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Saturday26thNovember2016,7.30pm,RiverstownHall,MaynoothUniversity. StevenYi - Transit(2016) 2:44 “Transit”wasinspiredbylisteningtothemusicofTerryRileytocreateaworkthatinvolved longfeedbackdelaylines.Ibeganwithamentalimageofperformersinaspaceworkingwith electronicsandworkedtodevelopavirtualsystemtomimicwhatIhadinmind.Oncethesetup wasdeveloped,Iexperimentedwithimprovisingmaterialliveandnotatingwhatfeltright.I thencontinuedthiscycleofimprovisationandnotationtoextendanddevelopthework. StevenYiisacomposerandprogrammer.HeistheauthoroftheBlueIntegratedMusic Environment,authorofPinkandScoremusiclibraries,andcoredeveloperofCsound.Heholdsa PhDinDigitalArtsandHumanitiesfromtheNationalUniversityofIreland,Maynooth.Inhisfree time,heenjoyspracticingandstudyingT'aiChi. BillAlves - StringFields(forviolinandcomputer) 6:00 violin:Maria-NoelleCreevey BillAlvesisacomposer,writer,andvideoartistbasedinSouthernCalifornia.Hehaswritten extensivelyforconventionalacousticinstruments,non-Westerninstruments(especially Indonesiangamelan)andelectronicmedia,oftenintegratedwithabstractanimation.CDsofhis audioworksincludeTheTerrainofPossibilities(EMF)andImbal-Imbalan(Spectral Harmonies),andadvdofhisvideoworks,CelestialDanceispublishedbytheKineticaVideo Library.HeistheauthorofthebookMusicofthePeoplesoftheWorld,thethirdeditionofwhich wasreleasedbyCengage/SchirmerinSpring2012.OtherwritingshaveappearedinOrganised Sound,PerspectivesofNewMusic,ComputerMusicJournal,SEAMUSJournal,1/1,and elsewhere.In1993-94hewasaFulbrightSeniorScholarFellowinIndonesia,wherehestudied thegamelanorchestramusicofJavaandBali.HecurrentlydirectstheHMCAmericanGamelan, anensembleofspeciallytunedJavaneseinstrumentsdedicatedtotheperformanceofnew,nontraditionalmusic.HeisoneoftheorganizersofMicroFest,theannualSouthernCalifornia festivalofnewmusicinalternatetunings.HeteachesatHarveyMuddCollegeoftheClaremont CollegesinSouthernCalifornia. LindaAntas - AllThatGlittersandGoesBumpintheNight 7:50 Allthatglittersisn’ttreasure—butitglittersnonetheless.Noteverythingthatgoesbumpinthe nightdoesusharm,andinfact,manythingsarenearlyequalparts“glitter”and“bump.”Iam convincedthateverythingnegativecarrieswithitanequalmeasureofgood,ifonlywehavethe skillstobeardifficultthingsinconstructiveways. Theworkisareflectiononappearancevs.reality—onouroftendistortedperceptionsofgood andbad,successandfailure,directcauseandserendipity—andonallmannerofassumptions. Faultylogic,ignorance,andstrongemotioncaninhibitourunderstandingofthepeople,objects, andsituationsaroundus,causingunduenegativity,unfoundedpositivity,andoverallconfusion aboutthecausesofbothhappinessandsuffering. Onatechnicallevel,theworkexplorestheparallelsbetweenmovingimageandaudioart, includingthecreativeprocessitself.Thelinksbetweenthebasicelementsofthetwomedia (texture,layer,color/timbre,density,andthescalingoftimeandfrequency),andmethodsfor transformingthedigitaldatawereinvestigatedincreatingthiswork. LindaAntasisacomposer,digitalartist,flutist,andeducator.Hercompositionshavebeen performedandbroadcastaroundtheworldandarepublishedontheAblaze,Centaur,Media Café,TauKay,andEMSlabels.AntashasreceivedcommissionsfromtheInternationalComputer MusicAssociationandrecognitionfromtheMusicaNovaInternationalElectro-acousticMusic