Harvestworks in partnership with The Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC) provides an opportunity for artists to create new works of art, further develop their creative tools, and benefit from the advisory and professional services of ITAC to reach a marketplace looking for novel links to video, and music content and global communities. Creativity + Technology = [...]

NewMusicSA, the South African Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music, will present the latest edition of the international Unyazi Electronic Music Festival between 12 – 15th September 2012. Meaning ‘Lightning’ in the Zulu language, the previous Unyazi festivals in  2005 and 2008 were extremely successful events involving participation by some of the most highly regarded [...]

Announcing    Two free concerts and  modular synthesizer fair inspired by the Buchla 200e.  NYC 6/28/12 + 7/7/12.  Fundraising campaign at  http://www.indiegogo.com/sourceofuncertainty Thurs June 28th // South Street Seaport // 210 Front Street NYC Control Voltage Faire 3-8pm Buchla Recital ft  Alessandro Cortini, Carlos Giffoni, Mark Verbos 8-10 Late concert ft  Xeno & Oaklander and Loud Objects Sat July 7 // Schimmel [...]

http://www.bc-ccm.org/semp2012.html 2012 Symposium on Electroacoustic Performance From 11am-7pm on April 21st ,2012, composers and performers of electroacoustic music will gather at Brooklyn College to discuss issues of electroacoustic music performance. Symposium schedule summary (subject to change): 11:00-11:15: Coffee and introductions (BC Library room 411) 11:15-1:00: Presentations, part one (BC Library room 411) 1:00-2:00: Open discussion on issues of [...]

2012-13 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM for US-Artists: New Works Deadline:  Wednesday, May 1, 2012 for projects beginning July 1, 2012 – June 31, 2013.   (Applications must be submitted online at http://harvestworks.slideroom.com/ – please note that there is a $5 fee to be paid at the end of the submission process.) Overview: The Harvestworks New Works Program offers commissions of [...]

Hans Tammen: endangered guitar, electronics Karlheinz Essl: m@ze°2, kalimba On May 7th 2010, Austrian composer Karlheinz Essl and New York-based guitarist Hans Tammen met for a recording session at Harvestworks in New York City. Without any preparation or prior consultation, both musicians created this music in the spirit of free improvisation, connecting themselves in order [...]

Parkins, Tammen, Perraud, and Petit have each explored a broad diversity of approaches to improvisation and composition in contexts ranging from avant-jazz to chamber music to improvised electro-acoustic music, and as a group IRIS explores a rich field of instrumentation: including percussion, electronically-processed accordion, laptop electronics, cello, guitar and endangered guitar. IRIS creates a context for [...]