Edward Clijsen presents at Mikrotöne: Small Is Beautiful VI in Salzburg

PhD Student Edward Clijsen delivered a paper at the sixth Mikrotöne: Small Is Beautiful Symposium at Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, 2-6 July 2025. The paper reflected on the compositional processes and outcomes leading up to and during composing his next piece Amsterdamned (2025) for Fokker Organ, Carrillo Piano and Kingma System Alto Flute, in collaboration with the Huygens-Fokker Foundation and Carla Rees.

 

Edward Clijsen presents at Innovation in Music 2025, Bath

PhD Student Edward Clijsen delivered a paper at the Innovation in Music Conference 2025 (InMusic25) at Bath Spa University, 20-22nd June, 2025. The paper reflected on the compositional process and outcomes of composing the piece Äußern (2024) for the ’19-div’ and ‘quarter-tone’ microtonal trumpets, in collaboration with Stephen Altoft of Microtonal Projects.

 

Stefano Catena in Lyon

Stefano Catena's composition Travelling Without Moving continues to have performances having been accepted for the JIM/LAC (Journées de l'Informatique Musicale/Linux Audio Conference) artistic programme in Lyon from the 23rd to 28^th of June. It will be played at the Théâtre Astrée of Lyon 1 University in 8.1 channel format.
The full programme is here: https://jimlac25.inria.fr/program/

Théâtre Astrée, Lyon

John Young's article 'The Sound Pool' / 'Le réservoir sonore' published

A short article by Prof. John Young 'The Sound Pool' / 'Le réservoir sonore' was published today in a collection of artists' statements Did You Say Sound Library / Vous avez dit sonothèque?  edited by Valentin Sismann in both French and English.

The collection includes statements from 23 composers on ways in which they gather, categorise and organise the sounds they make in the course of composing acousmatic music. It will be of interest to anyone working creatively with sound—in composition and/or sound design in many different settings.

The 50-page collection includes statements by François Bayle, Philippe Mion, Robert Normandeau, Elsa Justel, Hans Tutschku, Jonty Harrison, Elizabeth Anderson, Annette Vande Gorne, Tomonari Higaki, Ana Dall’Ara-Majek, Daniel Teruggi, Marco Marini, Armando Balice, Régis Renouard Larivière, Christine Groult, Denis Dufour, Jean-Marc Duchenne, Christian Zanési, Stéphane Roy, Lucie Prod’homme, Åke Parmerud and Young, as well as insight into the working methods of Bernard Paremgiani by Claude-Anne Parmegiani, Maxime Barthélemy and Marco Marini.

English version: https://valentinsismann.com/Vous-avez-dit-sonotheque-ENG

French version: https://valentinsismann.com/Vous-avez-dit-sonotheque

 

Valentin Sismann

 

 

Prof Battey Concert 'Poetry of Code' at Ankara Music and Fine Arts University

On May 29, 2025, Prof Bret Battey presented a concert of his audiovisual works to students and staff at the Ankara Music and Fine Arts University, Türkiye. Entitled 'The Poetry of Code', the concert included his Clonal Colonies (two movements), Estuaries 1-4, and a screening version of the installation time, bruised, selves (a co-creation with his partner Deniz Ertan). The concert was followed by questions and answers from the audience, covering wide ranging issues in aesthetics and technique.

Edward Clijsen to present at the Biennial International Society of Metal Music Studies Conference, Seville

PhD student Edward Clijsen will be delivering a paper at the 7th BiennialResearch Conference for the International Society of Metal Music Studies (ISMMS), Seville, 3-6th June, 2025. The presentation will discuss the position of microtonality in the extreme, experimental and progressive metal musical landscape and reflect on how this has/will inform his compositional style and approach.

 

 

New album from Simon Emmerson

MTIRG's Professor Emeritus Simon Emmerson's new solo album (available in in CD and high resolution download formats) is out now, and will be officially launched on 4 June, 6.30pm till 8.00pm, the Bathway Theatre, Woolwich, London SE18 6QX. 

The album is released on the well-known NMC label and features recent acousmatic pieces and works for instruments and electroacoustics, featuring Philip Mead and Zubin Kanga (piano), Carla Rees (flutes), Heather Roche (clarinets) and Simon Emmerson (electronics).

To secure a place at the launch please RSVP to development@nmcrec.co.uk by Friday 30 May. The Bathway Theatre is located a six-minute walk from Woolwich Arsenal DLR & mainline and TFL buses run frequent services nearby. For detailed information about travel, please click here

For a preview of the album visit: 
https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/discover/simon-emmerson-sound-around-both-near-and-far-once