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 [...]