https://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica/radioatelier/_zprava/banket-zvuku--1805573
Composers will include Simon Emmerson, Virginie Viel, Bill Brunson and Dave Holland.
MTI² on Czech Radio: Emmerson, Viel, Brunson & Holland
On Wednesday December 19th, rAdioCUSTICA, on Czech Radio, will present a full programme dedicated to MTI²:
https://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica/radioatelier/_zprava/banket-zvuku--1805573
Composers will include Simon Emmerson, Virginie Viel, Bill Brunson and Dave Holland.
https://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica/radioatelier/_zprava/banket-zvuku--1805573
Composers will include Simon Emmerson, Virginie Viel, Bill Brunson and Dave Holland.
Thursday Dec. 13th: Launch of IN SITU - European Sounds in Space!
Thursday December 13th will see the launch of IN SITU: European Sounds in Space - presenting 3 site-specific sound environments (commissions) that will take place at Leicester’s historic Magazine Gateway and at St. Nicholas Church (the oldest in Leicester) from the 13th to the 15th of December.
https://www.facebook.com/events/594039707695675/
Artists include liminal, composer & visual artist Kathy Hinde, and sound artist Joseph Young.
The event will open with artists' talks on on Thursday 13th December 2-3pm at De Montfort University's PACE building (Richmond Street), followed by a visit to the installations.
OPENING TIMES:
Thursday 13 December: 3pm - 6pm
Friday 14 December: Noon - 6pm
Saturday 15 December: Noon - 5pm
LOCATIONS:
The Magazine, Vaughan Way, Leicester
St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Walk, Leicester
ARTISTS:
Liminal is a partnership between architect Frances Crow and sound artist and composer David Prior. Their work focuses on exploring the relationship between sound, listening and the environment. For In Situ, liminal continues a longterm project in which they explore different aspects of bells and their relationship to culture. Here, they have worked with members of St Nicholas Church, Leicester, to explore the dual role bells have played in defining territory and interceding between humans and God.
Composer and visual artist Kathy Hinde has prepared a multi-channel piece using the Buddhist bell that hangs on the first floor of the Magazine.
Sound artist Joseph Young has been recording in the Battle of Bosworth field and is building an immersive sound journey from field recordings, spoken word and music, to be presented on the top floor of The Magazine.
BACKGROUND:
The activity is organised in the framework of the Interfaces Network, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
'IN SITU' is a De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)-led collaboration with IRCAM (Pompidou Centre, Paris), involving the creation of site-specific artistic environments celebrating special historic architecture, providing unique sonic experiences at historical locations.
The project aims to create an intrinsic relation between a physical place, building or location and a musical work for electronics or electronics and instruments.This project offers composers venues outside the traditional concert hall and the possibility of getting in touch with listeners outside the sphere of the traditional philharmonic milieu.
Some of the important issues for this project are: How does the music inhabit an architectural design? How do the sonic qualities of the work reveal the characteristics of a newly created or existing space? How does the social characterisation of space inform listening?
More than mere acoustics, architectural venues incorporate a wide range of historical, cultural, and even political messages. In an ideal pairing, the venue complements the performance and enhances the event for the benefit of the audience; likewise, an informed selection of repertoire can draw attention to the setting in which it is performed.
Within the whole duration of the Interfaces Network project, 6 historic and interesting architectural sites will resonate with contemporary music across Europe.
https://www.facebook.com/events/594039707695675/
Artists include liminal, composer & visual artist Kathy Hinde, and sound artist Joseph Young.
The event will open with artists' talks on on Thursday 13th December 2-3pm at De Montfort University's PACE building (Richmond Street), followed by a visit to the installations.
OPENING TIMES:
Thursday 13 December: 3pm - 6pm
Friday 14 December: Noon - 6pm
Saturday 15 December: Noon - 5pm
LOCATIONS:
The Magazine, Vaughan Way, Leicester
St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Walk, Leicester
ARTISTS:
Liminal is a partnership between architect Frances Crow and sound artist and composer David Prior. Their work focuses on exploring the relationship between sound, listening and the environment. For In Situ, liminal continues a longterm project in which they explore different aspects of bells and their relationship to culture. Here, they have worked with members of St Nicholas Church, Leicester, to explore the dual role bells have played in defining territory and interceding between humans and God.
