Early bird registration is open! *CVM Symposium 2018: Exploring and Preserving Visual MusicAugust 14-16, Sonoma County, CAIn association with Sonoma State University* * centerforvisualmusic.org/Symposium <http://centerforvisualmusic.org/Symposium> * The *CVM Symposium 2018: Exploring and Preserving Visual Music* will explore the theories, histories and practices of Visual Music. It features two days of talks and presentations from international scholars, artists, students, curators and researchers (August 14-15), plus a final half day (Aug 16). Set in Sonoma County's wine county, the Symposium also includes special events such as an Opening Reception at a winery the evening of August 13. A series of screenings occur throughout of historical and contemporary visual music works. CVM is pleased to present this symposium in association with Sonoma State University at their Rohnert Park campus in Sonoma County, CA (approximately one hour and 15 minutes north of San Francisco). The preview program is online, and early bird registration is open (at a discounted price). The *CVM Symposium 2018 *features talks on music visualization, mapping musical scores, sonification, IML & visual music performance, color organs, hybrid analog/digital live performance, 1960s psychedelic light shows, oscilloscopes, preserving video processing instruments, Oskar Fischinger & Raumlichtkunst, James Whitney, Norman McLaren, John Cage, and much more. centerforvisualmusic.org/Symposium best regards, Cindy Keefer Center for Visual Music CVM email = cvmaccess (at) gmail.com > >