The MTI Noticeboard is now retiring. It has been replaced by a new notices blog and information portal for the whole Music and Audio Technology subject area at De Montfort University. This can be found at mat.dmu.ac.uk.
All the past posts from this blog have been copied to the new blog.
Friday 22 September 2017
Thursday 7 September 2017
MTI at EMS'17, Nagoya
The 2017 Electroacoustic Music Studies Conference is this week in Nagoya, Japan, on the theme of 'Communication in/through Electroacoustic Music'. With MTI well represented:
- Leigh Landy: "Cultural Identity in Electroacoustic Music: A Beijing Case Study"
- John Richards & Leigh Landy: "On the Music of Sounds and the Music of Things"
- Sven-Amin Lembke: "Triangular sound shapes: spectromorphology and its perceptual implications"
http://www.ems-network.org/ems17/index.html
- Leigh Landy: "Cultural Identity in Electroacoustic Music: A Beijing Case Study"
- John Richards & Leigh Landy: "On the Music of Sounds and the Music of Things"
- Sven-Amin Lembke: "Triangular sound shapes: spectromorphology and its perceptual implications"
http://www.ems-network.org/ems17/index.html
Tuesday 5 September 2017
MTI postgrads past & current at ISSTA'17
MTI postgrads past and current will be presenting & performing this week at ISSTA'17 in Dundalk:
- Robin Parmar 'Atoms and Digital Audio: Epicurus meets Mika Vainio'
- Neal Spowage 'Now I’m Digital Where Is My Ritual? Investigating Post Digital Performance Objects as Totems for Agency and Ritual'
- Luca Forcucci 'Bodyscapes'
- Robin Parmar: 'Improvisation on Korg Volca (4 Mika Vainio)'
http://issta.ie/
- Robin Parmar 'Atoms and Digital Audio: Epicurus meets Mika Vainio'
- Neal Spowage 'Now I’m Digital Where Is My Ritual? Investigating Post Digital Performance Objects as Totems for Agency and Ritual'
- Luca Forcucci 'Bodyscapes'
- Robin Parmar: 'Improvisation on Korg Volca (4 Mika Vainio)'
http://issta.ie/
John Young's 'Three Spaces in Mid-Air' wins 2nd prize in Destellos Competition
Congratulations to MTI's John Young, whose work 'Three Spaces in Mid-Air' has received 2nd prize in this year's Destellos Competition!
http://www.fundestellos.org/pageone.htm
http://www.fundestellos.org/pageone.htm
Leigh Landy & John Richards guest lectures at Japanese Society for Sonic Arts
On Saturday September 1st, MTI's Leigh Landy and John Richards will give guest lectures in Tokyo at the Japanese Society for Sonic Arts:
http://jssa.info/#en
第33回 JSSA先端芸術音楽創作学会
15:00~15:50 ゲスト講演その1
Prof. Leigh Landy (Director - Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre)
Title: In Pursuit of the Innovative and the Accessible: Some of the driving forces behind my music and my research
Guest Speech
Abstract:
This talk will present the motivations related to both my work as a musician and as a scholar within the world of sonic creativity. Instead of focusing on technology and technique, it will introduce some of my ideas all of which are intended to move music forward. Issues will include: the (in)accessibility of new music; musical communication, dramaturgy and aesthetics; new musical communities; and even humour. Looking forward, John Richards’ and my new book (nearing completion), ‘On the Music of Sounds and the Music of Things’ will be discussed. In it I investigate sampling culture and John DIY or hacking culture. Together we look at what we believe are the driving forces of the innovative 21st century sonic musician.
16:00~16:50 ゲスト講演その2
Dr. John Richards (Reader in Music, De Montfort University)
Title: The Music of Things
Guest Speech
Abstract:
The talk will focus on exploring making music through the fundamental exploration of electronic components, solder, wires and electricity itself. This serves as an extension to David Tudor’s idea of composing inside electronics. Musical instrument is no longer considered as a complete self-contained entity, but a collection of inter-connectable things. Making, such as DIY electronic instruments, is viewed not as a separate activity - for example, through workshops - but as a processual part of performance. From this premise, new paradigms for performance and composition of electronic music are born. Many of these ideas are summarized in my co-authored book with Leigh Landy titled ‘On the Music of Sounds and the Music of Things’ that will also be discussed.
http://jssa.info/#en
第33回 JSSA先端芸術音楽創作学会
15:00~15:50 ゲスト講演その1
Prof. Leigh Landy (Director - Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre)
Title: In Pursuit of the Innovative and the Accessible: Some of the driving forces behind my music and my research
Guest Speech
Abstract:
This talk will present the motivations related to both my work as a musician and as a scholar within the world of sonic creativity. Instead of focusing on technology and technique, it will introduce some of my ideas all of which are intended to move music forward. Issues will include: the (in)accessibility of new music; musical communication, dramaturgy and aesthetics; new musical communities; and even humour. Looking forward, John Richards’ and my new book (nearing completion), ‘On the Music of Sounds and the Music of Things’ will be discussed. In it I investigate sampling culture and John DIY or hacking culture. Together we look at what we believe are the driving forces of the innovative 21st century sonic musician.
16:00~16:50 ゲスト講演その2
Dr. John Richards (Reader in Music, De Montfort University)
Title: The Music of Things
Guest Speech
Abstract:
The talk will focus on exploring making music through the fundamental exploration of electronic components, solder, wires and electricity itself. This serves as an extension to David Tudor’s idea of composing inside electronics. Musical instrument is no longer considered as a complete self-contained entity, but a collection of inter-connectable things. Making, such as DIY electronic instruments, is viewed not as a separate activity - for example, through workshops - but as a processual part of performance. From this premise, new paradigms for performance and composition of electronic music are born. Many of these ideas are summarized in my co-authored book with Leigh Landy titled ‘On the Music of Sounds and the Music of Things’ that will also be discussed.
Friday 14 July 2017
Premiere of Leigh Landy's 'Mezihlas -- Přeshlas -- Nahlas', July 28th
The latest work by MTI's Leigh Landy – titled 'Mezihlas -- Přeshlas -- Nahlas' ('Radio--Voice--Overs') – will be premiering on Czech national radio on July 28th as part of the anniversary of Radio Atelier:
http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica_english/next_premiere/_zprava/1733417
The work can be listened to here (scroll down to the bottom of the page):
http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica_english/project/_zprava/1741523
http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica_english/next_premiere/_zprava/1733417
The work can be listened to here (scroll down to the bottom of the page):
http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica_english/project/_zprava/1741523
'Electro-cricket' Workshop! Phoenix, Thursday July 27th
'Electro-cricket' workshop coming up for ages 8+, organised by MTI as part of the Interfaces project, co-funded by the EU's Creative Europe project!
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/electro-cricket/
Thursday 27 July, 12pm – 3pm, Drop–in, free
Make complex beats, rhythms, pops, clicks and chirps with the Electro-Cricket, a DIY musical instrument! Work together and build an orchestra of ‘relay-based oscillators’ then use everyday objects to amplify and change the sound of your instrument.
