February, 2012

Weekly Sound Colloquium: Phono+Photo panel discussion on Wednesday, February 29

Posted in Events, Listen, Visiting Artists on Monday, February 27th, 2012

*NOTE: This week’s colloquium is NOT in room 522, 112 Michigan. Phono+Photo, a panel discussion on the development of non-music sound recording as an art form. Co-hosted by the Departments of Sculpture and Sound, the discussion compares the evolution of environmental, non-music sound recording, or phonography, to the historical development of photography. Panelists include Bill [...]



Weekly Colloquium – Wednesday, February 22: Tom Buckner

Posted in Events, Visiting Artists on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

This week our guest is Tom Buckner. “For more than 40 years, baritone Thomas Buckner has dedicated himself to the world of new and improvised music. Buckner has collaborated with a host of new music composers including Robert Ashley, Noah Creshevsky, Tom Hamilton, Earl Howard, Matthias Kaul, Leroy Jenkins, Bun Ching Lam, Annea Lockwood, Roscoe [...]



Kyle Evans wins 2nd prize in Guthman competition | Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology

Posted in News on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

SAIC (MFA 2011) alum Kyle Evans wins 2nd prize with James Connolly in Guthman competition. Inventor-composers from nine countries came to discuss their ideas and perform on their instruments. The ideas were evaluated for musicality, design and engineering by an expert panel including Atau Tanaka, media artist and researcher, Cyril Lance, chief engineer at electronic [...]



Call for Submissions for Artistic, Scientific, and Scholarly papers and presentations to The Global Composition Conference

Posted in Call for Works, Events, Opportunities on Sunday, February 12th, 2012

You are invited to submit your scholarly, scientific and/or artistic proposals on sound related topics and issues. The Global Composition Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment Darmstadt/Media Campus Dieburg (Hochschule Darmstadt), July 25-28, 2012 (near Frankfurt Airport) Info: http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/index.html Call: http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/call.html Deadline for submission: March 1, 2012 Notification: April 20, 2012 Proposals are invited [...]



Dept of Sound Spring 2012 Weekly Colloquium schedule

Posted in Current Grad Students, Events, Visiting Artists on Friday, February 10th, 2012

Department of Sound Weekly Colloquium Spring 2012 Wednesdays at 4:15. Room 522, 5th Floor 112 South Michigan unless noted February 22: Tom Buckner (singer, Robert Ashley Ensemble, etc.) February 29: Bill Fontana phonography roundtable discussion (Leonardson) March 12: Keith Fullerman Whitman (special edition Monday colloquium) March 14: Jaap Blonk March 21: (day before Spring Break [...]