Komposit Young Composers Mentoring Scheme

Komposit is a project, supported by The Firebird Trust, that aims to support composers and musicians. It aims to provide opportunities for musicians to explore different genres, develop their expertise and participate in platforms around the East Midlands. Currently Komposit runs a structured workshop programme for composers and performers. These encourage musicians from all genres to interact and collaborate in the creation of new music. Our Young Composers Mentoring scheme also provides development opportunities with professional musicians and composers. Composer Performer Platforms are an excellent chance for musicians to perform in key venues around the East Midlands. "We are currently expanding our database to music and composition students currently studying in the UK. We would like to provide your students with the opportunity to perform their music at one of our platforms, give them access to professional mentoring and interaction with the public on a professional basis." 

More information: http://komposit.tumblr.com/

Volunteers needed for SSSP 2013!

Sound, Sight, Space and Play” is an international postgraduate student conference hosted at the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre.

The conference is organised by students for students who are interested in electroacoustic music and sonic arts. Through the format of talks and concerts current research and work will be presented. 

The 2013 conference is to be held between 5th - 7th June. 

We'll need volunteers from Tuesday 4th June until Friday 7th, any help on those days would be appreciated.

Volunteers will have free access to the conference and will get first hand experience of helping to organise an academic conference.

Free lunch and tea/coffee are provided.

If you are interested please email asap: ssspdmu@gmail.com

Basement and Courtyard studios unavailable out of hours May 16 & 17.

Due to electrical works, power will be shut down in the the Clephan basement and Courtyard Studio between 8 pm and 6 am on 16 and 16 May, and Security will not be letting people into these areas.

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Dirty Electronics with Kei Miyata @ Curve Theatre

MAY 10 (FRI)
5.00 -
Curve Theatre
RR2 
Leicester 
ENTRY FREE

Rock – Papers – Scissors is a collaboration between Dirty Electronics and Japanese choreographer Kei Miyata (Karas/Teshigawara) that explores the idea of conflicting elements and the presence of performers occupying the ‘stage’, not just as dancers, but as noise makers and dynamic elements in a sound and light installation. Miyata’s physically intense choreography, with a focus on ‘emptying the body’, is married to Dirty Electronics’ DIY circuitry, electro-acoustic mechanical hybrids, and large group extended collaborative process.

Featuring DMU MTI, Dance and Fashion students.

IOCT Masters Showcase

The IOCT cordially invites you to attend this year’s Masters in Creative Technologies Student Showcase 2013, which will take place at the IOCT Lab on Gateway Street on Thursday May 16th 4-8pm and Friday May 17th 11-3pm.

We look forward to welcoming you and showing you some of the groundbreaking work produced by the students during their studies this year. The Showcase comprises a selection of works and practice-based research including:

John Crawford - ‘Featured’ prototype

Romain Goadec - Self-controlled voice handler

Tanya Jones - Open ears and eyes, open mind, open heart

Dan Livesey – Music making machines

Godfrey Oluikpe - Nostalgia

Alice Tuppen - ‘Transdisciplinary conversations’

Michael Uwins - Psycho-acoustics, technology and education

Ognyan Zahariev - Media SFX

For further information, please see http://ioct.info

RSVP not essential.

F: tinyurl.com/ioct2013

T: @IOCT_DMUMasters 

Get out the virtual popcorn! Audiovisual screenings Wed May 5

We'll have a grand screening of final audiovisual work from 2nd and 3rd year students on Wed, May 5, in PACE 1 — with big screen and sound. Drop on by!

10:00 - 12:00 MUST 2005 Sound and Image final projects

1:00 - 3:00 Year 3 Advanced Creative Projects and Final Major Projects screenings
(Sam Toms, Duncan Powell, Dorean Lynch, Rob Martland + more TBC)

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