Free, drop in – no booking required. Please be aware that children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. There may be a short wait at busy times.
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/electro-cricket/
Thursday 27 July, 12pm – 3pm, Drop–in, free
Make complex beats, rhythms, pops, clicks and chirps with the Electro-Cricket, a DIY musical instrument! Work together and build an orchestra of ‘relay-based oscillators’ then use everyday objects to amplify and change the sound of your instrument.
Free, drop in – no booking required. Please be aware that children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. There may be a short wait at busy times.
Tuesday 4 July 2017
The latest addition to the MTI team
Meet our most recent staff member, Mike Blow!
By way of introduction, here's a video from a recent event at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford which featured three of Mike's sound installations:
- 'Aeolus' Cabinet', a collection of sounds of the wind;
- 'The Peace Music Project' making music out of ex-military weapons control panels, and,
- 'Colony' an outdoor installation piece.
https://vimeo.com/218801996
By way of introduction, here's a video from a recent event at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford which featured three of Mike's sound installations:
- 'Aeolus' Cabinet', a collection of sounds of the wind;
- 'The Peace Music Project' making music out of ex-military weapons control panels, and,
- 'Colony' an outdoor installation piece.
https://vimeo.com/218801996
Saturday 1 July 2017
MTI alumnus wins Best Music at India's National Film Awards
MTI alumnus Tanuj Tiku has won Best Music at India's 64th National Film Awards, for his work on the film 'Leeches':
https://www.facebook.com/leechesfilm/
http://asiantribune.com/node/90321
Congratulations Tanuj!
https://www.facebook.com/leechesfilm/
http://asiantribune.com/node/90321
Congratulations Tanuj!
Monday 26 June 2017
MTI presents: Garth Paine
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
GARTH PAINE
Wednesday June 28th 2017, 7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/661518280717565/
Our final event of the 2016-17 concert season: a very special concert by electroacoustic composer and former MTI member Garth Paine, currently professor of Digital Sound and Interactive Media at the School of Arts Media and Engineering and Digital Culture program at Arizona State University.
http://www.activatedspace.com/
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
GARTH PAINE
Wednesday June 28th 2017, 7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/661518280717565/
Our final event of the 2016-17 concert season: a very special concert by electroacoustic composer and former MTI member Garth Paine, currently professor of Digital Sound and Interactive Media at the School of Arts Media and Engineering and Digital Culture program at Arizona State University.
http://www.activatedspace.com/
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Friday 23 June 2017
Art & Sound Symposium
MTI's annual Art & Sound symposium takes place Friday June 23rd & Saturday June 24th 2017! Lots of great talks, installations, performances, & more - check out the full schedule:
http://artandsoundsymposium.com/index.php/schedule/
Art & Sound is a series of symposia funded by De Montfort University, Leicester, with a special focus on initiating discussion across disciplines and art forms, and between academics and practitioners. It aims each time to take a new theme and open up discourse amongst a greater number of the arts, welcoming contributions from both the digital and fine arts.
http://artandsoundsymposium.com/index.php/schedule/
Art & Sound is a series of symposia funded by De Montfort University, Leicester, with a special focus on initiating discussion across disciplines and art forms, and between academics and practitioners. It aims each time to take a new theme and open up discourse amongst a greater number of the arts, welcoming contributions from both the digital and fine arts.
Friday 16 June 2017
MTI concert in Brussels!
Next week MTI's John Young will be presenting a programme of works from (and around) the MTI, at Musiques & Recherches in Brussels.
Works by John Young, Louise Rossiter, Virginie Viel, Panos Amelides, James Andean, & Dugal McKinnon.
Looking Back – Looking Forward: Acousmatic Music from (and around) the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre at De Montfort University Leicester, UK
Wednesday June 21st 2017, 20:00
Project(ion) Room, Rue de Praetere, 55, B - 1180 Bruxelles
http://www.musiques-recherches.be/fr/agenda/concert-acousmatique/item/5586-concert-john-young
Louise Rossiter : Rift (2015) stereo, 7:25
Dugal McKinnon : Strane e Sconosciute Vie (2007) stereo 3:55
Panos Amelides : The Pain(t) stereo 6:10
James Andean : Déchirure (2013) Stereo, 7:35
Virginie Viel : Uni-vers(e) (2016) stereo, 10:12
Louise Rossiter : Tout Autour de la Montagne (2015) 9:21
John Young : Brink (2015) 10.1 channel 13:28
John Young : Sju (1999) stereo 07:22
John Young: An Angel at Mons (2014) 16 channel, 11:56
John Young: Three Spaces in Mid-Air (2017) Stereo 10:57
Works by John Young, Louise Rossiter, Virginie Viel, Panos Amelides, James Andean, & Dugal McKinnon.
Looking Back – Looking Forward: Acousmatic Music from (and around) the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre at De Montfort University Leicester, UK
Wednesday June 21st 2017, 20:00
Project(ion) Room, Rue de Praetere, 55, B - 1180 Bruxelles
http://www.musiques-recherches.be/fr/agenda/concert-acousmatique/item/5586-concert-john-young
Louise Rossiter : Rift (2015) stereo, 7:25
Dugal McKinnon : Strane e Sconosciute Vie (2007) stereo 3:55
Panos Amelides : The Pain(t) stereo 6:10
James Andean : Déchirure (2013) Stereo, 7:35
Virginie Viel : Uni-vers(e) (2016) stereo, 10:12
Louise Rossiter : Tout Autour de la Montagne (2015) 9:21
John Young : Brink (2015) 10.1 channel 13:28
John Young : Sju (1999) stereo 07:22
John Young: An Angel at Mons (2014) 16 channel, 11:56
John Young: Three Spaces in Mid-Air (2017) Stereo 10:57
Wednesday 7 June 2017
MTI presents: Postgraduate Concert
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
POSTGRADUATE CONCERT
Wednesday June 14th 2017, 7pm, PACE1
https://www.facebook.com/events/1972710519623628/
A concert of works and performances by some of MTI's many fine postgraduate students, including a fond farewell performance from our most recent doctor and a return from an alumnus...
Works, performances & installations by Steve Jones, Louise Rossiter, Virginie Viel, & Visa Kuoppala
***NOTE!!! There will be a very special PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE by postgrad & cellist Audrey Riley before the concert, at 4:30pm in the nearby Trinity House Chapel: the world premiere performance of Emanuel Pimenta's brand new work Terra!***
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
POSTGRADUATE CONCERT
Wednesday June 14th 2017, 7pm, PACE1
https://www.facebook.com/events/1972710519623628/
A concert of works and performances by some of MTI's many fine postgraduate students, including a fond farewell performance from our most recent doctor and a return from an alumnus...
