PhD candidate Eddie Clijsen has just returned from a six-week research/composition residency at the Faculty of Music at the University of Montréal, under supervision of Prof. Jimmie LeBlanc and with the support of the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. The residency continues a long-standing research connection between DMU's Music, Technology and Innovation Research Group and the Faculty of Music at the University of Montréal.
In Montréal, Eddie completed Équinoxe—a multichannel acousmatic work exploring a formalised approach to polytemporal polymicrotonal composition. Équinoxe utilises multiple instances of microtonally-retuned and digitally-effected virtual pianos. The work was conceptualised, implemented and composed in the multichannel studio spaces in the Faculty of Music at the University of Montréal, specifically the Studio Hexa, Octo and Gris.
Eddie Clijsen in the University of Montreal multichannel studio
