Composers Forum: Dr. Scott Wilson, mixed live and electroacoustic pieces, and n-channel

Dr. Scott Wilson, BFA Simon Fraser, MA Wesleyan, Mus. Doc Toronto
Senior Lecturer in Music, School Postgraduate at University of Birmingham, UK

Background
Originally from Canada, joined the Department of Music in 2004 as a lecturer. His departmental responsibilities include acting as Postgraduate admissions tutor for Composition, and serving as a coordinator for COMPASS, the department’s Centre for Composition and Associated Studies. He also oversee our link with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, a ‘ensemble in association’, which most notably involves coordinating workshops and performances of student works with the ensemble.

Matinee Podcast @ NOVARS: David Berezan talks about Sound Diffusion

David Berezan - NOVARS MATINEES - 21 Oct 2010 from NOVARS Research Centre on Vimeo.

MANTIS Fall Festival 2010 - Featuring MANTIS composers, Psappha, Guest composers Dominique Bassal, Federico Schumacher and Jef Chippewa

• MANTIS 48-loudspeaker sound diffusion system

Friday 29 October 19.30 Concert 1 (curated by Dominique Bassal)

Rites d'oiseaux pensants (Dominique Bassal)

Mères et monde (Roxanne Turcotte)

L' inénarrable Nout (Dominique Bassal)

Songe errant (Ned Bouhalassa)

Mont des borgnes (Dominique Bassal)

Saturday 30 October 18:00 Concert 2: MANTIS

El Espejo de Alicia (Federico Schumacher) [UK premiere]

Sons de la petite enfance (Oliver Carman) [premiere]

Of Noise Alone (Donal Sarsfield)

Dead Poets (Sam Salem) [premiere]

Galungan (David Berezan) [UK premiere]

Saturday 30 October 19.30 Concert 3: MANTIS

Windslley street (Irma Catalina Alvarez) [UK premiere]

DUO (Jef Chippewa)

Resonating Bodies (Richard Scott) [premiere]

Camera Down (Mark Pilkington) [premiere]

Tyrrhenia (Josh Kopecek) [premiere]

Sunday 31 October 14.00 Concert 4 Psappha (curated by Tim Williams)

Kontakte (Karlheinz Stockhausen)

Cajon (Manuella Blackburn)

Maelstrom (Joao Pedro Oliveira)

Sunday 31 October 19.30 - 23.00

A/V experimental, laptop and instrumental improvisation.

MadLab, Northern Quarter

36-40 Edge St Manchester

Concerts 1 - 4: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, University of Manchester, M13 9PL

Admission Price: £4 full / £2 concessions for each concert, Special Saturday 2-concert rate: £5 / £3, Special Festival 4-concert rate: £8 / £5

http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/mantis/10Bassal/index.html

Boredoms film Boa 77: PhD at NOVARS Mark Pilkington and Andrew Hunt at FACT Liverpool

Special performance by Mark Pilkington and Andrew Hunt at FACT Liverpool for the opening of the Boredoms film Boa 77.

20/10/10 from 7.30pm.

Sam Salem (PhD at NOVARS) among the winners of the 1th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2010

Miso Music Portugal has the pleasure to announce the results of the Música Viva Competition 2010.

PRIZE WINNERS

Sam Salem Public Bodies (UK )

Enda Bates Auto Harp (Ireland )

Georges Forget Urban Adagio (Canada)

Jury members: Leigh Landy (England), António Ferreira (Portugal), Miguel Azguime (Portugal). This year's edition received over 100 applications by composers from countries like

South Africa, Germany, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgary, Canada, Chile, China, Slovenia, Spain, USA, France, Greece,

The Netherlands, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, UK, Republic of Korea, Russia, Sweden, Turkey

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Canada Adam Basanta a glass is not a glass
Argentina Federico Barabino El sonido eléctrico cotidiano, inmerso en el ambiente mismo de la sala de concierto

Sweden Per Erik Nyström Elemental Chemistry

http://www.misomusic.com/ingl/crea/comcomp/2010.html

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MANTIS-in-motion goes to CHILE: presented by David Berezan (AIMAAKO 2010 Festival)

FESTIVAL AIMAAKO 2010- CHILE

FRIDAY 8th October, Valdivia.

20:00 hrs.Concierto Carta Blanca de David Berezan (Invitado internacional Canadá/UK)

David Berezan

"Cyclo" (2003)

Estéreo / 10'40

Ricardo Climent (España/UK)

"Sir George" (2008)

8 canales / 9'

David Berezan

"Badlands" (2008)

5.1 canales / 10'40

Manuella Blackburn (UK)

"Karita oto" (2009)

8 canales / 15'

David Berezan

"Nueva obra" (2010) [Estreno Mundial]

8 canales / 10'