Works, performances & installations by Steve Jones, Louise Rossiter, Virginie Viel, & Visa Kuoppala
***NOTE!!! There will be a very special PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE by postgrad & cellist Audrey Riley before the concert, at 4:30pm in the nearby Trinity House Chapel: the world premiere performance of Emanuel Pimenta's brand new work Terra!***
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Wednesday 31 May 2017
MTI presents: The New York School - Brown, Feldman, Wolff
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
https://www.facebook.com/events/218894531940755/
Audrey Riley, cello
James Woodrow, guitar
Andrew Zolinsky, piano
Gregory Warren Wilson, violin
Sally Doughty, dance
Craig Vear, sound processing
Earle Brown, a major force in contemporary music and a leading composer of the American avant-garde since the 1950s, was associated with the experimental composers John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Christian Wolff who, with Brown, came to be known as the New York School.
MTI research student and cellist Audrey Riley is investigating the performance practices of the musicians and composers of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In February this year, together with colleague James Woodrow (guitar), a performance was given in Trinity Chapel at DMU of extracts from works by composers of the New York School, associated with the MCDC: Earle Brown, Christian Wolff and Morton Feldman. Audrey has gained funding from the Earle Brown Music Foundation to now present this full concert of these works.
James Woodrow is a member of the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, guitarist for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Richard Alston Dance Company. They are joined by pianist Andrew Zolinsky, professor of piano at the Royal College of Music, and violinist Gregory Warren Wilson, violinist with the contemporary Rambert Dance Company.
Programme:
Christian Wolff: Micro Exercises (2006)
Morton Feldman: Intersection IV (1953)
Christian Wolff: Moving Spaces (2002)
Morton Feldman: Durations (1961)
Earle Brown: From Folio and Four Systems (1952-1954)
Many thanks to the Earle Brown Music Foundation for their generous support of this project.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
The New York School - Brown, Feldman, Wolff
Monday June 5th 2017, 7pm, PACEhttps://www.facebook.com/events/218894531940755/
Audrey Riley, cello
James Woodrow, guitar
Andrew Zolinsky, piano
Gregory Warren Wilson, violin
Sally Doughty, dance
Craig Vear, sound processing
Earle Brown, a major force in contemporary music and a leading composer of the American avant-garde since the 1950s, was associated with the experimental composers John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Christian Wolff who, with Brown, came to be known as the New York School.
MTI research student and cellist Audrey Riley is investigating the performance practices of the musicians and composers of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In February this year, together with colleague James Woodrow (guitar), a performance was given in Trinity Chapel at DMU of extracts from works by composers of the New York School, associated with the MCDC: Earle Brown, Christian Wolff and Morton Feldman. Audrey has gained funding from the Earle Brown Music Foundation to now present this full concert of these works.
James Woodrow is a member of the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, guitarist for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Richard Alston Dance Company. They are joined by pianist Andrew Zolinsky, professor of piano at the Royal College of Music, and violinist Gregory Warren Wilson, violinist with the contemporary Rambert Dance Company.
Programme:
Christian Wolff: Micro Exercises (2006)
Morton Feldman: Intersection IV (1953)
Christian Wolff: Moving Spaces (2002)
Morton Feldman: Durations (1961)
Earle Brown: From Folio and Four Systems (1952-1954)
Many thanks to the Earle Brown Music Foundation for their generous support of this project.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Friday 26 May 2017
AV Loans - Opening Hours, Summer 2017
To All AV Loans Users:
Notification of Opening Hours: Summer 2017
During the Summer months the AV Loans service will be undertaking some major changes and unfortunately this will affect opening times.
Summer 2017 opening hours:
Open: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm, Wednesday 31st May - Friday 7th July
Closed: Monday 10th July - Friday 4th August
Deadline for equipment reservations is 9th June and collection is week commencing 19th June
Open: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm, Monday 7th August - Friday 15th September
(Now located in Portland 00.27)
From June to August the AV Loans service will be:
· Introducing new AV Loans self-service portal
· Moving of the AV Loans counter and all the equipment from to Portland Basement P00.27
· Undertaking our yearly audit and associated stock check on the full stock of equipment
· Purchasing new and replacement equipment
To ensure this work is carried out and the service improvements are ready for the start of the new academic year AV will be temporarily suspended for the 4 week period from Monday 10th July to Friday 4th August.
As this is usually a quieter part of the year inconvenience will be minimal. However any equipment required to support exam resits that fall during this period can be reserved and collected well before the events.
We are asking any equipment required for the period 19th June – 7th August be reserved through the current reservation process by Friday 9th June 2017.
Reserved equipment will be ready for collection week commencing Monday 19th June 2017. Equipment will need to be returned week by Monday 7th August 2017.
AV Loans will continue to keep small numbers of items to support events and teaching across DMU during the summer. Anyone in need of equipment for events during that time will need to contacting us via the ITMS Service Desk who will pass you request on to the Team.
We appreciate your consideration and support for these arrangements.
Notification of Opening Hours: Summer 2017
During the Summer months the AV Loans service will be undertaking some major changes and unfortunately this will affect opening times.
Summer 2017 opening hours:
Open: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm, Wednesday 31st May - Friday 7th July
Closed: Monday 10th July - Friday 4th August
Deadline for equipment reservations is 9th June and collection is week commencing 19th June
Open: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm, Monday 7th August - Friday 15th September
(Now located in Portland 00.27)
From June to August the AV Loans service will be:
· Introducing new AV Loans self-service portal
· Moving of the AV Loans counter and all the equipment from to Portland Basement P00.27
· Undertaking our yearly audit and associated stock check on the full stock of equipment
· Purchasing new and replacement equipment
To ensure this work is carried out and the service improvements are ready for the start of the new academic year AV will be temporarily suspended for the 4 week period from Monday 10th July to Friday 4th August.
As this is usually a quieter part of the year inconvenience will be minimal. However any equipment required to support exam resits that fall during this period can be reserved and collected well before the events.
We are asking any equipment required for the period 19th June – 7th August be reserved through the current reservation process by Friday 9th June 2017.
Reserved equipment will be ready for collection week commencing Monday 19th June 2017. Equipment will need to be returned week by Monday 7th August 2017.
AV Loans will continue to keep small numbers of items to support events and teaching across DMU during the summer. Anyone in need of equipment for events during that time will need to contacting us via the ITMS Service Desk who will pass you request on to the Team.
We appreciate your consideration and support for these arrangements.
Monday 15 May 2017
Final student projects & installations
There are several events during the coming week when third years will be sharing their work from the year. Please do come along to support them.
Monday 15 May
Untitled, James Hall, multichannel installation
** PACE Studio 1, 1.00-3.30pm **
Crack, Paul Keene, an installation involving cracking ice that reflects on melting ice caps.
** PACE Studio 2, 1.00-3.30pm **
Tuesday 16 May
Clouds, Gary Cox, an interactive multichannel installation exploring sound objects.
** PACE Studio 1, 1.00-3.30pm **
Wednesday 17 May
To Build a Wall, Nat Barlow, an installation exploring establishment and antiestablishment, culture and counterculture.
