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Subject: SPA-210 - Algorithmic Musical Composition - 6:30pm Tue 4th
Sept(LONDON)


> BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
> ==================================================
>
> SPA-210 - Algorithmic Musical Composition
> Dave Harvey, SPA Chair and CTO of Sibelius Software (www.sibelius.com)
> 18:30-20:00, TUESDAY(!) 4th September 2007
> (Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments from 6pm)
> Venue: BCS Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA
>
> Admission Free. Please pre-register as soon as possible under
> http://bcs-spa.org/cgi-bin/view/SPA/AlgorithmicComposition . BCS London
> insists on being furnished with a complete list of expected attendees by
> close of business one week before the meeting (in this case, Tuesday 28th
> August). This is both for security reasons and so that they can order the
> right amount of food.
>
> Please download and print out a meeting flyer from the above URL to
display
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>
> Synopsis
>
> Since the days of Pythagoras, musicians and music theorists have explored
> the relationships between music, pattern, process and mathematics. Mostly
> this thinking informs models of musical structure and content: sometimes
> this crosses over into tools or processes for creating music.
>
> This talk will take a look at the development of algorithmic composition,
> from Fux's codification of counterpoint and Mozart's famous musical dice
> game, through to the possibilities opened up by computers and programs
such
> as KOAN, Max and David Cope's Experiments in Musical Intelligence - and
pose
> some interesting questions along the way about what sort of musical
meaning
> results from these processes.
>
> Needless to say, there'll be plenty to listen to, including some or all of
> the following:
>
> *  Mash-up - Mazurka (Chopin/EMI) plus Herma (Xenakis)
> *  First species counterpoint
> *  Musical dice - minuet by "Mozart"
> *  Symphony Op 21 - second movement (Anton von Webern)
> *  Le Marteau sans Maitre - I (Pierre Boulez)
> *  Herma (Iannis Xenakis)
> *  Koan examples
> *  Max example
> *  Keykit example - Reich Clapping Music process
> *  Mazurka (Chopin/EMI)
>
> Speaker Biography
>
> David Harvey has two decades of experience in designing, building and
> managing the development of software. In April 2004 he took on the role of
> CTO at Sibelius Software, developers of the world's leading music notation
> software. Previously he was technical Architect at UBS Investment Bank,
and
> has worked throughout the City of London on advanced middleware libraries
> and architectures. As a consultant he has helped organisations make
> effective use of object technology, and has delivered introductory and
> advanced training courses in C++ and OO design. He has presented sessions
at
> the OT conference and elsewhere on C++, patterns, distributed computing
and
> software architecture, jointly (with Paul Dyson) presented the UK's first
> workshop on Extreme Programming, and was conference chair for OT99.
>
> David is also a guitarist and composer, and in 2006 gave the SPA
> conference's first electric guitar recital...
>
>                             ---ooo OOO ooo---
>
> DON'T FORGET - there are now just four weeks to get your session proposals
> in for the SPA2008 conference. See http://www.spa2008.org/ for details.
>
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> SPA Meetings Programme Organiser -
> Immo Huneke, Zuhlke Engineering Ltd. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> Forthcoming meetings:
>
> * 12th September, Cambridge (topic TBA)
> * Mon(!) 8th October: SPA211 (topic TBA)
> * 10th October 2007, Cambridge: Test-Driven Development - Ivan Moore
> * Tue(!) 30th October: SPA212 - The new C++ standard - Lois Goldthwaite
>
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