NYU-TV will broadcast Sons Etouffes at Skirball Centre, NY on March 8th 2010

NYU-TV has agreed to videotape Climent's Sons Etouffes performance on March 8th at the Skirball, NY concert for distribution on the web and NYU-TV.



Venue: Skirball Center at New York University (Map) New York, USA

Date: Monday, 8 March 2010 - 8:00 PM

Presenter: Skirball Center, NEW YORK
New York University Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jerry Steichen
Electroncis run by Izzi Ramkissoon

Programme:
Ricardo Climent: Sons Etouffes
Igor Stravinsky: Pétrouchka
David Newman

Listen to Sons Etouffes (JOGV Orchestra conducted by Manuel Galduf) excerpt one, excerpt two, excerpt three
Read the score ; read programme notes
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New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is the premier venue for the presentation of cultural and performing arts events for NYU and lower Manhattan. Since opening in 2003, the 860-seat Skirball Center has been an educational and community building resource, providing NYU's first large-scale, professional performance space on campus. Through university events, presentations, and partnerships, the Skirball Center offers a unique multi-arts performance program in its intimate proscenium theater located on the south of Washington Square in the heart of Greenwich Village.

Music, theater, and dance have a rich history in Greenwich Village. NYU Skirball Center continues this tradition of creativity and artistic discovery with a broad range of compelling performance events at affordable ticket prices for the NYU community and our neighbors in an evolving lower Mahattan. The Center is committed to the University's role "in and of the world," and works closely with cultural partners to reflect its global urban home by presenting a variety of voices in many different languages. Above all, the Skirball Center is a reflection of NYU's commitment to education in, and through, the performing arts.

New Music presented by NOVARS Resident Performer Trio ATEM - 26th February 2010

Friday 26th February 2010

Trio Atem - Made in Manchester

Trio Atem Made in Manchester
Gavin Osborn ; Nina Whiteman ; Alice Purton

The dynamic & versatile trio perform commissions by composers with strong links to Manchester, including premieres by Ian Vine, Camden Reeves, Richard Whalley & Chris Swithinbank, alongside recent works by Nina Whiteman & Mic Spencer.

Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Time: 17:30
Admission Price: FREE

Cello & Electronics workshop at NOVARS- by Francesco Dillon by Composers Kumiko Omura, Mauricio Pauly and Sam Salem

Francesco Dillon © web.pacific.edu


Kumiko Omura © photo composer

NOVARS Research Centre; Studio Cluster
26 Feb 2010 from 2:15 to 3:45 pm
Available for Music students at Manchester University only (reduced sapce)
Composers and performers will discuss methodologies and compositional pirouettes of the pieces presented at the MANTIS Festival concert on Saturday 27th February 2010. For more click here

Matinee @ NOVARS by Andrew Garbett- 25th February 2010

Pictured above Composer Andrew Garbett during his matinee. © NOVARS

Andrew Garbett opted for a critical listening session, introducing a wide range of musical works such as; Stockhausen's Octophonie (music of Tuesday from Light); and works by Phil Kline; Otomo Joshihide; Australian Jon Rose; and composer Paul Dolden among others.

'Andrew is a highly versatile composer whose experience ranges from composing solo, chamber, choral, orchestral and electroacoustic music for the concert hall, to writing music for dance, film, and youth ensembles.His music ranges from highly experimental avant-garde works through to very accessible music in a wide range of genres. Andrew studied with Adam Gorb, Paul Patterson and Anthony Gilbert at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK)' © composer's website

MANTIS FESTIVAL: 27th February 2010 - Francesco Dillon -works for cello and electronics

Concert will be preceeded by a workshop on Friday 26th at the NOVARS Research Centre. Presented by Francesco Dillon, Kumiko Omura, Mauricio Pauly and Sam Salem. Please note that attendance to this workshop is only possible for Music students at University of Manchester, UK. Limited forum.

1st MANTIS BATTLE VIDEO of joint piece: Theme - 'SOS Planet Earth: THINK!!'

1st MANTIS Battle of Gestures and Textures (20th Feburary 2010) from NOVARS Research Centre on Vimeo.

Pictured above: Gavin Osborn, the master of ceremonies at the Battle

1st MANTIS Battle of Gestures and Textures; 20th Feb. 2010

more? click here

11 February 2010- Research Seminar with Adam Melvin

Composers' Forum with Adam Melvin - ‘Composing an Installation: Visual and Visuo-Spatial Processes in Musical Composition’

Date: 11 February 2010
Time: 4.15 pm
Place: G16 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. University of Manchester, UK

Born in Manchester, Adam Melvin studied music at the Queens University of Belfast where he specialised in composition, under Piers Hellawell and performance (saxophone). After graduating, he won a Countess of Munster scholarship to study composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London in 2000, where he completed a Masters under the tutorship of Malcolm Singer, winning the Tracey Chadwell prize for composition for voice for his song cycle, ‘Iathghlas’. Adam will also participate at the 1st MANTIS Battle of Improvised Music the following week.
For more, visit the CMC website here

MANTIS FESTIVAL 20 - 21 February + 27 February 2010

PROGRAMME:

Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester [*] , UK & Nexus Cafe [**]

Saturday 20 February 2010 at 7:30 pm [*]

[ ] First MANTIS Battle of Gestures and Textures: Voice, acoustic instruments and electronics

Sunday 21 February 2010 at 2:00 pm [*]

[ ] Acousmatic Concert: Works performed on the MANTIS sound diffusion system.