** PACE Studio 2, 1.00-3.30pm **
Thursday 18 May
Concert of Year 3 Final Performance Projects
** PACE Studio 1, 2.00-4.30pm **
Friday 19 May
Untitled, Lloyd Crowley, Loops/echoes with mobile devices
** PACE Studio 1, 12.00-1.45pm **
Forest Soundscape, Rohil Talukdar, a multichannel soundscape involving forest sounds.
** PACE Studio 1, 2.00-4.00pm **
Untitled, Bryn Hendry, an interactive installation involving tracking
** PACE Studio 2, 1.00-3.30pm **
Monday 15 May
Untitled, James Hall, multichannel installation
** PACE Studio 1, 1.00-3.30pm **
Crack, Paul Keene, an installation involving cracking ice that reflects on melting ice caps.
** PACE Studio 2, 1.00-3.30pm **
Tuesday 16 May
Clouds, Gary Cox, an interactive multichannel installation exploring sound objects.
** PACE Studio 1, 1.00-3.30pm **
Wednesday 17 May
To Build a Wall, Nat Barlow, an installation exploring establishment and antiestablishment, culture and counterculture.
** PACE Studio 2, 1.00-3.30pm **
Thursday 18 May
Concert of Year 3 Final Performance Projects
** PACE Studio 1, 2.00-4.30pm **
Friday 19 May
Untitled, Lloyd Crowley, Loops/echoes with mobile devices
** PACE Studio 1, 12.00-1.45pm **
Forest Soundscape, Rohil Talukdar, a multichannel soundscape involving forest sounds.
** PACE Studio 1, 2.00-4.00pm **
Untitled, Bryn Hendry, an interactive installation involving tracking
** PACE Studio 2, 1.00-3.30pm **
Friday 7 April 2017
MTI presents: TRIONYS
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
TRIONYS
Wednesday May 3rd 2017, 7pm, PACE building
https://www.facebook.com/events/667833140090912/
For our last concert of our main 2016-17 concert series, MTI is very excited to present a concert by German instrumental/electroacoustic/experimental group TRIONYS.
Doubly excited, in fact, as the concert will include MTI Professor of Composition John Young's newest work, 'Spectral Domains', for piano, violin, percussion & electroacoustics!! Not to be missed!
Exuberantly experimental, TRIONYS break the boundaries between experimental rock, jazz and the avant-garde in a restless pursuit of new music.
Rainer Bürck, keyboards & electronics
Günter Marx, violin & electronics
Martin Bürck, gongs, percussion & electronics
PROGRAMME:
John Young: Spectral Domains (piano, violin, percussion & electroacoustics)
Günter Marx: Ingviosyn (violin & electroacoustics)
Rainer Bürck: Alleluja (acousmatic)
Rainer Bürck: STRINGendo (violin & electroacoustics)
TRIONYS: Protuberanzen (piano, violin, percussion & electroacoustics)
http://www.trionys.de/
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
TRIONYS
Wednesday May 3rd 2017, 7pm, PACE building
https://www.facebook.com/events/667833140090912/
For our last concert of our main 2016-17 concert series, MTI is very excited to present a concert by German instrumental/electroacoustic/experimental group TRIONYS.
Doubly excited, in fact, as the concert will include MTI Professor of Composition John Young's newest work, 'Spectral Domains', for piano, violin, percussion & electroacoustics!! Not to be missed!
Exuberantly experimental, TRIONYS break the boundaries between experimental rock, jazz and the avant-garde in a restless pursuit of new music.
Rainer Bürck, keyboards & electronics
Günter Marx, violin & electronics
Martin Bürck, gongs, percussion & electronics
PROGRAMME:
John Young: Spectral Domains (piano, violin, percussion & electroacoustics)
Günter Marx: Ingviosyn (violin & electroacoustics)
Rainer Bürck: Alleluja (acousmatic)
Rainer Bürck: STRINGendo (violin & electroacoustics)
TRIONYS: Protuberanzen (piano, violin, percussion & electroacoustics)
http://www.trionys.de/
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Monday 27 March 2017
MTI presents: Michal Rataj
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
MICHAL RATAJ
Wednesday April 5th 2017, 7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/712879445539008/
MTI is proud to present a concert by Czech composer Michal Rataj, of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague!
The concert will feature recent works for tape, live electronics, piano, & objects.
www.michalrataj.com
www.radioart.cz
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
MICHAL RATAJ
Wednesday April 5th 2017, 7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/712879445539008/
MTI is proud to present a concert by Czech composer Michal Rataj, of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague!
The concert will feature recent works for tape, live electronics, piano, & objects.
www.michalrataj.com
www.radioart.cz
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Thursday 23 March 2017
MTI presents: MTI goes EMC2
MTI is proud to participate in the EMC2 Festival & Conference: 'Remember the Experimental Music Catalogue', with this very special MTI concert:
MTI goes EMC2
Friday March 24th 2017, 7:30 pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/248265192301358/
MTI staff, students, colleagues and friends, past and present, will explore some of the many connections and relationships we have developed and enjoyed with experimental music over the years.
Works and/or performances by Leigh Landy, John Richards, James Andean, Neal Spowage, Maya Verlaak, Thomas Iliffe, Audrey Riley, Visa Kuoppala, Chris Hobbs, Sam Topley, Rick Nance, & Oliver Farrow.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7:30pm
Note: concert is free to DMU students & staff, and to conference participants; other interested concert-goers will be expected to pay the conference fee. More info here:
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/events/events-calendar/2017/march/emc2-the-experimental-music-catalogue-past-present-and-future.aspx
EMC2 Festival & Conference:
http://www.coma.org/whats-on/events/emc²/
MTI goes EMC2
Friday March 24th 2017, 7:30 pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/248265192301358/
MTI staff, students, colleagues and friends, past and present, will explore some of the many connections and relationships we have developed and enjoyed with experimental music over the years.
Works and/or performances by Leigh Landy, John Richards, James Andean, Neal Spowage, Maya Verlaak, Thomas Iliffe, Audrey Riley, Visa Kuoppala, Chris Hobbs, Sam Topley, Rick Nance, & Oliver Farrow.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7:30pm
Note: concert is free to DMU students & staff, and to conference participants; other interested concert-goers will be expected to pay the conference fee. More info here:
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/events/events-calendar/2017/march/emc2-the-experimental-music-catalogue-past-present-and-future.aspx
EMC2 Festival & Conference:
http://www.coma.org/whats-on/events/emc²/
Friday 17 March 2017
MTI presents: Postgraduate Concert
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
POSTGRADUATE CONCERT
Wednesday March 22nd 2017, 7pm, PACE building
https://www.facebook.com/events/1806007003054159/
A concert of works and performances by some of MTI's many fine postgraduate students, including:
Maya Verlaak
Audrey Riley
Si Waite
Jim Frize
Susanne Grunewald
...& more!
