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Sonic Postcards in Syria
We visit Damascus for another International Sonic Postcard
[Image: "SP In Damascus"] A new element of Expo Brighton is Unconference
– a wiki conference to discuss ideas that intersect with sound art and
experimental music, including digital art, sound terrorism, hardware
hacking, composition, open source, or anything you like…that’s the
point. Basically, the community (as in you) defines the programme for
Unconference.
Sonic Postcards returned to Syria in April, this time in collaboration with
local artists, Bassam Al Bader and Khaled Wazaefi. British composer Pippa
Murphy and visual artist Miriam Nabarro worked in Damascus in partnership
with the British Council and Damascus 2008 Arab Capital of Culture.
Listen to the Sonic Postcards and see photos here
http://sonicpostcards.org/postcards/179
Tristram Cary 1925-2008
Electronic music pioneer
Sonic Arts Network is deeply saddened by the news that Tristram Cary,
composer and long-time member of Sonic Arts Network, passed away on 24th
April 2008.
He will be greatly missed.
Read Ian Helliwell's obituary for Tristram here
Sonic Arts Network AGM
Plus nominations for a new board member
The next Sonic Arts Network Annual General Meeting will take place at
7.00pm on Friday 6th June at Sonic Arts Network's home at the Jerwood
Space.
After six years of dedicated service to the Sonic Arts Network board, Pippa
Murphy stepped down at the end of March after fulfilling a full two terms
as a trustee. As a member of the board she has supported the organisation
tirelessly, helping to steer SAN through the process of creating a new
organisation.
With Pippa Murphy's departure, Sonic Arts Network is seeking an elected
director to join the board. In applying, please bear in mind that Sonic
Arts Network is in the process of creating a new organisation which will
affect the time commitment needed from SAN trustees. The post is also
likely to be short-term (estimated three to four months). Please send your
nominations by 6pm on Monday 12th May to [log in to unmask]
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Location London, Lea Valley
Time Vary
Price FREE!
Links website
SOUND PROOF
19 April - 11 May
Curated by Monica Biagioli and Colm Lally and featuring works by Angus
Carlyle, Brown Sierra, Jem Finer, Miller and McAfee Press, Sara Heitlinger
and Franc Purg, Vessna Perunovich with Boja Vasic. Sound Proof is a sound
art exhibition focusing on the site of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Six
artists have been invited to respond to the site in the Lower Lea Valley
and to the wider issues and debates surrounding the Olympic project. Using
sound materials, drawings and annotations the participating artists have
created audio and visual maps that preserve observations of transformation.
Taking sound as an audio cartography, Sound Proof forms a unique recording
of a neighbourhood that will have completely changed by 2012. The
exhibition presents six, 1-hour, sound recordings assembled into a 6-hour
programme, with an accompanying set of visual maps.
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Location London, The Macbeth
Time 20:00
Price £4/5
Links website
NONCLASSICAL @ THE MACBETH
7 May
Nick Ryan and John Matthias' 'Cortical Songs' with support by Harpist Tom
Moth of 'Lunamoth'. Guest DJ Adrian Corker. Hosted by resident DJ/Composer
Gabriel Prokofiev.
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Location Manchester, University Of Salford Old Fire Station
Time 9:00 - 23:30
Price Vary
Links website
MESSING UP THE PAINTWORK
8 May
A conference on the aesthetics and politics of Mark E Smith and The Fall
with numerous talks on subjects under headings such as The Fall, Manchester
And The North, The Persona And Management Techniques Of Mark E Smith, The
Fall, Modernist Poetics And Psychogeography, ”The Fall And The Weird”
plus mandatory Fall Karaoke.
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Location London, Watermans Art Centre
Time 16:00 - 23:30
Price £10/8
Links website
SONICRECYCLER4
10 May
A night of reinvented sounds... 2008 edition!
A packed evening of radical sounds in a lovely Thames-side venue.
Featuring live performances from BLEVIN BLECTUM, DAVID TOOP, SEAN O'HAGAN
(High Llamas/Microdisney), ALEKS KOLKOWSKI (Recording Angels). With DJs
LAETITIA SADIER (Stereolab/Monade), JANEK SCHAEFER (rummages the Oxfam box
as DJ Dedication) and IRIS GARRELFS + demos/installations.
Think: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle!