Competition,theInternationalMusicContestCittádiUdine,andtheFulbrightFoundation.Her currentresearchinvolvesaudiovisualcomposition,sonification,real-timesignalprocessing,and physicalcomputing. ShaneByrne- Proprioception(2016) 6:00 ShaneByrneisacomposerofacousticandelectronicmusicandiscurrentlyaPhDresearcherat MaynoothUniversityfocusingoninteractivityandparticipationwithinelectronicmusic composition.In2013hecompletedhisBAinMusicTechnologywithfirstclasshonoursandin 2014completedanMAincreativemusictechnologiesalsoreceivingfirstclasshonours. Hiscurrentworkisfocusedonphysicalcomputingandthepotentialforhumaninteractionto addtoanoverallimmersivemusicalexperienceforboththeperformerandtheaudience.His workhasmorerecentlyledhimtoinvestigatethepotentialforsuchinteractiontofacilitateand encouragelearningamongstthelearningimpairedandtheautisticcommunity. Healsoworksasasounddesigner,foleyartistandmixingengineer.Hisfirstloveisperformance andregularlytakespartinimprovisationnightsandoccasionallyplaysgigswithseveralnoise andprogressiverockbandsinDublin. JoachimHeintz - ATT…(2014-16) 1:48 EinkleinerGrußfürmeineLehrerinYounghiPagh-PaanzuihremAbschiedvomUnterrichten. EineminimalistischeStudieübereineBewegungdesBeschleunigens/Begehrens/Greifens-> Verlangsamens/Zurücktretens/Lassens->Bleibens/Stehens/Fortdauerns,undeine „Begleitung“durchferne,ungreifbare,sichandersbewegendeAkkorde. JoachimHeintzafterstudyingLiteratureandArtHistory,beganhiscompositionstudieswith YounghiPagh-PaanandGuenterSteinkeinBremenin1995attheHochschuleFuerKuenste. DuringthecourseofhisstudiesinBremen,heworkedintensivelyintheelectronicmusicfield andalsowithmixedmediasuchasvideo.HeistheheadoftheelectronicstudioIncontriatthe HMTMinHannover(HanoverUniversityofMusicDramaandMedia),teachesAudioProgrammingattheHfKBremenandisamemberoftheTheaterderVersammlunginBremen. Hecomposesbothforinstrumentsandelectronics,forconcerts,soundinstallations, performancesandastheatremusic.HeisanactivememberoftheOpenSourcecommunity,in particularinthedevelopmentofCsoundandCsoundQt. INTERVAL IainMcCurdy - AcousticCapacitance(2016) 7:00 percussion:SaulRayson AcousticCapacitancepresentsaduetbetweenapercussionistplayingjustasnaredrumanda cymbalandalaptopmusicianmakinguseoftransformations-through-convolutionofthetwo liveinstruments. Capacitorsfunctionbysettingtwoparallelconductiveplatesfacingeachother,separatedby somematerialthatresistsconduction(thedielectric).Positiveandnegativechargescancollect ontheopposingplatesbutwhenthischargedifferencecrossesathresholdforthatcapacitor, chargebeginstopassfromthenegativelychargedplatetothepositiveone. Thepiecetakesthismetaphortoinformhowtheacousticandelectronicsoundworldscan confrontoneanother,andsimultaneouslyinsistupontheirinnatedifferenceswhile'leaking' connectionsandsimilarity. IainMcCurdyisacomposerfromBelfast,currentlylecturinginmusicatMaynoothUniversity. Hisworkhascoveredtheareasofacousmatic,electroacoustic,instrumental,soundinstallation andcross-disciplinaryworksinvolvingallfour.HisworkwithCsoundhasfocusseduponthe creationofdemonstrationsofthesoftware’scapabilities,andmorerecentworkhascapitalised upontheCsoundfrontend,Cabbage.Hisworkwithsoundinstallationsandalternativecontroller designhasdrawninexplorationofelectronics,sensorsandinstrumentbuilding. MassimoFragalà - Voce3316(2016) 3:00 Allthesoundsthatformthiscompositionderivefromtheelaborationofvocalsyllable.Starting fromthisverysmallsample(0.31seconds)Itriedtochangetheoriginalcharacteristicsinorder togeneratearangeofsoundsmoreolessdifferentcomparedtotheiroriginalvariety.Thiswas possibleusingparticulartechniqueofsoundprocessingsuchasspectraltimestretching, morphing,freezingandsustainingasoundonanexplicitlyspecifiedgrain,transposingcopiesof soundontopofoneanother,etc. MassimoFragalàgraduatedinElectronicMusicandinClassicalGuitar.Hismusichasbeen selectedandperformedinmanyfestivalsandconferencesworldwideincludingICMC2003, ICMC2005,FestivalZèppelin05,EARSoundsElectric2005,LAC06,ICMC2006,FestivalMùsica Viva2008(SoundWalk),NWEAMO2008,TaukayFrammentAzioni2008,VoxNovus2008 (60x60project),LAC2011,Emufest2011,60x602012PianoForteMix,CsoundConference 2013,LAC2015,CsoundConference2015,etc... OneofhiselectroacousticcompositionshasbeenpublishedonCDbyElectronicMusic Foundation(EMF). AlexHofmannandBerntIsakWærstad- COSMOCollective 8:00 COSMOCollectiveisanopenmusicalcollaborationformusiciansusingDIYelectronicsand customsoftwarewritteninCsound.Thereisnodefinitemusicalstyle,thoughitcouldbe characterisedaselectroacousticimprovisation.Thefocusisontheexplorationofsoundand timbre,ratherthantraditionalharmonicsandrhythm,andexploitingthepowersofCsound. ThecoreofthegroupareAlexHofmann(saxophoneandelectronics)andBerntIsakWærstad (guitarandelectronics),butaperformancecanconsistofanynumberofplayers.COSMO Collectivehaveperformedseveralshowsaroundtheworld,includingNewYork,St.Petersburg, Brisbane,Bergen,Boston,Berlin,OsloandTrondheim. AlexHofmann(*1980)studiedsaxophone,improvisationandcomputermusicattheHochschule fürMusikundTheaterHannoverwithMattiasSchubertandJoachimHeinz.Heworkedasa sounddesignerandobtainedaPhDinmusicacousticsattheUniversityofMusicandPerforming ArtsVienna,whereheiscurrentlyworkingasresearcher(http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/hofmann.htm). BerntIsakWærstadisamusician,composer,sounddesigner,withamasterinmusictechnology. HeiscurrentlyalecturerattheMusicTechnologygroupsatNTNUandNorwegianAcademyof Music,asounddesignerandmixengineeratPipaLydbyråandworksfreelanceasamusician, producerandsoundengineer.BerntIsakisalsoamemberofseveralmusicalconstellationsas Vingelklang,T-EMP,LashingsoftheOldUltraviolentandCOSMOCollectivetomentionafew. MassimoAvantaggiato - AtlasofUncertainty(2016) 5:10 “AtlasofUncertainty”isanelectronicmusicpieceinwhich amicrocosmofsounds,exploredthroughsomecsoundinterfaces,becomesthehyleticuniverse ofthepiece. Heterogeneoussoundmaterialsareexploredthroughvarioustechniques(granular, subtractive):kitchennoises,treatedbellstexture,electronicgeneratedwhipssoundsand Granularaccumulation,Noisywhooshes,Chimes,Tibetanbowlsjusttonameafew.Thesounds areherecombinedinwell-identifiableelectronicgestures. MassimoAvantaggiatostudiescompositionatConservatorioGiuseppeVerdiinMilan. Sincehismid-teenshehasconcentratedonexpandinghismusicallandscapeusingelectronics, unusualrecordingtechniquesandcomputer-basedtechnology,allofwhichhelphimtodevelop hisideaofsoundandcomposition. HetookadegreeinElectroacousticCompositionwithHonourat“GiuseppeVerdi” ConservatoireinMilanandadegreeasaSoundEngineer(RegioneLombardia). HehaswrittenmusicforshortfilmsandinstallationsandalsomusicforTVadverts;hehas