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Thursday 16 March 2017
MTI presents: Thieke/Marino duo
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17#LoveInternational concert series presents:
THIEKE/MARINO DUO
Thursday March 16th, 2017
7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1903677706555619/
Michael Thieke – clarinets
Luigi Marino – zarb, bowed cymbals, objects
The duo Thieke/Marino is an improv group that started in Berlin in 2016. Drawing from a reductionist aesthetic, the dialogue between the two musicians develops from the most unusual and hidden details of sound. Metal resonances and air columns set in vibration inside a clarinet, sounds barely audible emerge from the background to take a predominant role, gradually showing all their potential and unexpected paths to convey intuitive decision making.
http://
http://www.luigimarino.net/about.html
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
THIEKE/MARINO DUO
Thursday March 16th, 2017
7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1903677706555619/
Michael Thieke – clarinets
Luigi Marino – zarb, bowed cymbals, objects
The duo Thieke/Marino is an improv group that started in Berlin in 2016. Drawing from a reductionist aesthetic, the dialogue between the two musicians develops from the most unusual and hidden details of sound. Metal resonances and air columns set in vibration inside a clarinet, sounds barely audible emerge from the background to take a predominant role, gradually showing all their potential and unexpected paths to convey intuitive decision making.
http://
http://www.luigimarino.net/about.html
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Friday 10 March 2017
MTI presents: Experimental Turntablism - James Kelly + Robert Curgenven
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
Experimental Turntablism: James Kelly + Robert Curgenven
Wednesday March 15th, 7pm
Sue Townsend Theatre, 16 Upper Brown Street, Leicester
https://www.facebook.com/events/1280806475346079/
MTI PhD candidate James Kelly is presenting a concert at the Sue Townsend Theatre (old Phoenix). This will be an audio visual show with a headline performance from Australian composer Robert Curgenven.
Further Details:
https://minimaljames.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/experimental-turntablism-on-tour-james-kelly-robert-curgenven/
Robert Curgenven: Speculative Pataphysics
Three turntables, custom-made oscillators, 1930s acetates, custom-cut dubplates and a whole lot of bass - polyrhythmic phasing in light and sound brings your whole body and the surrounding space into a face-melting physical constellation. Projections powered directly by the sound use Edwin Land's (inventor of Polaroid sunglasses and Polaroid photography) work with colour shadows to create a head-wrecking synaesthetic experience with the spontaneous production of colours and patterns which may or may not be there. Warning: flickering lights, loud sounds, strong low frequency pressure.
Robert Curgenven is an Australian artist living in Cork, Ireland who sculpts air with sound. His work uses sound as a physical field of perception to encourage us to consider our physical experience of sound through our bodies, the space they inhabit and also the psychological shaping of time and duration by the auditory. For him sound is weather and his work entreats us to feel and hear air. His live performances, installations and album releases span pipe organ through to feedback, immersive resonances via turntables and custom-made vinyl, as well as carefully detailed field recordings from remote areas in Australia where he lived for many years. The Wire surmises that “behind the music lurk such [disparate] presences as Alvin Lucier, King Tubby, Murray Schafer and Eliane Radigue.”
From beginnings 35 years ago as a classically trained organist the past ten years have seen him release work on labels such as LINE, The Tapeworm, Winds Measure and his own Recorded Fields Editions. Curgenven has performed extensively across Australia and Europe, including Maerzmusik festival (Berlin), TodaysArt festival (Den Haag), Ultrahang Festival (Budapest), Sonic Acts (Amsterdam), Cork Film Festival, Lausanne Underground Film/Music Festival, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art (Gdansk), Leipzig Gallery for Cont. Art, Northern Territory Centre for Cont. Art (Darwin) as well as residencies in Milan (O’), Venice (Forte Marghera), Rotterdam (Worm), Berlin (Transit Lounge) and Alice Springs (Art/Land/Culture). He has presented sound, audiovisual and sculptural work in group exhibitions for Transmediale (Berlin), 10 Years of Microsound (Diapason Gallery, New York), National Film & Sound Archive (Australia) and galleries throughout Australia & Europe including National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) and a solo exhibition at Centre for Contemporary Art, Torun (Poland).
http://recordedfields.net/
James Kelly
As a turntablist for the last 15 years, James Kelly's music explores the remixing of vinyl using DJ scratch techniques for the creation of new music. The project presented at the Sue Townsend Theatre takes his compositional approach in new directions by utilising a disc cutting lathe - a machine which is traditionally used in the manufacture of records. The mechanism and limitations of the lathe itself are used as an artistic tool to shape the music. The performance is created using three turntables to mix music which Kelly has cut to vinyl using a range of experimental disc cutting techniques that alter the timbre of sound recordings. Part performance, part exhibition, the work is presented is an audio visual performance in collaboration with The Lab Visuals. Live video feeds are mixed together making the compositional process accessible to the audience.
In 2009 Kelly was selected by UK Young Artists to represent the UK at the Young Artists Biennale in Skoje, Macedonia. Other notable performances include; Tate Modern, Modern Art Oxford, New Art Exchange, Nottingham and The Avenue Gallery, Northampton.
https://minimaljames.wordpress.com/
Experimental Turntablism: James Kelly + Robert Curgenven
Wednesday March 15th, 7pm
Sue Townsend Theatre, 16 Upper Brown Street, Leicester
https://www.facebook.com/events/1280806475346079/
MTI PhD candidate James Kelly is presenting a concert at the Sue Townsend Theatre (old Phoenix). This will be an audio visual show with a headline performance from Australian composer Robert Curgenven.
Further Details:
https://minimaljames.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/experimental-turntablism-on-tour-james-kelly-robert-curgenven/
Robert Curgenven: Speculative Pataphysics
Three turntables, custom-made oscillators, 1930s acetates, custom-cut dubplates and a whole lot of bass - polyrhythmic phasing in light and sound brings your whole body and the surrounding space into a face-melting physical constellation. Projections powered directly by the sound use Edwin Land's (inventor of Polaroid sunglasses and Polaroid photography) work with colour shadows to create a head-wrecking synaesthetic experience with the spontaneous production of colours and patterns which may or may not be there. Warning: flickering lights, loud sounds, strong low frequency pressure.
Robert Curgenven is an Australian artist living in Cork, Ireland who sculpts air with sound. His work uses sound as a physical field of perception to encourage us to consider our physical experience of sound through our bodies, the space they inhabit and also the psychological shaping of time and duration by the auditory. For him sound is weather and his work entreats us to feel and hear air. His live performances, installations and album releases span pipe organ through to feedback, immersive resonances via turntables and custom-made vinyl, as well as carefully detailed field recordings from remote areas in Australia where he lived for many years. The Wire surmises that “behind the music lurk such [disparate] presences as Alvin Lucier, King Tubby, Murray Schafer and Eliane Radigue.”