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Location London, Museum of Garden and History
Time Vary
Price £38 (festival pass) £12/£8
Links website
ATMOSPHERES 2
8-12 May
Field Recording and the world of natural sound. Touch and the Museum of
Garden History present a second season of performances and events exploring
the sounds of the natural world. Featuring performances by Philip Jeck,
Fennesz, Kode9, Robert Hampson and Marcus Davidson. Installation &
demonstration on 'Tree Listening' and symposium 'Huantology Now!'
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Location Sheffield, Various venues
Time Vary
Price FREE! (booking required)
Links website
LOVEBYTES 08
9-10 May
Sheffield's free digital arts festival with experimental film and sound
art, a collection of audio-visual sound sculptures, a masterclass in
generative design plus performances from COH (UK live debut), Stephan
Mathieu presenting Radioland and snd.
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Location Glasgow, Gateshead, Brighton, Bristol, London
Time Vary
Price Vary
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THE NECKS
11-21 May
The Australian experimental jazz trio tour the UK.
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Location Newcastle, Alt. Gallery
Time 18:00 - 20:00
Price FREE
Links website
PEOPLE LIKE US - WE EDIT LIFE
16 May - 12 July (Opening Night 15th May & SAN CD Launch 17th May)
[Image: "Smiling Through My Teeth"] A new element of Expo Brighton is
Unconference – a wiki conference to discuss ideas that intersect with
sound art and experimental music, including digital art, sound terrorism,
hardware hacking, composition, open source, or anything you like…that’s
the point. Basically, the community (as in you) defines the programme for
Unconference.
First retrospective exhibition of work by People Like Us (aka Vicki
Bennett). Collection of audio recordings, films and radio shows that
communicate a humorous, dark and often surreal view on life. The exhibition
will focus on the concept of collage, showing an edited selection of
Bennett's work, including twenty album releases, numerous singles and
remixes, live sets, seven films and over a hundred and fifty radio shows.
The exhibition will also launch a new CD curated by Vicki Bennett for Sonic
Arts Network called ‘Smiling Through My Teeth’, a compilation of
humorous music and sound art.
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Location Leeds, Leeds College of Music
Time 19:30
Price FREE! (must be booked in advance)
Links website
n.ONE
16 May
Sixth appearance from Leeds College of Music's electroacoustic music
ensemble. Introduced with a pre-concert talk by Trevor Wishart. There will
also be new works diffused by Dale Perkins and Felipe Otondo along with new
compositions by Leeds College of Music students.
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Location Preston, UCLAN The Media Factory
Time Vary
Price Vary
Links website
THE PRODUCTION LINE
12-17 May
The University Of Central Lancashire hosts a week long festival of
installations, performances and screenings by final year students alongside
a performance from Rhodri Davies and installations by Garth Gartrix, Julie
Massam, Krystal Gault & Peter Wobser, Paul O’Hara, Justine Flynn and Jon
Aveyard.
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Location London, Various venues
Time Vary
Price £18 (festival pass) £10
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SWEDISH OUTSIDERS
17-18 May
Two day showcase presented by [no.signal] featuring Mats Gustafsson with
Roger Turner & Pat Thomas and in duo with Evan Parker, Folke Rabe. Tape, CM
Von Hausswolff and Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Hans Appelqvist, Johan
Bertling/Joe Williamson, Skull Defekts, Hanna Hartmann and more plus an
experimental film programme.
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Location London, Cafe OTO
Time 20:00
Price £6
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SCORCES
20 May
The duo of Heather Leigh Murray and Christina Carter bring their soaring
vocals and atmospheric drones to the UK.
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Location Leeds
Time Vary
Price Vary
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EVOLUTION
23-24 May
Lumen’s annual programme of film, sound and visual arts returns to Leeds
for a seventh year of performances, installations, presentations and
screenings. Selected highlights include Giuseppe Ielasi and Mira Calix’s
new live soundtrack to the Brazilian road documentary Onibus. Loud Objects,
short film programmes and site specific installations by Peter Cusack and
Iris Garrelfs.
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Location Stirling, Tolbooth
Time 20:00
Price £35/25 (festival pass) £15/10
Links website
LE WEEKEND
23-25 May
1th year for the Stirling festival featuring performances from Evan Parker,
Mark Wastell, Max Eastley, Annette Krebs, Hamid Drake, The Pastels and many
more.
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Location London, Flea-Pit
Time 20:00
Price £3
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RECLUSE
29 May
Electroacoustic monthly with live music from Roshi featuring Pars Radio,
Alex Monk and Isnaj Dui plus visuals from FBox Records.
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Location London, Cafe OTO
Time 20:00
Price £10/15
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JOHN BUTCHER & TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA
30 May
A night of saxophones and no-input mixing desk presented by London
Musicians’ Collective.
