Posts tagged Acousmatic Music
Acousmatic Trilogy
Nov 6th 2009

Sound Clips: Canto, Miniature and Time by Julien Beau
Acousmatic music is a form of electroacoustic music that deals specifically with acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The practice has a historical basis in musique concrete. It can be created using non-acoustic technology, exists only in a recorded format (as a fixed medium), and is composed for reception via loudspeakers. The compositional material is not restricted to the inclusion of sonorities derived from musical instruments or voices, nor to elements traditionally thought of as ‘musical’ (melody, harmony, rhythm, metre and so on), but rather admits any sound, acoustic or synthetic. In this context the compositional method can be seen as a process of sound organisation: a term first used by the French composer Edgard Varèse.
For these particular sound works Julien Beau writes:
Canto is an improvisation mixed with Max/MSP and sampled wind instruments.
Miniature was composed for “Les Inouies of Nov’Art†in November last year at Bordeaux.
Time was a piano session recorded at home.
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Futura 2010 Call for works
Oct 9th 2009
For its 2010 edition, the Futura festival is looking for fixed media works (acousmatic music, musique concrète, video art, hörspiel, etc.) around the ‘travel diary’ thematic.
The sent works may be ‘real’ diaries, elaborated with sound takes and/or recognizable images, but these diaries may also be ‘abstract’, without any identifiable sounds, concentrating only on remaining traces, impressions. The works evolving between these two poles are also, indeed, welcome.
It is all about drawing a large and original view of the ‘travel diary’, which is not only a journey in a geographical space, but rather the expression of an experience or a view on the surrounding world. As such, it is not absolutely necessary to have crossed back and forth the whole planet to submit a proposal, obviously travels are also metaphoric. It can be expressed through very diverse aesthetics and forms.
Nonetheless, we are not looking for ‘raw’, ‘objective’ soundscapes or field-recordings. To the contrary, we would like to program subjective works, and place at the centre of this thematic the perception of the traveller-composer-artist.
The submissions:
- The limited number of submissions is 2 works by composer, excepting works with video which amount is not limited.
- Only sonic works on tape medium should be submitted (acousmatic/concrète, radiophonic art…).
Please do not send proposals for live electronics or performances.
- Preference is given to stereophonic music (multiphonic works may be accepted, but always if a stereo mix is provided for the selection process).
- Works including video are also encouraged.
-Deadline for the reception of works on CD Audio only (no cd-r or DVD-Audio) or DVD (for videos) is fixed before January 31 2010 (post-marked).
At the following address: Futura, 62, avenue de Flandre F-75019 Paris, France.
- Fill necessarily the form you’ll find as an attachment and send it by email: info@festivalfutura.fr
- Also send by email a program note about the submitted work (20 lines max), a short biography and a picture (.tiff or .jpg) to info@festivalfutura.fr
Formulaire Futura 2010 / Form Futura 2010
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Nom/Last Name:
Prénom/First Name:
Date de naissance/Date of birth:
Nationalité/Nationality :
?Adresse/Address:
Téléphone/Phone number:
Email/Email:
Site Internet/Web site:
Biographie (10 – 20 lignes)/Biography (10 – 20 lines):
Titre de l’oeuvre/Title of work:
Durée/Duration:
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Studio et année de composition/Studio and year of composition:
Lieu et date de la création /Place and date of the creation:
Notice (10 – 20 lignes)/Program Notes (10-12 Lines):
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NYC Electroacoustic Concert 5/8
May 5th 2009

–featuring the acousmatic music of Jonty Harrison
The Tank, NYC
354 W. 45th St b/w 8th and 9th
7:00 PM Â Â Â Part I: Electroacoustic Music from Stockhausen to the Present
9:30Â PMÂ Â Â Part II: The Acousmatic Music of Jonty Harrison
Tickets for each set are $10.
More information at www.ampmusic.org
Click here for directions to the Tank.
PROGRAM
Part I: Electroacoustic Music from Stockhausen to the Present
7 – 8:15 PM
Gregory Cornelius -Â Earth and Green (2007)
Morton Feldman -Â Intersection (1953)
Elizabeth Hoffman – Langanaich (2009)
Karlheinz Stockhausen -Â Telemusik (1966)
Part II: The Acousmatic Music of Jonty Harrison
9:30 – 10:30 PM
Klang (1982)
Unsound Objects (1995)
Undertow (2006)
Internal Combustion (2005-06)
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N.one-7 – fuseleeds09
Apr 4th 2009

N.one-7 – fuseleeds09 – - – - – Â Â Concert of new Electronic and Acousmatic Music
I am delighted to announce the ensemble’s 7th appearance. The event will be introduced with a pre-concert talk by Adrian Moore who will then present his works ‘Surface’ and ‘Dreaming of the Dawn’. This year’s programme includes a variety of multi-channel works (7.1, 5.1 and Quadraphonic) in addition to stereo works which will be diffused by the composers.
Compositions included are:
Surface (2008) – Adrian Moore.
Dreaming of the Dawn (2004) – Adrian Moore.
Cuckoo-Borough (2009) – Dale Perkins
Seven (2009) – Darren Sproston
Point of Departure (2009) – Adam Stansbie
Cycle – part 2 (2008) – Chris McCall (Coreline)
The programme will also include new works from Leeds College of Music students.
n.one is Leeds College of Music’s acousmatic and electronic music ensemble. The ensemble is directed by Dale Perkins and was established in 2002.
http://adrian-moore.staff.shef.ac.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/dalejperkins
http://www.darrensproston.co.uk
http://www.composersdesktop.com/stansbie.html>
When – Friday 1st May 2009
Time – 7:30pm (pre concert talk will take place at 7pm)
Where – Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, The Venue – LS2 7PD
Cost – Tickets are Free – but must be booked in advance.
Please contact the Venue box office on: 0113 222 3434
http://www.lcm.ac.uk/concert-season/concert-diary/none7.htm
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