From beginnings 35 years ago as a classically trained organist the past ten years have seen him release work on labels such as LINE, The Tapeworm, Winds Measure and his own Recorded Fields Editions. Curgenven has performed extensively across Australia and Europe, including Maerzmusik festival (Berlin), TodaysArt festival (Den Haag), Ultrahang Festival (Budapest), Sonic Acts (Amsterdam), Cork Film Festival, Lausanne Underground Film/Music Festival, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art (Gdansk), Leipzig Gallery for Cont. Art, Northern Territory Centre for Cont. Art (Darwin) as well as residencies in Milan (O’), Venice (Forte Marghera), Rotterdam (Worm), Berlin (Transit Lounge) and Alice Springs (Art/Land/Culture). He has presented sound, audiovisual and sculptural work in group exhibitions for Transmediale (Berlin), 10 Years of Microsound (Diapason Gallery, New York), National Film & Sound Archive (Australia) and galleries throughout Australia & Europe including National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) and a solo exhibition at Centre for Contemporary Art, Torun (Poland).
http://recordedfields.net/
James Kelly
As a turntablist for the last 15 years, James Kelly's music explores the remixing of vinyl using DJ scratch techniques for the creation of new music. The project presented at the Sue Townsend Theatre takes his compositional approach in new directions by utilising a disc cutting lathe - a machine which is traditionally used in the manufacture of records. The mechanism and limitations of the lathe itself are used as an artistic tool to shape the music. The performance is created using three turntables to mix music which Kelly has cut to vinyl using a range of experimental disc cutting techniques that alter the timbre of sound recordings. Part performance, part exhibition, the work is presented is an audio visual performance in collaboration with The Lab Visuals. Live video feeds are mixed together making the compositional process accessible to the audience.
In 2009 Kelly was selected by UK Young Artists to represent the UK at the Young Artists Biennale in Skoje, Macedonia. Other notable performances include; Tate Modern, Modern Art Oxford, New Art Exchange, Nottingham and The Avenue Gallery, Northampton.
https://minimaljames.wordpress.com/
Tuesday 7 March 2017
MTI presents: Sonic Spaces - Mantis & MVG
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
Sonic Spaces - MANTIS & MVG
Wednesday March 8th 2017, 7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/487455868309692/
This project represents an exploration and discovery of sonic spaces with the bass clarinet center stage. Each piece takes its own shape and occupies a unique place in sonic space. Engage personally and emotionally in its sounds, but also understand the objective acoustic nature of each work. The sole aim is to create a point of departure, in order to provide and generate dialogue, discussion, and a way forward towards refinement and reinvention.
MVG presents works from her latest program ‘SS:ARs’ in which composers from NOVARS, the electroacoustic music department at the University of Manchester, & Mantis Manchester, bring you the cutting edge of research in the creation of electroacoustic sounds and music.
Music by Haruka Hirayama, Julián Ávila, Richard Scott, Falk Morawitz, Rosalía Soria, and Ricardo Climent
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Sonic Spaces - MANTIS & MVG
Wednesday March 8th 2017, 7pm, PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/487455868309692/
This project represents an exploration and discovery of sonic spaces with the bass clarinet center stage. Each piece takes its own shape and occupies a unique place in sonic space. Engage personally and emotionally in its sounds, but also understand the objective acoustic nature of each work. The sole aim is to create a point of departure, in order to provide and generate dialogue, discussion, and a way forward towards refinement and reinvention.
MVG presents works from her latest program ‘SS:ARs’ in which composers from NOVARS, the electroacoustic music department at the University of Manchester, & Mantis Manchester, bring you the cutting edge of research in the creation of electroacoustic sounds and music.
Music by Haruka Hirayama, Julián Ávila, Richard Scott, Falk Morawitz, Rosalía Soria, and Ricardo Climent
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Thursday 2 March 2017
MTI presents: Visible Bits, Audible Bytes 2017
MTI proudly presents the grand finale of our Enhancement Week 2017:
VISIBLE BITS, AUDIBLE BYTES 2017
Friday March 3rd 2017, 6pm
Phoenix, 4 Midland Street Leicester
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/visible-bits-audible-bytes-17/
The eighth annual Visible Bits, Audible Bytes brings stunning, genre-breaking audiovisual art to Phoenix. Stimulate the eye and the ear with fusions of new and old technologies that redefine the potentials of contemporary audiovisual art.
This year's event will include works by guest artist Bob Coburn (University of the Pacific, California), whose audiovisual productions reflect his passion for Japanese traditional music and arts. The programme will also feature works by Miriam Boucher (Canada), Line Katcho (France), Diego Capoccitti (Italy), Matthew Schoen (Canada/Holland), Raven Kwok/Karma Fields (China/USA), and Bret Battey (USA/UK).
Presented by DMU’s Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre.
Image credit: Raven Kwok / Karma Fields, 'Sweat'
VISIBLE BITS, AUDIBLE BYTES 2017
Friday March 3rd 2017, 6pm
Phoenix, 4 Midland Street Leicester
http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/visible-bits-audible-bytes-17/
The eighth annual Visible Bits, Audible Bytes brings stunning, genre-breaking audiovisual art to Phoenix. Stimulate the eye and the ear with fusions of new and old technologies that redefine the potentials of contemporary audiovisual art.
This year's event will include works by guest artist Bob Coburn (University of the Pacific, California), whose audiovisual productions reflect his passion for Japanese traditional music and arts. The programme will also feature works by Miriam Boucher (Canada), Line Katcho (France), Diego Capoccitti (Italy), Matthew Schoen (Canada/Holland), Raven Kwok/Karma Fields (China/USA), and Bret Battey (USA/UK).
Presented by DMU’s Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre.
Image credit: Raven Kwok / Karma Fields, 'Sweat'
Friday @ MTI Enhancement Week: Music Industry Info Share
An exciting opportunity for Music Tech students, as part of MTI Enhancement Week:
'Music Industry Info Share’, Friday March 3rd 10:00-4:30, The Venue - DETAILS:
10am Morning session signup;
10:30am - 12noon
Room A - Tony Platt - Production & mix clinic.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-industry-info-share-to…
Room A - Tony Platt - Production & mix clinic.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-industry-info-share-to…
Room B - Mark Cousins - Sound for picture in advertising.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-industry-info-share-ma…
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-industry-info-share-ma…
1:30pm Afternoon session signup;
2pm-3:30pm
Room A(B) - Industry insight Q&A
Alumni Guests:
Tom Bacon, Ioana Barbu, Thomas Dodds, Antony James
Industry Guests:
Tony Platt & Mark Cousins
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-industry-info-share-al…
Room A(B) - Industry insight Q&A
Alumni Guests:
Tom Bacon, Ioana Barbu, Thomas Dodds, Antony James
Industry Guests:
Tony Platt & Mark Cousins
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-industry-info-share-al…
3:30-4:30
Room A & B - Refreshments and networking. Prize draw for work experience/shadowing days.
All attendees will be entered to a prize draw to win:
Day work placements at:
- Bauer Media Recording Studios located in London.
Exciting opportunity to assist alumna Ioana Barbu producing and engineering sessions for varied station outputs.
- BBC Music Research and Development in London.
Exciting opportunity to assist alumnus Tom Dodds in developing/testing new online mixing tools and see the workings behind Six Music.
- Travel expenses will be covered by the University.
Room A & B - Refreshments and networking. Prize draw for work experience/shadowing days.
All attendees will be entered to a prize draw to win:
Day work placements at:
- Bauer Media Recording Studios located in London.