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Location London, Cafe OTO
Time 20:00
Price £10/15
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LMC’S FIRST LAST FESTIVAL
28-30 May
London Musicians' Collective presents three days of new music
with Evan Parker + John Butcher & Toshimaru Nakamura + Chris Cutler +
Christian Marclay + Jem Finer + Paul Abbot & Mark Fletcher + Oscillatorial
Binnage + Louisa Martin + Furt + John Wall + John Lely + Chant, Davies,
Edwards & Drew + Farmer, Lash & French + special guests.
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Location London, ICA
Time 20:00
Price £16
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RASTER-NOTON 12 YEARS
30 May
The German label celebrates it's twelve year anniversary with performances
from Frank Bretschneider, Alva Noto, Byetone, Kangding Ray and Signal.
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New Composition MA at Bath Spa University
>From October 2008 we will be offering a new Composition MA, available in
three routes:
*MA Composition
*MA Composition (Audio Technologies)
*MA Composition (Sound and Image)
The Audio Technologies route is likely to be of most interest to Diffusion
readers - we were initially planning to call this route 'Sonic Art', and it
represents a broad-ranging approach across experimental technology-based
sound work. The 'straight' Composition route is broadly intended for
acoustic (instrumental/vocal) composition, though there will be plenty of
opportunities for crossover into technological/multimedia areas as
appropriate. The Sound and Image route is perhaps the most innovative - it
remains composition-based and sound-focused, but will focus on work in a
multimedia context. We will be looking at Visual Music from the likes of
Oskar Fischinger onwards and working in areas such as experimental music
videos, live audiovisual work, and interdisciplinary practice.
There's detailed information on our School website, at:
http://www.bathspampa.com
Meantime, contact Dr Joseph Hyde with informal enquiries:
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This year we will be accepting applications right up to the start of the
course in October.
Joseph Hyde
Creative Music Technology
School of Music and Performing Arts
Bath Spa University
Newton Park
Newton St. Loe
Bath
BA2 9BN
Tel: [+44] (0)1225 875640
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WWW: http://www.theperiphery.com
MA offered for the first time by the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute, UEL
We are delighted to present the brand new SMARTlab MA in Interactive Media
Practice, an exciting new development stemming from SMARTlab's renowned
15-year experience delivering Practice-based PhDs. The course focuses on a
major studio/lab practical project to be undertaken in the SMARTlab studios
at the University of East London (UEL) in July-August of each year.
SMARTlab's unique post-graduate approach offers online and distance
learning elements with bi-monthly seminars (taking place in our Virtual
PLAYroom). The course is suitable for international students, lifelong
learners and those who prefer independent studio practice and blended
e-learning models.
For more information see the attached outline, or contact Alexandra Hyde at
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Alexandra Hyde
Research, Development and Operations Manager
SMARTlab Digital Media Institute
University of East London
London E16 2RD
Tel: +44 20 8223 7141
Fax: +44 20 8223 7140
www.smartlab.uk.com
Exploring software for music and audio: Cutting edge techniques and
enabling technologies
Saturday 31 May 2008 - 10.00 - 16.00
Cinema, Frenchay Campus (Room 1N5)
Admission is free and lunch will be provided but: please register
To celebrate the launch of the new MSc Music Technology programme, the
Bristol Institute of Technology presents coda, a symposium exploring
various facets of software and its development across a range of music and
audio applications.
* Music Technology Course Details
* Music Technology Handbook PDF
All around us the sound world that we experience and take for granted is
constantly evolving. Every year brings new sonic experiences: at the
cinema, on television, in computer games, in art galleries in fact, almost
everywhere. Advances in computing power provide new opportunities to create
and process sounds in real-time that were impossible even five years ago.
This constantly unfolding sonic and technological landscape is inspiring to
both artists and scientists.
Software and software development for music and audio takes many forms:
from large corporate systems providing flexible and sustainable frameworks
for the professional audio and media industries; to the bespoke, often
transient projects of individual artists and musicians. Among these various
forms and approaches, many of the issues for both users and developers are
shared, sometimes these approaches will conflict, and as a result important
questions are raised.
Throughout the day a range of experts will present their work, both
technical and creative, with a view to raising some of these important
questions. Themes of the day include: software for live performance, art
installations, studio/location recording, composition, DSP and
frameworks/platforms (C/C++, Java, Max/MSP). Towards the end of the day
there will be an opportunity to discuss these and other issues with the
day's speakers. In addition to these activities there will be
opportunities, at various points during the day, to experience and interact
with the software, systems and creative work presented.