Composer and visual artist Kathy Hinde has prepared a multi-channel piece using the Buddhist bell that hangs on the first floor of the Magazine.
Sound artist Joseph Young has been recording in the Battle of Bosworth field and is building an immersive sound journey from field recordings, spoken word and music, to be presented on the top floor of The Magazine.
BACKGROUND:
The activity is organised in the framework of the Interfaces Network, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
'IN SITU' is a De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)-led collaboration with IRCAM (Pompidou Centre, Paris), involving the creation of site-specific artistic environments celebrating special historic architecture, providing unique sonic experiences at historical locations.
The project aims to create an intrinsic relation between a physical place, building or location and a musical work for electronics or electronics and instruments.This project offers composers venues outside the traditional concert hall and the possibility of getting in touch with listeners outside the sphere of the traditional philharmonic milieu.
Some of the important issues for this project are: How does the music inhabit an architectural design? How do the sonic qualities of the work reveal the characteristics of a newly created or existing space? How does the social characterisation of space inform listening?
More than mere acoustics, architectural venues incorporate a wide range of historical, cultural, and even political messages. In an ideal pairing, the venue complements the performance and enhances the event for the benefit of the audience; likewise, an informed selection of repertoire can draw attention to the setting in which it is performed.
Within the whole duration of the Interfaces Network project, 6 historic and interesting architectural sites will resonate with contemporary music across Europe.
John Young's 'Magnetic Resonance' wins 1st prize at Musica Nova 2018
MTI's Professor of Composition, John Young, has won first prize at Musica Nova 2018, in the instrumental category, for his work 'Magnetic Resonance':
https://www.musica.cz/cz/news/show/44
'Magnetic Resonance' (2017) was created for pianist Xenia Pestova and the magnetic resonator piano developed by Andrew McPherson at the Queen Mary University of London. The magnetic resonator mechanism is a non-invasive extension of the instrument that can be applied to any grand piano. It allows for infinite resonance of piano tones beyond the normal attack-decay model of the instrument, but also permits conventional performance at any time. This work exploits this 'hybrid' nature of the instrument as well as its capacity to produce tones without the attack-based morphology produced by the hammers. The work's harmonic structure is enhanced with the integration of 8 channels of electroacoustic sound. These convey further expanded energy profiles and spectral constructs and project the piano-centric sonority into an immersive sound field. They are triggered by the pianist in real-time using the MIDI output of the instrument's Moog Piano Bar.
Musica Nova is a competition for composers of electroacoustic music, held in Prague. The competition was first held in 1969 and now features two categories of entry, one for tape music and another for music including vocals and instrumentals.
https://www.musica.cz/cz/news/show/44
'Magnetic Resonance' (2017) was created for pianist Xenia Pestova and the magnetic resonator piano developed by Andrew McPherson at the Queen Mary University of London. The magnetic resonator mechanism is a non-invasive extension of the instrument that can be applied to any grand piano. It allows for infinite resonance of piano tones beyond the normal attack-decay model of the instrument, but also permits conventional performance at any time. This work exploits this 'hybrid' nature of the instrument as well as its capacity to produce tones without the attack-based morphology produced by the hammers. The work's harmonic structure is enhanced with the integration of 8 channels of electroacoustic sound. These convey further expanded energy profiles and spectral constructs and project the piano-centric sonority into an immersive sound field. They are triggered by the pianist in real-time using the MIDI output of the instrument's Moog Piano Bar.
Musica Nova is a competition for composers of electroacoustic music, held in Prague. The competition was first held in 1969 and now features two categories of entry, one for tape music and another for music including vocals and instrumentals.
