Anna Meredith with Dirty Electronics Ensemble

De Montfort University,
Music, Technology and Innovation
Events Series 2011-2012

Dirty Electronics with Anna Meredith
'Light, Paper, Sound'
Wednesday 30th May
7.00 pm
PACE Studio 1, Richmond St, Leicester
FREE


Anna Meredith joins Dirty Electronics with a new commission for electronics and large group. Small intimate jewellery boxes, each with their own unique character, house oscillators and lights, and are opened and closed by performers to create choral-like chords, sequences and flashes of light. The concert will also feature a premier of Light, Paper, Sound by Jim Frize (for multiple optical pianolas), a performance with the Dirty Electronics 7-Segment Display, and new work by Max Wainwright.

Meredith is one of the UK's most in-demand young composers. Her music is widely performed around the world and she is a regular judge, guest and commentator on BBC Television and Radio 3 and 4. Her most recently piece - HandsFree - a no-instruments piece for the National Youth Orchestra has been called "mesmerising" and "exhilarating" by The Times, "a tour de force" by the Guardian and "wicked" by the Independent and will continue to be performed by NYO throughout 2012 as part of the 20x12 Cultural Olympiad commissions. As well as her acoustic commissions, Anna has recently turned her focus to performing her eclectic electronic music and has already supported These New Puritans, James Blake, Shlomo, Broadcast and Mira Calix, performing material from her debut EP - Black Prince Fury.

www.annameredith.com
www.dirtyelectronics.org

New Multimedia Tools Symposium 3 Wednesday June 20th

As part of the AHRC funded project ‘New Multimedia Tools for Electroacoustic Music Analysis’ directed by Simon Emmerson and Leigh Landy (Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester) – and hosted by the Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities at DMU.

Symposium 3: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Theme: ‘Analysis: application, workshop, discussion’

Location: Clephan Building, Bonners Lane, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH (Room 0.01)
Time: 10.30-13.00 and 14.00-17.00
Chair: Simon Emmerson
Invited participant observer: Gary Kendall (Queens Belfast)

10.30-13.00 Application
Contributions from -
Leigh Landy (DMU) - The Next Step
David Hirst (La Trobe, via Skype) - The SIAM Framework: Segregation, Integration, Assimilation and Meaning
John Ferguson (Kingston) - Some initial thoughts on ‘Wig Wag’ (Waisvisz/Sehnaoui)
Simon Emmerson (DMU) – Capturing interaction and response
Andrew Hugill (DMU) - Towards an analysis of Papa Sangre, an audio-only game for the iPhone/iPad
Mike Gatt (DMU) - The future of OREMA

14.00-16.00 Workshop
Pierre Couprie (DMU): EAnalysis demonstration & hands on workshop
(http://logiciels.pierrecouprie.fr/?page_id=402)

OREMA participants travel bursaries available.
(http://www.orema.dmu.ac.uk/)

16.00-17.00 Discussion
Project summary, critique and future developments.

All comers welcome!
Your participation in this Symposium presupposes your consent to it being video and audio recorded.
Your contact: s.emmerson@dmu.ac.uk

Xenakis & Co with Amelides and Tzedaki

The audiorama in Stockholm is presenting a two-day tribute to Xenakis on May 4 & 5, 2012. One concert is dedicated to young Greek electroacoustic composers, including pieces by DMU postgrads Panos Amelides (Ritual Attacks and Agoras I) and Katerina Tzedaki (Reverberations).

Visible Bits, Audible Bytes

Music, Technology and Innovation
De Montfort University, Leicester
New Media Events 2011-2012

Wednesday April 25th, 2012 7pm
Phoenix Square (Film & Digital Media)
Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG

Visible Bits, Audible Bytes 2

Join Phoenix Square for a compelling showcase screening of works from an eclectic group of audiovisual artists from around the world. Ranging from the playful and sensuous to the edgy and experimental, these artists and their works are redefining the potentials of sound and image in the 21st century. Curated by Bret Battey and presented by the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre at DMU.

Flat-E (images) + Ultre (music): Ionisation (2005)
Jean Piché (images and music): OCÉANES (2010-11)
Bret Battey (images and music): Clonal Colonies (2011)
Glenn Marshall (images) + Peter Gabriel (music): The Nest That Sailed the Sky (2009)
Candaş Şişman (images and music): FLUX (2010)
Jean Piché (images and music): Ange (1979/2012)
Numbercult (images and music): EVE (2009)
Robert Seidel (images) + Heiko Tippelt & Philipp Hirsch (music): _grau (2004)
Candaş Şişman (images) + Egidija Medeksaite (music): EFF-FLUX (2011)

Tickets: £6 (£3.50 conc. - £2.50 for DMU staff and students) please call the Box Office (0116-242-2800) or book online (http://phoenix.org.uk/).

Luca Forcucci "Formant / Forms of Listening to Forms"

Formant / Forms of Listening to Forms, a collaborative sound art project with members of the Shanghainese scene & doctoral student Luca Forcucci, opens in Shanghai on March 30. The exhibition is part of ongoing work by Luca Forcucci and Yin Yi to advance the development of sound art in China. It will include sound art works, talks, and concerts from Yan Jun, Yin Yi, Zhang Ding, Lawrence English and Luca Forcucci.

Luca will also play at NOISHANGHAI, curated by Torturing Noise. Appearing on the same bill are G.A.F, Tupperwear, AnastasiaAx & LarsSiltberg (Sweden, Spain and Beijing).

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Wednesday March 28th, 2012 7pm
PACE Building, Studio 1, Richmond St., Leicester
 

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Current undergraduates are joined by recent alumni and friends to present a concert of experimental ambient electronica, live looping, soundscape, techno, house, dubstep and more.

Muted Fnord (David Dhonau, Andrew Johnston, Ola Szmidt, Jim Tetlow)
sleuf & envelope (Adam Chetty and Tim Matthews)
Plutonic Pleasure (Dean Sharman)
Plans for Montiga (Paul Mansell)

Entry Free!

MTI-team extended – Frosinone – Montréal

Wednesday March 14^th, 2012 7pm

PACE Building, Studio 1, Richmond St., Leicester

MTI’s Panos Amelides and Adam Chetty are joined by composers from our exchange partners Frosinone (Italy) - Dario Amoroso, Gabriele Paolozzi, – and Montreal – Sébastien Lavoie - to perform a concert of acousmatic works.

Dario Amoroso                         Mac vs PC

Gabriele Paolozzi                          Vocal Mutations

Adam Chetty                         Ecological Harmony: Public (I)

Sébastien Lavoie                         In My Camaro

Panos Amelides                         Alexandros (excerpt)

Mirko Ettore D'Agostino              Super Mikro World

Luca De Siena                          Telephonie

Entry Free!