Tel: +44 (0) 117 32 84242
Fax: +44 (0) 117 32 83670
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
External Affairs
Bristol Institute of Technology
UWE Bristol
Frenchay Campus,
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol BS16 1QY
Noisy Toys Educational Installation
20-23 May 2008, 9am-4pm: school/group visits
22 May, 5-8pm: open to public
The Victoria Baths
Hathersage road
Manchester
N13 0FE
Price: £4 entry
www.thescienceofmusic.co.uk
Come and see/hear/feel sound waves in action and play with the Noisy Toys
at our second installation at the Victoria Baths. 9am-4pm is reserved for
school/group visits (advance booking only) every day from 20-23 May, but
the event is now open to the public from 5-8pm on Thursday 22nd at £4 on
the door. This is an educational installation but anyone interested in
sound will appreciate the Noisy Toys and other equipment designed to
create, distort and reproduce sound, using the superb acoustics of this
amazing venue.
Noisy Toys will feature:
*Theremins, photo, contact and air-synths, as well as many other Noisy
Toys for you to try out and make some noise on.
*The sub-bass-tunnel, pitch staircase and treble top-level.
*Springs, tubes, strings, water, air and digital effects carrying and
distorting sound waves
*A complete Ambisonics 360° surround-sound patch
*Natural and artificial delays and reverberations
*Computers with professional and share-ware programs
*Circuit-bent electronics
*Over 15,000 watts of amplified sound in the whole venue
Noisy Toys helps people to understand the fundamentals of how sound waves
work and allows them to experience the elements of music with creative and
interactive equipment. Bridging Music and Science with fun, easy-to-use
electronic instruments set up in an auditory environment which participants
can explore and manipulate.
Steve Summers
www.thescienceofmusic.co.uk <http://www.thescienceofmusic.co.uk>
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07766 51 7711
The Quiet Music Festival and Deep Listening Retreat
The Quiet Music Festival is a new and exciting festival directed by
composer and musician John Godfrey and sound and visual artist Danny Mc
Carthy due to take place in University College Cork,Ireland in early July
2008.
As part of this festival which will feature David Toop, Alvin Lucier
amongst many other national and international names they will be presenting
the 18th Annual Deep Listening Retreat, (www.deeplistening.org )
facilitated by Pauline Oliveros, Ione, and Heloise Gold.
Deep Listening is an approach to sound, listening and performance developed
by composer, performer, and theorist Pauline Oliveros. Deep Listening
Retreats are open to anyone interested in exploring and expanding their
experience of and relationship with sound. Through their focus on
community, healing, well-being, and creativity, Deep Listening retreats are
of particular interest to musicians, art/music therapists, dancers, theatre
practitioners, mediators and visual artists interested in expanding their
practice through sound.
This retreat is open to everyone and early booking is advised.
Further information contact Festival Manager Sarah O'Halloran at
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Other exciting events include the launch of The Quiet Music Ensemble a new
and welcome addition to the Irish new music scene. Also lectures,
workshops, exhibitions, concerts featuring David Toop, The Quiet Club,
Juraj Kojs, Sarah Weaver, Jay Kreimer, Bryan Day and others tba are also
planned with one of the highlights being a day long event in The Glucksman
Gallery featuring film, video, performance art, new music ,sound art etc.
Details can be had at www.quietmusicensemble.com
INTEGRA 2008
Integra 2008 Festival & Conference will be held in Birmingham. Building on
the work of the project, the Festival will bring to Birmingham the five
participating ensembles for an unprecedented 3-day perspective on European
live electronic music, with a special focus on mixed-media performances.
The Conference aims to spark a discussion around technology and music
bringing together artistic promoters and decision makers, researchers,
composers and performers. It is a rare occasion to debate across different
domains the challenges and opportunities new technologies bring to music,
and how to solve the existing tensions between musicians and technology.
Integra 2008's opening concert, in Birmingham's Town Hall, is also the
first event in the 2008 New Generation Arts Festival, organised by
Birmingham City University and featuring senior Conservatoire students and
alumni.
For more information on NGA 2008, visit http://www.newgenerationarts.co.uk
MaxMSP Beginner Workshop
This workshop will be held in London and is specifically for new users, and
is intended to provide an introduction to Max, MSP, and Jitter together as
a unit. It concentrates on the basics of working with Max for all users in
a variety of situations including audio and image processing.
