest Digital Cultures Presentation — Alan Burton on "Circuit Bending"

9 December, 2004

 
   

Guest Digital Cultures Presentation — Chris Maughan on "Music, Technology and Industry"

4 November, 2004

 
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Conference — Sonic Arts Network Sound Circus

 
 

11-14 June, 2004, DMU

MTI Research Centre hosted the Sonic Arts Network Sound Circus in association with Pheonix Arts, Leicester.

 
   

Guest Forum Presentation — Formation Records

29 April, 2004

 
   

Guest Forum Presentation — Marc Battier on "Electronic Instruments"

11 March, 2004

 
   

Guest Forum Presentation — Robert Normandeau on "Cinema for the Ear " (Visiting Professor)

4 March, 2004

 
   

Diffusion Workshop by Robert Normandeau (Visiting Professor)

2 March, 2004

 
   

Solo Concert by Robert Normandeau (Visiting Professor)

2 March, 2004, 1pm, Trinity Chapel

Programme: Le renard et la rose (1995); StrinGDberg (2001-03); Clair de terre (excerpts) (1999-2003)

 
   

Guest Forum Presentation — Simon Emmerson on "'Dance' to Dance! "

26 February, 2004

 
   

Guest Forum Presentation — Kaffe Matthews

19 February, 2004

 
   

Symposium — Intention/Reception

22 January, 2004, DMU

 
   

Symposium — Randomness in Music

2 May, 2003, DMU

 
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Conference — Electroacoustic Music Studies Network International Conference 2003

 
 

October 2003, Georges-Pompidou Centre, Paris.

The first conference of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (EMS) International Conference Series was held under the auspices of IRCAM’s Résonances 2003 festival. Selected papers were published in issue 9/1 of Organised Sound.

 
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Conference — Music without Walls? Music without Instruments?

 
 

21-23 June, 2001.

The first international conference hosted by MTI Research Centre.

 

 

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