recordedseveralCDsforvariousItalianandforeignlabels. RecentlyhisinteresthasmovedtowardsMultimodalInteractioninVirtualEnvironments (selectedforastage@AalborgUniversity,Denmark,2011)andtowardsadaptivesounddesign andmusic(MusicandScreenMediaConference2014,Liverpool;ATMM2014,Ankara,Turkey). Hehasrecentlyparticipatedin:EMUFEST2016(Rome),DiffrazioniFestival2016(Florence, italy);ISSTA2016(Belfast);Cycleduson(FundacionDestellos,Argentina,2016),NAISA2016 (Toronto,Canada);SMC2016(hamburg,Germany);NYCEMF2016(NewYork,USA), Soundthought2016(Glasgow),CsoundConference2015,SaintPetersburg,Russia;LINUXAudio Conference2015,Mainz,Germany; GiordanoNationalCompositionContest2014(finalist),ConservatoriodiFoggia,Italy;CIM14 ConferenceonInterdisciplinaryMusicology,Berlin,Germany;CIM2014,ConservatorioS. Cecilia,Rome(Italy);ATMM2014,Ankara,Turkey;InternationalComputerMusicConference 2014,Athens,Greece;ICMPC-APSCOM2014,Seoul,SouthKorea;SlingshotFestival2014 (Athens,SouthGeorgia,USA);EMS2014(UniversitätderKünste,Berlin);MusicandScreen MediaConference2014(LiverpoolUniversity);MusicasaProcess(ChristChurchUniversity, Canterbury,England);FAS2013(SanJoséCostaRica);Contemplum2013(Philadelphia,USA); PremioNazionaledelleArti/compositioncontest2013,Avellino,Italy;EMUFestival2010and 2013(Rome,Italy);Distanze2012(Catania,Italy);Segnali2012(Perugia,Italy);CSoundMusic Conference2011(Hannover,Germany);IFIMPAC2011(Leeds,England). RichardBoulanger - CloningaDinosaur(2016) 7:30 Worldpremiere ControlledandModulatedlivebyanassortmentofTheremin,Joystick,BrainWave,andPressure sensors,this8-channelEuroRackModularSynthesizerperformancewillfeature:threeQu-Bit Nebulaemodules(eachrunningandrenderinginreal-time,newvoltage-controlledversionsof Boulanger’sclassicTrappedinConvertinstrumentsandasuiteofnewcustom“Qu-Bit_Csound” orchestras);twoThonkMusicThingModular-RadioMusicmodules(eachplayinganumberof pre-renderedcustomCsoundorchestrasas.AIFaudiofiles);andthreeAudioDamageODIO modules(allowingforthemodularsystem’saudiotobesentto,andreturnedfromthreeiPads runningBoulangerLabsCsoundforiOSapps-csJam,csGrain,csSpectral,andcsMorFFTthatare doingCsound-basedaudioprocessing). Backinthesummerof1979,whenIcomposedTrappedinConvert(attheEMSStudioatMITin BarryVercoe’smusic11language,andthenreviseditattheMITMediaLabin1986toserveasa beta-testsuiteforVercoe’sCsoundlanguage),ImodeledallmysoundsonthoseIwouldcreate withmyARP2600analogsynthesizer.Now,some37yearslater,andtocelebratethe30th anniversaryofCsound,Ihavecomefullcircle-makingCsoundsonmymodularsynthesizer- thankstothetheQu-BitNebulae,(aEuroRacksynthesizermodulebuiltaroundaRaspberryPi runningCsound).Iamincrediblyexcitedbythefactthatthisold“Dinosaur”isnolonger “Trapped”andIlookforwardtotakinghimoutforarun! Forme,musicisamediumthroughwhichtheinnerspiritualessenceofallthingsisrevealedand shared.Compositionally,Iaminterestedinextendingthevoiceofthetraditionalperformer throughtechnologicalmeanstoproduceamusicthatconnectswiththepast,livesinthepresent andspeakstothefuture.Educationally,Iaminterestedinhelpingstudentsseetechnologyasthe mostpowerfulinstrumentfortheexploration,discovery,andrealizationoftheiressential musicalnature—theirinnervoice. HlöðverSigurðsson- LiveCodingImprovisation ?