The topics to be covered in the workshop include an overview of the Max,
MSP, and Jitter objects in their natural habitat, basic audio and video
processing techniques, strategies for patch design and creation, user
interface design, and techniques for better patching, learning & problem
solving. Particular emphasis will be given to learning about and taking
advantage of Max's data neutrality -- the ability to interconnect audio and
video image processing data.
This workshop places an emphasis on strategies for learning Max/MSP/Jitter
that can be applied after the workshop ends.
Participants are required to bring their own laptop (Windows or Mac) with
Max/MSP/Jitter installed. A three-month software authorization will be
provided with the US$300 class fee. To reserve a space call Jill at
415-974-1818, ext. 4# or e-mail [log in to unmask] Space will be
limited to 24 students.
Date: May 10 to May 13, 2008
Time: 9 a.m to 5 p.m.
Place: 01zero-one in London
www.01zero-one.co.uk
Instructors: Gregory Taylor and Nick Rothwell
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The Fantastical Reality Radio show needs YOU!
Felicity Ford and Mundane Appreciation need your insights for their
prestigious 'Top Irritating Noises Chart,' their 'What's in your handbag?'
feature and their quest to identify 'The Most Boring Sound Ever.' We are
also keen to discover especially notable messes and their sonic potential
and to find the world's greatest vocal impersonator of household noises.
It is easy to get involved! Simply scrawl us an email containing all/some
of the information listed below:
1.Note an everyday sound that irritates you more than any other. A sound
that makes you grind your teeth, perhaps, or forget what you were thinking
about.
2. Details of whatever is in your handbag right now. Tip it out onto the
nearest available surface and itemise the contents unsparingly.
3. Name a sound that you consider to be unutterably boring and tedious. The
most boring sound you can think of.
4.Details of a messy corner/drawer somewhere in your home or place of work
that you consider to be noteworthy. It could be notable because of size,
rarity of contents or length of tenure or it could be notable because you
love it or had fun doing something else while it was accumulating. We want
to know about your mess!
5. Do you do a brilliant vocal impression of the dishwasher or of airplanes
passing over head? Can you fool your co-workers into thinking that the
computer is on when it isn't using just your voice to impersonate the
persistent hum of its fan? Do you pretend you are a washing-machine when
you are rinsing your mouth after brushing your teeth? If not, does the idea
of trying it out appeal? If you do these, or similar, things, then there is
a chance for you to shine! Tell us about it here.
We revel in these details of life...
Email us at: [log in to unmask]
And in the meantime, join the fun that is 'The Fantastical Reality Radio
Show' at Myspace and/or Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12591027475
http://www.myspace.com/thefantasticalrealityradioshow
HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL Opportunities
Description:
HCMF Shorts
Opportunities for Emerging Performers at the UK’s leading Festival of
new music
About HCMF
HCMF is an annual 10 day international Festival of new music, consisting of
approximately 50 events, including concerts, music-theatre, dance,
multimedia, film and jazz hosted in a variety of venues in and around
Huddersfield. Now in its 31st year, HCMF attracts an annual audience of
over 10,000 people from around the globe, and boasts consistent success and
world-wide recognition.
HCMF Shorts
HCMF Shorts is a series of short informal performances which this year will
take place all day on Monday 24 November 2008. They provide up-and-coming
musicians with a valuable platform to perform for members of the public,
media and key music industry representatives at the UK’s leading new
music Festival.
This year the HCMF Shorts series will be accompanied by an Industry
Marketplace where emerging artists will be able to meet promoters, record
labels and publishers and find out about opportunities available to them.
Proposals are welcomed from all types of performers, and works can be
especially composed or existing pieces. There are no age limits.
Closes Monday 02 June 2008
For more information and an application form contact HCMF by calling +44
(0) 1484 425082 or e-mailing [log in to unmask]
[ANN] Weekend of Speakers Call
13th June to 15 June
Call for fixed media, performance and improvisation work to be diffused
across 36 discrete loud speakers and explore the particular physicality of
the location (St Paul's Hall).
Works are required for a variety of performance, improvisation and
installations settings: floorplan and speaker placement maps are on the
website (see below). While traditional tapes works are welcome, laptop
performance, live diffusion, installation and instrumental works with
electronics in particular are sought.
For more see online @ www.inclusiveimprov.co.uk/wofs
Where: St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, UK
When: June 13th - June 15th
Cost? All Events Free -in fact this is all being done on favors
To submit work for consideration please email
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have a really crazy idea for this opportunity email us with your thoughts.
