The School of Arts and Humanitiesthree days of Sonic Art, Electroacoustic Music and Live Electronics hosted by the Sonic Art Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University.
Taking place:
Richard Hamilton Building, Headington Hill Campus, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP.
25th-27th February 2010
An exciting and eclectic mix of contemporary and experimental music, including performances from ensembles Okeanos & [rout], pianist Catherine Laws, Dutch composer and flute virtuoso Jos Zwaanenburg, Diego Garro and improvising duo exquisite corpse. The event also features installation work from Stephen Cornford, alongside a sonic tuck shop and disfunctional disco.
There's a call for short electroacoustic, computer music, and sound art works here.
schedule
all of the events are taking place on the Headington Hill Campus. Directions can be found here.
25-02-2010
1800 Richard Hamilton Building Lower Foyer:
Launch event including a Disfunctional DJ set from Lisa Busby and a Sonic Food Stall with Felicity Ford.
1930 Drama Studio: Jos Zwaanenberg - flute & electronics
Brookes International Visiting Fellow Jos Zwaanenberg performs works developed with the Sonic Art Research Unit for flute and live electronics. Featuring Stephen Cornford, Paul Dibley, Efthymios Chatzigiannis & Paul Whitty.
26-02-2010
1400 Richard Hamilton Building RHB07: Catherine Laws - Piano & Other Things
By turns explosive, playful and meditative, works by Yannis Kyriakides and Donnacha Dennehy are performed alongside pieces composed for Catherine by Juliana Hodkinson, Edward Jessen and David Prior, exploring the expressive vibrancy of the piano; sometimes in dramatic interplay with other sounds...
1700 Drama Studio: 60 x 60
1900 Drama Studio: Exquisite Corpse
Improvising electric guitar duo David Arrowsmith and Paul Newland bring their distinctive experimental sound to Oxford.
2015 Drama Studio: Okeanos and [rout]
Traditional Japanese instruments the shakuhachi, koto, sho and shamisen are conmbined with amplified instruments and live electronics in performances of work by Nick Fells, Ryusuke Koarashi, paul Newland & Paul Whitty.
27-02-2010
1500 Drama Studio: Diffusion event including a rare performance of Alvin Lucier's Gentle Fire.
Felicity Ford gives a rare performance of Alvin Lucier's extraordinary text work Gentle Fire alongside electro-acoustic works from students of Oxford Brookes University.
1830 Drama Studio: Diego Garro pre-concert talk.
1930 Drama Studio: Diego Garro Concert.
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