Exciting opportunity to assist alumna Ioana Barbu producing and engineering sessions for varied station outputs.
- BBC Music Research and Development in London.
Exciting opportunity to assist alumnus Tom Dodds in developing/testing new online mixing tools and see the workings behind Six Music.
- Travel expenses will be covered by the University.
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Thursday @ MTI Enhancement Week: Three masterclasses
Thursday March 2nd @ MTI's Enhancement Week events: three exciting masterclasses!
MORNING:
- Petros Galanakis: Composition/Production of Psychedelic Trance Masterclass, 10am-1pm, Queens 1.33
AFTERNOON:
- Bob Coburn: Audiovisual Masterclass, 2-5pm, Clephan 00.16
- Tim Hall: Electric Guitar Recording Masterclass, 2pm-5pm, Queens 1.29a-c.
...And, don't forget to attend the MOBILISE! concert, tonight (Wednesday) 7pm in PACE!
MORNING:
- Petros Galanakis: Composition/Production of Psychedelic Trance Masterclass, 10am-1pm, Queens 1.33
AFTERNOON:
- Bob Coburn: Audiovisual Masterclass, 2-5pm, Clephan 00.16
- Tim Hall: Electric Guitar Recording Masterclass, 2pm-5pm, Queens 1.29a-c.
...And, don't forget to attend the MOBILISE! concert, tonight (Wednesday) 7pm in PACE!
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Wednesday: MOBILISE! conference & concert
MTI's Enhancement Week activities continue tomorrow (Wednesday): with the Mobilise! conference (10am-5pm) and concert (7pm), both in PACE:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1795492740703351/
MOBILISE Conference Wednesday 1 March, 10 am – 5pm
Discussions, presentations, demos featuring artists, developers and researchers exploring music, mobility and new sonic arts practice.
Norbert Schnell (Ircam, FR) Mobiles, participation and music performance.
Peter Sinclair/Elena Biserna (Locus Sonus, FR) Exploring, moving and mixing sound environments.
Frauke Behrendt (University of Brighton, UK) Sound, mobility and the Internet of Things.
Jakob Haq (SWE) Q&A with YouTube vlogger and mobile musician HaQ AttaQ.
Aneek Thapar (Ninja Tune, UK) Developing the Ninja Jamm app, workflow issues + some cool tips and tricks.
MOBILISE Performance Wednesday 1 March, 7pm – 9pm
Evening concert with IRCAM, DMU post-grad and MTI /MTIP students.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1795492740703351/
MOBILISE Conference Wednesday 1 March, 10 am – 5pm
Discussions, presentations, demos featuring artists, developers and researchers exploring music, mobility and new sonic arts practice.
Norbert Schnell (Ircam, FR) Mobiles, participation and music performance.
Peter Sinclair/Elena Biserna (Locus Sonus, FR) Exploring, moving and mixing sound environments.
Frauke Behrendt (University of Brighton, UK) Sound, mobility and the Internet of Things.
Jakob Haq (SWE) Q&A with YouTube vlogger and mobile musician HaQ AttaQ.
Aneek Thapar (Ninja Tune, UK) Developing the Ninja Jamm app, workflow issues + some cool tips and tricks.
MOBILISE Performance Wednesday 1 March, 7pm – 9pm
Evening concert with IRCAM, DMU post-grad and MTI /MTIP students.
Monday 27 February 2017
MTI Enhancement Week: Tuesday - MOBILISE! Hackathon
MTI's Enhancement Week activities continue on Tuesday February 28th, with the MOBILISE! Hackathon - 10am-4pm, Clephan 00.17.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1795492740703351/
Participants will design and program a simple performance mobile app using the Soundworks framework. No programming experience required!
A workshop for the CoSiMa web audio application with IRCAM's Norbert Schnell and Benjamin Matuszewski.
IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music), Paris, is one of the world’s most leading centres for electronic music, and this will be the first time their delegates have ever performed outside of London.
Then join us on Wednesday for the Mobilise Conference & evening concert!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1795492740703351/
Participants will design and program a simple performance mobile app using the Soundworks framework. No programming experience required!
A workshop for the CoSiMa web audio application with IRCAM's Norbert Schnell and Benjamin Matuszewski.
IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music), Paris, is one of the world’s most leading centres for electronic music, and this will be the first time their delegates have ever performed outside of London.
Then join us on Wednesday for the Mobilise Conference & evening concert!
Sunday 26 February 2017
MTI Enhancement Week - Monday: Town and Gown - A Leicester Music Extravaganza!
MTI's 2017 Enhancement Week activities kick off on Monday, with a student event at the Music Cafe!
Doors open 7pm - performers include Siobhan Mazzei, Timmas, The Whiskey Rebellion, Bitter Pill, Mitchell Underwood (DJ Set), Jack Cahill, House of Verse & Kait Baker-Smith
2Funky Music Cafe, 23A New Park Street, LE3 5NHo Leicester, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/558233691035386/
Doors open 7pm - performers include Siobhan Mazzei, Timmas, The Whiskey Rebellion, Bitter Pill, Mitchell Underwood (DJ Set), Jack Cahill, House of Verse & Kait Baker-Smith
2Funky Music Cafe, 23A New Park Street, LE3 5NHo Leicester, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/558233691035386/
Monday 13 February 2017
MTI/Music Tech presents: Enhancement Week!
MTI/Music Technology have planned a whopper of an Enhancement Week this year, with a full week of events, including workshops, masterclasses, conferences, student performances, industry networking events, capped with the annual VBAB at the Phoenix.
Join us for as much as you can, and do pass the information along to any and all who might be interested. It's going to be a great week!
Here's the full listing:
MTI Events, Enhancement Week February 27th - March 3rd 2017:
Monday February 27th:
- ‘Town and Gown - A Leicester Music Extravaganza!’, 7pm, 2Funky Music Cafe (23A New Park Street)
Tuesday February 28th:
- MOBILISE Hackathon 10 am – 4pm, Clephan 00.17
Wednesday March 1st:
- MOBILISE Conference 10 am – 5pm, PACE
- MOBILISE Performance 7pm – 9pm, PACE
Thursday March 2nd:
- Petros Galanakis: Composition/Production of Psychedelic Trance Masterclass, 10am-1pm, Queens 1.33
- Tim Hall: Electric Guitar Recording Masterclass, 2pm-5pm, Queens 1.29a-c.
- Bob Coburn: Audiovisual Masterclass, 2-5pm, Clephan 00.16
Friday March 3rd:
- 'Music Industry Info Share', 10:00 - 4:30, The Venue (details below)
- Visual Bits Audible Bytes, 6pm, Phoenix
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'Music Industry Info Share’, Friday March 3rd 10:00-4:30, The Venue - DETAILS:
10am Morning session signup;
10:30am - 12noon
Room A - Tony Platt - Production & mix clinic.
Room B - Mark Cousins - Sound for picture in advertising.