Sound:Space - Call for Submissions, South Hill Park
South East Closes Tue 27 May 2008
Artform: visual arts, Other, sound
Contact Martin Franklin [log in to unmask]
An exciting opportunity has risen to exhibit at South Hill Park as part of
the Sound:Space season on 20 September – 9 November 2008. We invite
proposals from artists exploring the field of sound art and the
representation of sound. We welcome proposals for both moving image/sound
and wall-based work.
The Atrium is one of our busiest exhibition spaces and is used by a wide
range of South Hill Park visitors. The space also combines a café and a
lounge area and we are particularly interested in site-specific works for
the space.
The Sound:Space season also includes the "Kinetic Drawings" exhibition by
Max Eastley and the international Sound:Space symposium on 1 November 2008.
For further information, please visit: www.southhillpark.org.uk and
www.sound-space.info
There is no fee payable to artists but we provide marketing and technical
support. Please indicate your technical requirements in your proposal.
The deadline for the proposals is Tuesday 27 May 2008.
Please send submissions for:
Projections
Download the application form from http://www.sound-space.info and send
along with a CD/DVD of your entry to:
Martin Franklin
Digital Media Manager
South Hill Park
Ringmead
Bracknell RG12 7PA
Email: [log in to unmask]
Call for scores – Music for saxophone/wind controller and
computer/electronics
Deadline: September 15, 2008 (postmark)
Application Fee: None
Project description: During Spring 2009, composer/saxophonist Eric Honour
will tour and record a program of new music for saxophone and computer. The
recording is planned for commercial release as a hybrid DVD/DVD-A.
Interested composers are invited to submit works for consideration. For
more details, please see the full call for scores at
http://www.erichonour.com/CallforScores2008.html
Eligibility: Composers of all ages and nationalities may submit music for
consideration. I would prefer to receive no more than two submissions from
each composer. Each piece should be no longer than 12 minutes. Selected
composers must agree to the rules for participation (see the full call for
scores online). Before sending any materials, please complete the online
submission form.
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone/baritone saxophone/wind controller and
computer/electronics. Works involving surround/multi-channel audio and/or
incorporating video are welcome.
Eric Honour
Associate Professor of Music
University of Central Missouri
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COMPOSITION COMPETITION FOR MIXED MEDIA WORKS OF ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC AND
VIDEO
Announcing a new, international competition for electro-acoustic music and
video
The Leonor Hirsch Award celebrates leading edge musical creations that
explore the new possibilities opened by the convergence of digital
technologies. It invites the submission of mixed media works of
electro-acoustic music with a visual component in video.
The Award will be a single, non-divisible award of US$10,000. The Award
winner will be selected from three Finalists, whose works will all be
performed at a closing concert. The costs of transportation to the city of
Buenos Aires will be covered for Finalists to attend the awards ceremony
and concert.
The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2008. There is no submission fee.
The prestigious members of the Jury of the Leonor Hirsch Award are Gerald
Bennett, Francisco Kropfl, and Nina Colosi.
For more information and a complete list of submission requirements, please
see: http://www.fundacionbyb.org/ingles/
For questions, feel free to contact:
Cintra Scott
Project Manager
Leonor Hirsch Award
Fundación Bunge y Born
Tel. +1 917 438 6972
Mob. +54 911 6532 2949
http://www.fundacionbyb.org/ingles/
MANTIS Festival 2008 - 2nd International Call for Electroacoustic Music
Compositions
Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2008
NOVARS Research Centre for Electroacoustic Composition, Performance and
Sound Art, University of Manchester, UK
Submission Deadline: Monday 30, June 2008 [postmark]
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) is seeking electroacoustic works for
performance in a single concert that is part of the larger MANTIS festival
[Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2008] at the University of
Manchester's Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall.
For this particular concert we are calling for fixed media music and mixed
instrumental and electroacoustic works, with a maximum duration of 10
minutes.
Live and interactive works for a broad range of solo instruments (including
voice) or small ensembles with electroacoustic elements, or electronics
alone, will be considered. Full and detailed technical requirements must be
included for these works (see below). Student performers will be sought
from The University of Manchester's new music ensemble: Vaganza.
Fixed media works may be stereo or multi-channel.
Only one work per composer will be considered. Work must have been composed
after 2003.
The MANTIS sound diffusion system consists of 40+ Genelec loudspeakers and
a purpose-built computer-based matrix and control surface at the Cosmo
Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All submissions must consist of the following:
1. Audio (or DATA ) CD/DVD of the work to be considered (all audio files
should be interleaved).