Through-out the Festival (20-21 Nov) [*]

[ ] Audio-Visual Works Selected from the MANTIS Call for Works

Saturday 27 February 2010 at 7:00 pm [**]

[ ] Francesco Dillon (Cello) & guests

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PROGRAMME DETAILS:


Saturday 20 February 2010 at 7:30 pm
[ ] First MANTIS Battle of Gestures and Textures: Voice, acoustic instruments and electronics

With Gavin Osborne, Nina Whiteman, intrepid music students and great music improvisers from Manchester and beyond. Music trios selected on the spot will improvise in a battle of gestures and textures. Do not miss it!


INSTRUMENTS:
- Gavin Osborn - Flute / Bass flute
- Nina Whiteman - Voice
- Andreas Mniestris - Alto sax
- Philip Marks - Percussion /Drums
- Irma Catalina -Found objects; percussion
- Adam Melvin - Saxophone, double bass
- Rob Bentall - Double bass, electric guitar
- Camilo Salazar - Colombian bagpipe, electric guitar and pedals
- Chris Swithinbank - Cello
- Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos - Electric Guitar and custom-made EFX

LAPTOPS & Electronic Gear
- Mark Pilkington - (Synth keyboard)
- Richard Scott - (Buchla Synth)
- Panos Amelides (laptop)
- Ricardo Climent (laptop)
- Josh Kopeček - Piano and Laptop
- Oliver Carman (laptop and original sounds) - patch provided by the SpliceGirls (Diana Simpson and Manuella Blackburn)
- Rodrigo Costanzo (tbc!) - handheld electronics

Text /Programme notes
Esperanza Rodriguez

Technical team
Andy Davison, Ricardo Climent, Alexis Guneratne, Sam Salem, David Berezan

Software for the roulette
Sam Salem
New: See/hear video!

1st MANTIS Battle of Gestures and Textures (20th Feburary 2010) from NOVARS Research Centre on Vimeo.

Sunday 21 February 2010 at 2:00 pm

[ ] Acousmatic Concert: Works performed on the MANTIS sound diffusion system.

Programme:
Oliver Carman - SAXY! – 8' 40 (2010)
Chris Swithinbank -Para cruzar el sueño – 4' 44 (2010)
Panos Amelidis - Etude 1 – 3' 00 (2010)
Richard Scott - Ghosts of the Gamecock – 5' 00 (2010)
Manuella Blackburn - Spectral Spaces – 10' 41 (2008)
Panos Amelidis - Etude 2 – 5' 36 (2010)
Irma Catalina Alvarez - D-espacio – 2' 44 (2010)
Barry Truax - Chalice Well – 14' 00 (2009)


£4 full/£2 concessions for each concert


Special Festival 2-concert rate: £6/£3
University of Manchester Music Students admitted free


Through-out the Festival

[ ] Audio-Visual Works Selected from the MANTIS Call for Works:

1) Laurie Radford – Filing

2) Antonio Scarcia – A un tempo

3) Claudia Robles – TRAVELOG 1 (Nuit Bleue)

4) Hiromi Ishii – Episode of Wind

5) Stefan Kreitmayer (Video) and Uwe Storch (Music) – Record of Proceedings (Legate)

6) Andy Dolphin and Ben Ramsay – Bric-a-brac

7) Sylvia Pengilly – Impossible Spaces

8) Daniel Blinkhorn – The Gossima Collective

9) Khmfn – Achtung! Future! - A science fiction movie.

10) Dave Payling – Theravada Colour Morph

11) Werner Cee and The Toxic Skies Orchestra - Dry Particle/Trails/Terraforming Earth

12) Joao Pedro Oliveira (Music) / Takagi Masakatsu (Video) – Bloomy Girls

13) Elsa Justel – Camet Norte

14) Francis Dhomont (Music) / Ines Wickmann (Video) – Sisyphe

15) Rodrigo Sigal – Lunar Life

16) Mike McFerron – Prelude to ’You bought this’

Saturday 27 February 2010 at 7:00 pm

[ ] Francesco Dillon (Cello)

Francesco Dillon (Cello) performs mixed electroacoustic works at Nexus Art Cafe (2 Dale Street, Manchester M1 1JW). Admission Free.
Mauricio Pauly and Sam Salem collaborate on a new mixed work for Italian cello virtuoso, Francesco Dillon.


Programme:
New work for cello and diffused audio....Mauricio Pauly and Sam Salem
Double Contour, for cello and computer....Kumiko Omura
Psalm, for cello and electronics.................Juste Janulyte
Oog, for cello and soundtrack...................Michael Van der Aa
Curve with plateaux, solo cello.................Jonathan Harvey


Nexus Art Café,
Dale Street, Northern Quarter
Manchester, UK
Saturday February 27th, 7pm


Dillon (Alter Ego, Quartetto Prometeo) has recorded for the labels Aulos, Dynamic, Ricordi, Stradivarius and Touch. His next release will be the first world recordings of Variazioni for cello and orchestra by Salvatore Sciarrino. His deep interest in contemporary music led him to collaborate closely and regularly with some of the most important composers of today such as Gavin Bryars, Philip Glass, Vinko Globokar, Jonathan Harvey, Toshio Hosokawa, Giya Kancheli, David Lang, Henri Pousseur, Kaija Saariaho, Salvatore Sciarrino and with well renowned electronic musicians such as Matmos, Pansonic, Scanner, Midaircondo.


Pauly has recently been awarded the Staubach Honoraria commission for a new work to be premiered in Darmstadt 2010. His new string quartet will be premiered in New York by the JACK quartet in February 2010.


Salem is a multimedia artist and acousmatic composer whose music has most recently been performed/exhibited in Montreal (ICMC09), New York (NYCEMF), Berlin (SMC 08), Valencia (Digital Media 1.0) and around the UK and Scandinavia (as part of the Wet Sounds 09 tour).