MTI's Prof. Leigh Landy in Ireland
MTI Prof. & Head of Research Leigh Landy has been in Ireland, where he was Invited Composer at this year's International Festival and Conference on Sound in the Arts, Science & Technology, in Derry/Londonderry, with his work 'On the Éire' - the latest in Landy's 'Radio Series' - closed the conference/festival:
ISSTA 2018 Programme
In addition, 'On the Éire' was also performed at Queen's University, Belfast:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/Discover/events/EventsArchive/OntheEire-ProfessorLeighLandy.html
ISSTA 2018 Programme
In addition, 'On the Éire' was also performed at Queen's University, Belfast:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/Discover/events/EventsArchive/OntheEire-ProfessorLeighLandy.html
Bret Battey's 'Estuaries 3' at Ecos Urbanos Festival, Mexico
This week, 'Estuaries 3', by MTI's Professor of Audio-visual Composition Bret Battey, will be presented in Mexico as part of the 'Ecos Urbanos' festival:
https://festivalecosurbano.wixsite.com/ecosurbanos2018/
https://festivalecosurbano.wixsite.com/ecosurbanos2018/
John Young concert at Sound Junction, Sheffield, Saturday November 3rd 2018
MTI's Professor of Composition, John Young, will be giving a concert at the University of Sheffield as part of the Sound Junction concert series, this coming Saturday November 3rd at 7pm:
https://concerts.sheffield.ac.uk/whats-on/sound-junction-i
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/usss/soundjunction/sj2018november
https://www.facebook.com/events/906179682914894
The programme will include:
Tongue (2001), 13:47, stereo
An Angel at Mons (2014), 11:56, 15.1 channel
Sweet Anticipation (2018), 12:00, 16 channel
Three Spaces in Mid-Air (2017), 10:57, stereo
Other Sound Junction highlights this weekend include a concert dedicated to the works of composer Andrew Lewis on Friday Nov. 2nd at 7pm, and the launch of a new cd by Adam Stanovic on the empreintes DIGITALes label at 5pm.
Sound Junction is the University of Sheffield Sound Studios’ concert series promoting the very best acousmatic music including music made by staff and students at The University of Sheffield. If you would like to know more about our courses, concerts and music, please email Adrian Moore (a.j.moore@shef.ac.uk).
https://concerts.sheffield.ac.uk/whats-on/sound-junction-i
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/usss/soundjunction/sj2018november
https://www.facebook.com/events/906179682914894
The programme will include:
Tongue (2001), 13:47, stereo
An Angel at Mons (2014), 11:56, 15.1 channel
Sweet Anticipation (2018), 12:00, 16 channel
Three Spaces in Mid-Air (2017), 10:57, stereo
Other Sound Junction highlights this weekend include a concert dedicated to the works of composer Andrew Lewis on Friday Nov. 2nd at 7pm, and the launch of a new cd by Adam Stanovic on the empreintes DIGITALes label at 5pm.
Sound Junction is the University of Sheffield Sound Studios’ concert series promoting the very best acousmatic music including music made by staff and students at The University of Sheffield. If you would like to know more about our courses, concerts and music, please email Adrian Moore (a.j.moore@shef.ac.uk).
MTI's Leigh Landy this week in the Czech Republic
This week MTI's Prof. Leigh Landy is Visiting Professor at the Janáček Academy of Music (JAMU, Brno, CZ) where he is giving talks on his compositions and analytical work, a masterclass and a concert with six of his works.
He will also be visiting the Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU) of the Brno University of Technology, where he shall give a talk regarding collaborative work with dance, theatre and video; the Musicology Department of Masaryk University (Brno) where he shall give a talk on sampling culture; and HAMU (the Music Academy of Prague) & Charles University, where he shall hold a 1½ day workshop on sound-based sampling.
He will also be visiting the Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU) of the Brno University of Technology, where he shall give a talk regarding collaborative work with dance, theatre and video; the Musicology Department of Masaryk University (Brno) where he shall give a talk on sampling culture; and HAMU (the Music Academy of Prague) & Charles University, where he shall hold a 1½ day workshop on sound-based sampling.
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