1:30pm Afternoon session signup;
2pm-3:30pm
Room A(B) - Industry insight Q&A
Alumni Guests:
Tom Bacon, Ioana Barbu, Thomas Dodds, Antony James
Industry Guests:
Tony Platt & Mark Cousins
3:30-4:30
Room A & B - Refreshments and networking. Prize draw for work experience/shadowing days.
All attendees will be entered to a prize draw to win:
Day work placements at:
- Bauer Media Recording Studios located in London.
Exciting opportunity to assist alumna Ioana Barbu producing and engineering sessions for varied station outputs.
- BBC Music Research and Development in London.
Exciting opportunity to assist alumnus Tom Dodds in developing/testing new online mixing tools and see the workings behind Six Music.
- Travel expenses will be covered by the University.
Friday 3 February 2017
MTI presents: Audrey Riley & James Woodrow - Performance/talk: Work In Progress
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
Audrey Riley with James Woodrow: Performance/talk - Work In Progress.
Wednesday February 15th 2017, 4pm
***NOTE! Early start time, & venue - Trinity House Chapel***
https://www.facebook.com/events/149022295602960/
A lecture/performance by cellist Audrey Riley and guitarist James Woodrow. Works of experimental music from the New York School: Earle Brown, Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff
Trinity House Chapel, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
Start time 4pm
Free entry
Audrey Riley with James Woodrow: Performance/talk - Work In Progress.
Wednesday February 15th 2017, 4pm
***NOTE! Early start time, & venue - Trinity House Chapel***
https://www.facebook.com/events/149022295602960/
A lecture/performance by cellist Audrey Riley and guitarist James Woodrow. Works of experimental music from the New York School: Earle Brown, Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff
Trinity House Chapel, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
Start time 4pm
Free entry
Monday 30 January 2017
New from MTI's John Richards: Polytik synth!
"Dirty Electronics’ John Richards and graphic designer Jack Featherstone have created a new hand held synth"
http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/45334/new-modular-synth-set-to-hit-the-market
"A new hand held synth called Polytik is about to go public. The hybrid analogue/digital device was designed by Dirty Electronics’ John Richards and designer Jack Featherstone in collaboration with Artists & Engineers production and technology studio. It will be available as four separate colour-coded modules: blue (Core) is a sequencer, programmer and mixer; red (VCO) features voltage controlled feedback and voltage controlled oscillator; black (combi) features the same as red and includes filtering; and yellow (noise) has a noise generator, patchable feedback networks as well as VCF.
“Polytik is born out of a DIY ethos and the maker community,” state the manufacturers. “It uses open-source hardware and encourages users to make new modules and hacks, but Polytik has been crafted into something very different – a series of beautifully designed objects in their own right.”
The Core module is loaded with 30 pre-programmed sequences and more modules can be added. Furthermore there is a Golden Chip special edition pack which comes with an additional 20 sequences programmed by John Richards and a further 10 sequences with interviews and comments embedded in the code from musicians and artists including: Simian Mobile Disco, Mark Fell, Frieder Nake and Nik Colk Void & Gabe Gurnsey aka Factory Floor. The first modules will be available to buy this spring and available for pre-order via a Kickstarter campaign set for launch on 31 January. London Modular will also hold workshops with the synths. Details yet to be confirmed."
http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/45334/new-modular-synth-set-to-hit-the-market
“Polytik is born out of a DIY ethos and the maker community,” state the manufacturers. “It uses open-source hardware and encourages users to make new modules and hacks, but Polytik has been crafted into something very different – a series of beautifully designed objects in their own right.”
The Core module is loaded with 30 pre-programmed sequences and more modules can be added. Furthermore there is a Golden Chip special edition pack which comes with an additional 20 sequences programmed by John Richards and a further 10 sequences with interviews and comments embedded in the code from musicians and artists including: Simian Mobile Disco, Mark Fell, Frieder Nake and Nik Colk Void & Gabe Gurnsey aka Factory Floor. The first modules will be available to buy this spring and available for pre-order via a Kickstarter campaign set for launch on 31 January. London Modular will also hold workshops with the synths. Details yet to be confirmed."
Friday 27 January 2017
MTI congratulates doctoral graduate Neal Spowage
"CLASS OF 2017: Graduating with a PhD is music to Neal's ears"
"Almost 20 years after first setting foot on campus, Neal Spowage is delighted to have scored a doctorate from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)."
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2017/january/class-of-2017-graduating-with-a-phd-is-music-to-neal's-ears.aspx
"Almost 20 years after first setting foot on campus, Neal Spowage is delighted to have scored a doctorate from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)."
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2017/january/class-of-2017-graduating-with-a-phd-is-music-to-neal's-ears.aspx
Wednesday 25 January 2017
MTI presents: Vibez Project
The De Montfort University Music, Technology & Innovation 2016-17 #LoveInternational concert series presents:
Vibez Project: Vibraphone & Electronics feat. Simon Limbrick
Wednesday February 1st, 7pm, DMU PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/719794218185246/
A very special concert, featuring outstanding percussionist Simon Limbrick and the UK premiere of a new work by MTI's very own Bret Battey!
A performance-based project focused on the vibraphone, incorporating extended playing techniques, alternative compositional processes and technologies, including responsorial sound, visual media and sound diffusion. Each of the works in the programme explore a different approach to composing for the vibraphone.
Works by Battey, Limbrick, Stockhausen, Carpenter, Stewart, Vitkauskaite, Owen, & White.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Vibez Project: Vibraphone & Electronics feat. Simon Limbrick
Wednesday February 1st, 7pm, DMU PACE
https://www.facebook.com/events/719794218185246/
A very special concert, featuring outstanding percussionist Simon Limbrick and the UK premiere of a new work by MTI's very own Bret Battey!
A performance-based project focused on the vibraphone, incorporating extended playing techniques, alternative compositional processes and technologies, including responsorial sound, visual media and sound diffusion. Each of the works in the programme explore a different approach to composing for the vibraphone.
Works by Battey, Limbrick, Stockhausen, Carpenter, Stewart, Vitkauskaite, Owen, & White.
PACE building, Richmond Street, Leicester UK, LE2 7BQ
Start time 7pm
Free entry
Tuesday 24 January 2017
MTI celebrates: 50 Years of John Richards
MTI's first concert of 2017 was a celebration of '50 Years of John Richards', our beloved colleague, teacher, and friend. The concert included new works composed for the occasion by Leigh Landy, Andrew Hugill, and James Andean, as well as a wonderful range of performances from MTI staff and students, past and present, including the Man of the Hour himself.
Here are a few photographs from the evening:
Here are a few photographs from the evening:
Sunday 15 January 2017
Wednesday January 18th: MTI presents A Very Special Concert Extravaganza!
This coming Wednesday, January 18th, will be the first MTI concert of 2017!
It's a very special one, with performances by staff and students, past and present, and plenty of surprises. Don't miss it!
https://www.facebook.com/events/342072499518972/
PACE building, start time 7pm. Free entry.
It's a very special one, with performances by staff and students, past and present, and plenty of surprises. Don't miss it!
https://www.facebook.com/events/342072499518972/
PACE building, start time 7pm. Free entry.
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