2. Programme notes (please include duration and year of creation)
3. Composer biography (updated)
4. Contact information: email and telephone.
5. Technical specifications (including number of channels, sample rate,
bit-depth, multi-channel loudspeaker mappings, and other technical
requirements as necessary)
6. All live and interactive submissions must additionally include the
following data:
*Instrumental forces
*Number of microphones required (and kind)
*Number of channels output for diffusion system
*Hardware required
*Software and computer system requirement
*Stage plan
*Fold back requirement
All requested information must be provided in order for the work to be
considered.
DEADLINE: Only submissions received by (or postmarked) Monday 30, June 2008
will be considered for MANTIS 2008. Selected composers will be notified by
31st of July at the latest.
Works will be selected by a programming committee comprised of postgraduate
students and staff at the NOVARS Research Centre.
Send hard-copy materials to:
MANTIS FESTIVAL 2008
Novars Research Centre
Music - Martin Harris Centre
The University of Manchester
Coupland Street, Manchester
M13 9PL UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/
David Berezan - Mantis Festival Director
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Ricardo Climent - MANTIS Festival coordinator
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Wet Sounds 2008
The UK's First Underwater Sound Festival
7th - 19th July 2008
Audio work and interactive work sought for the festival to tour swimming
pools in 10 cities nationwide. The chosen work will be kept and 'exhibited'
in all subsequent national and international tours of Wet Sounds throughout
the year until the next one in summer '09.
The artists will feature in a booklet accompanying the festival and on the
Wet Sounds website.
Wet Sounds is a mobile gallery for sound art. The public experiences the
work by floating in the water, ears submerged, immersed in sound.
The Deadline has been extended to 20th May 2008
Please check the guidelines and fill in the application form, this is
available on: www.newtoy.org/wetsounds.html
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LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN MUSIC
Up to £49,409 pa incl
Available from 1 September 2008
New Cross, London
The Department of Music wishes to appoint an outstanding individual to
contribute to our work in popular music. We take a broad and inclusive view
of this area, and welcome applications from a variety of scholars and
practitioners.
We are seeking a dynamic individual with a significant international
research profile, who is able to develop further our activities in this
vibrant and expanding area. Experience of teaching at all HE levels and
demonstrable administrative experience at departmental level will be
expected. The post is available from 1 September 2008, but we will accept a
start date of 1 January 2009, or by arrangement as appropriate.
The Department of Music reflects and contributes to the College’s global
reputation in creativity, innovation and interdisciplinarity. This
appointment will further reinforce our wide-ranging commitment to the study
of popular music, and its interaction with a variety of other disciplines
and practices both within and outside the music studies field.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Stephen
Cottrell: [log in to unmask]
For further information:
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/hr
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020 7919 7999
Please quote ref: 08/79AE
Closing date: 30 May 2008 by 5.00pm
Two posts at King's College London
Summary The Music Department at King's College London intends to appoint
two outstanding scholars able to research and to teach and supervise
courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Details Applications will be welcomed from candidates in any area, although
the Department has identified needs in music science (with a focus on
performance and/or cognition) and music analysis. Preference may be given
to candidates with clear potential to attract funding for large-scale
research projects and/or with experience of working in externally-funded
research teams.
Salary The appointments will be on grade 6, (currently £28,289 to £33,779
per annum plus £2,323 London Allowance) or grade 7 (currently £34,813 to
£41,545 per annum plus £2,323 London Allowance), depending on
qualifications and experience.
These positions are available from 1 January 2009, or as soon as possible
thereafter.
Contact For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact
Professor John Deathridge on +44(0)20 7848 2793 or email
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please see the College's website at www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs or email
[log in to unmask] or fax +44(0)20 7848 1352 quoting reference
number A1/AAM/48/08.
http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/
Two 12 Day Residency Opportunities at Access Space in Sheffield
Artists, composers, hackers, designers, engineers and creative
technologists are invited to apply for two short residencies of 12 days
each at Access Space for Summer 2008.
Based in the heart of Sheffield, Access Space is the UK's longest running
open access media lab. We use Open Source Software and recycled computers
to develop creativity, community, skills and resourcefulness. We're a place
for skill sharing, artistic endeavour, creative expression and collective
knowledge. We also have exhibition space in our main room and small foyer.
The ideal residents will have some experience using technology in creative
projects however we are always open to interesting ideas wherever they come
from.
Residents will be selected from an open call, based on:
* The quality and feasibility of the work proposed.
