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 28th 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/
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| Théâtre Astrée, Lyon |
MTIRG members met on 9 April in the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Lab for a day-long symposium to share research.
Presentations were given by:
Robert Chafer—Mixed Reality Spatial Audio Composition: a distribution
platform for multichannel electroacoustic works
Matt Rogerson—Dromos/Autos: The Autistic
Ontology as Performance
Edward Clijsen—Redividing the Octave for
Expanded Tonal Spaces: Reflections on Recent Practical Explorations of
Formalised Approaches to Microtonal Composition
Matthew London—The Integrated Soundtrack: An Analytical
Exploration of the Auditory Elements of Music, Sound Design, and Dialogue
Within Horror Cinema
Cristiana Palandri—Materialising sound-based
composition: exploring multisensory perception and audience engagement between
tactile and sonic spheres
Stefano Catena—Analysis and findings of
Intention/Reception questionnaires on spatialisation in acousmatic music
Conor Snape—From Concept to Gameplay:
Practical Approaches to IDM Derived Sound Effect & Adaptive Audio Design in
Modern Video Game Development)
Joe Stillwell—A Study in Movers and Musicians:
A Multidisciplinary Lens of Improvisation)
John Young—The Long and Short of Acousmatic
Music).
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| Presenters at the MTIRG Symposium, clockwise, L-R: Edward Clijsen, Conor Snape, Robert Chafer, Joe Stillwell, Matt Rogerson, John Young, Matthew London. Centre: Stefano Catena, Cristiana Palandri |
Prof. Bret Battey and PhD candidate Stefano Catena have chapters in a new book Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives, just published by Routledge. The book’s contents have been developed from selected papers given at Staffordshire University’s NoiseFloor conference.
Stefano Catena's piece Travelling Without Moving was selected for the listening room during the ‘Immersive Festival' , which will take place at Lisboa Incomum (Lisboa, Portugal), from March 20th to 23rd alongside composers such as Annette Vande Gorne and Joao Pedro Oliveira. All the works will be performed in a specialised 16-channel partial dome.
https://www.lisboaincomum.pt/2025/02/festival-imersivo-2025.html
Three DMU researchers will present music and papers at The University of Greenwich's Sound/Image 2024 Festival in November.
PhD student Stefano Catena will present his paper 'Organised space: the terminology problem of spatialisation' and Bret Battey's audiovisual Estuaries 4 work will feature in one of the concerts along with a paper he will give on that work entitled 'Estuaries 4: Events and Continuums'. Professor Emeritus Simon Emmerson is to present a paper ‘An imaginary Soundwalk’ developed from a talk given at the M4C-funded Spatial Audio Gathering at DMU in June, as well as diffusing his work Near and Far at Once in the opening concert. Battey's audiovisual installation Traces, Molten—first presented at the LCB Depot in Leicester as part of the 2022 British Science Festival—will also feature in the festival.
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| A still image from Battey's Estuaries 4 |
We are delighted that today two MTI PhD students start PhD funding with the AHRC-funded Midlands Four Cities Doctoral Training Partnership, a consortium of eight institutions in Nottingham, Leicester, Birmingham and Coventry/Warwick.
Matthew London will be embarking on his PhD in the area of film music and sound design in a project entitled The Integrated Soundtrack: An analytical exploration of the auditory elements of music, sound design and dialogue within horror cinema, supervised by Simon Atkinson, Leigh Landy and Laraine Porter.
Edward Clijsen is completing a practice-led PhD on microtonality in music: Practical Explorations of Formalised Approaches to Microtonal Composition, supervised by John Young, Bret Battey and Duncan MacLeod (University of Nottingham).
They join a strong contingent of M4C-funded PhD students in music at DMU with Cristiana Palandri, Stefano Catena, Rob Chafer, Sam Topley and Ross Davidson all current M4C PhD candidates.
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| Edward Clijsen (L) and Matthew London (R) |
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| Participants listen to the IKO 3D audio speaker |
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| Dr Annie Mahtani's keynote talk |
Simon Emmerson Keynote - Imagining space and place through sound and music
Stefano Catena's piece Travelling without Moving has been selected for performance at the 2024 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 'Sound in Motion' and will be performed in Seoul the 10th of July in the Listening Programme B.
More information on the conference website https://www.icmc2024.org/schedule-programs
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| Paiknam Concert Hall, Hanyang University: Venue of the 2024 ICMC, Seoul |
PhD candidate Stefano Catena's multichannel composition Travelling Without Moving will be featured at NoiseFloor 2024 from 27th to 29th of May as part of the fixed media concerts at the Escola Superior de Música in Lisbon.
Stefano's paper 'A speaker agnostic approach to spatialisation in electroacoustic music'—co-authored with Henrik Frisk, Professor at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm—has been accepted in the Sound and Music Computing (SMC) Conference that will take place from 4th to 6th of July 2024 in Porto. Stefano's multichannel piece Travelling Without Moving will also be featured as part of the artistic programme.
Stefano Catena
Due to unforseen circumstances this even has been postponed. It will not be on 19 April. Please check back soon for a new date!
MTI Postgraduates will present new work in PACE Studio 1: 19 April, 7pm.
Live performance, audiovisual and immersive audio work, including work by Stefano Catena, Ross Davidson, Matt London, Manit Mehta, Sam Rai, Matt Rogerson.
Admission free.