* The availability of the necessary tools
* The resources (skills & time) needed to support the project.
* The compatibility of the project with Open Source software and recycled
PC's
* The ongoing legacy of the project for Access Space.
The selected applicants will be given an honorarium of £1,500 each (to
include all fees and travel). International applicants are welcome to
apply, although we cannot provide additional resources. Access Space will
provide a small budget for accommodation and production. In addition,
Access Space also has a modest budget to provide a technical expert to work
alongside the resident if necessary.
Each residency can take place between 14 June and 20 September 2008 (12
days minimum requirement). Please note Access Space is closed between 9
August and 1 September.
Residents will be encouraged to share their skills and knowledge with the
Access Space community, by conducting formal and/or informal workshops in
the space.
Code and media developed during the project will be released under suitable
open licenses such as the GPL and Creative Commons licenses.
Closing date for applications is Saturday 10 May 2008.
Application details:
Please email a project proposal, a CV, suitable documentation of previous
work and the proposed dates for your residency to:
Jake Harries
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Access Space, Unit 1, 3-7 Sidney Street, Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK
Tel: (0114)2495522
Ref: Artists Residencies 2008
http://www.access-space.org
Access Space is working towards achieving diversity and welcomes
applications from all sections of the community.
The Access Space Arts Programme is supported by Arts Council England,
Yorkshire.
Lifeforce Productions
Established, award winning charity is looking for: Digital Film Makers and
Digital Music Practitioners
Lifeforce Productions is an innovative arts organisation specialising in
creative modern technology training. We are offering paid work for
freelance practitioners for various projects in 2008.
Applicants must have a commitment to community arts, and be able to work
creatively and productively with young people who may have little
confidence or low educational achievement. Expert knowledge of up to date,
modern creative technologies and software is essential. Applications
encouraged from diverse backgrounds.
Please send CV and cover letter. Deadline 12 May.
Lifeforce Productions, Leeds Media Centre, 21 Savile Mount, Leeds LS7 3HZ.
Tel: 0113 200 7031
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Distribution Manager required for Seven Things (new music record label /
distributor)
Edinburgh-based, £15k/annum, full time
Required to develop and manage the online and offline music distribution
operations for this innovative new music label/distributor.
Application packs available via email from John Harris:
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Application deadline Monday 12th May.
www.seventhings.co.uk
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Interactive Media.
We are seeking a Lecturer to champion the ongoing development of an
existing suite of innovative Undergraduate Programmes, to play a pivotal
role in the world-class research (under RAE Unit 63, Art & Design) and
innovation of the Arts Science Technology Group, participate in the
activities of the i-DAT (www.i-dat.org) Centre of Expertise and contribute
to the formation of the interdisciplinary Centre for Creative Design and
Technology. This post offers a rich opportunity to research and develop the
potential of digital technologies to model, visualise, simulate and make
manifest the invisible and immaterial and to actively and critically engage
with transdisciplinary activities that operate across social, environmental
and technological art and design practices.
The position requires academic leadership combined with practical
interactive media software and design skills that will contribute to the
delivery of the suite of Programmes and associate modules at an
undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful applicant will have
substantial HE teaching experience, a track record of cross-disciplinary
research and enterprise, and preferably experience of doctoral research
supervision. They will have the necessary technical skills to teach and
research in the overlapping fields of interaction design, physical
computing, visualisation and innovative manufacturing.
Recruitment and selection will be based on individual merit, however, we
should particularly like to encourage applications from women, black and
minority ethnic people who are under-represented in the Faculty of
Technology.
For an informal discussion, please contact Mike Phillips by email
[log in to unmask] or telephone 01752 232549, although
applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below.
Ref: A0609
Interviews will be held during week commencing 19 May 2008.
£28,289 to £48,161 pa
Closing date: 12 Noon, Tuesday 22 April 2008.
A Final Salary Pension Scheme is available.
Please request an application pack, quoting
Ref & Job Title, via:
www.plymouth.ac.uk/vacancies
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 01752 588199 (24 hour answerphone)
About Us
Sonic Arts Network is a national organisation that enables both audiences
and practitioners to engage with the art of sound in diverse, accessible
and innovative ways. Sonic Arts Network fosters a culture of creative risk
taking and experimental approaches to sound through a cutting edge
programme of festivals, events, commissions and education projects. The
organisation believes in the unique capacity of listening to enrich
people’s lives by unlocking creativity, promoting social and
environmental awareness and engaging a diverse range of communities.
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