Creation of the international cursus program for composition and computer music. Dimou has pursued advanced studies in composition at the aristotle university of thessaloniki 2011, mm in composition and the eastman school of music 20, ma in composition, as well as advanced training in computer music at the cursus program at ircam and the the manifeste academy. This has been the opportunity to experience formalization as a kind of cultural. He also studied at ircam in cursus 1 and 2 in composition and computer music. Following this phase of training, he consolidated his personal musical language investigating further in electronic music at paris university 8 with horacio vaggione, and ircams cursus 1992 in musical composition and computing, working with tristan murail, philippe manoury and. The om composers book is a collection of essays about computer music composition written by composers. The mcintire department of music presents a colloquium by oliver schneller titled acoustic models and composed structures on monday april 4, 2016 at 3. Ircam institute for research and coordination in acoustics and music in paris, france, is one of the worlds leading public research institutes within the fields of musical expression, musical research, sound, and acoustics. Openmusic for computeraided music theory, analysis, and composition. This paper aims at describing an approach to the music performance situation as a laboratory for investigating interactivity.
Ircam is a french institute for science about music and sound and avant garde. The atiam masters program, established upon the joint initiative of several french research and teaching institutions active in research and supported by the french ministry of culture and communication, is offered at sorbonne university and organized by ircamresponsible for coordination and housingand telecom paristech. In 20082009 he participated in ircams cursus i in paris, and in 20102011 he returned to ircam for the cursus ii. The book is an introduction to computerassisted composition cac. Gonzalo joaquin bustos argentine, 1983 is a composer and conductor. Oliver schneller colloquium mcintire department of music.
He collaborated with composers such as ivan fedele and pascal dusapin. The musical effect on computing processes and some basic technics as well as some more advanced concepts. He worked for several years as a freelance composer in europe and as a consultant researcher at ircam, then, in the fall of 1997, he returned to the us to pursue a doctorate in musical composition at. The cursus 2 program has been discontinued to benefit the creation of a sole cursus. Specialized training in composition, research, and music technology. At the end of 10 month program selected composers traditionally have their final composition presented in concert during the manifeste festival at the centquatreparis.
Born in sanremo in 1965, giovanni verrando is one of the principal representatives of the young generation of italian composers. Ircam institute for musicacoustic research and coordination is dedicated to research and contemporary music production, associated to the centre pompidou, paris, france. This event is free and open to the public and cosponsored by the mcintire department of music, the german department and the center for german studies. Each chapter provides the description of the musical work making use of computeraided composition cac tools, and more specifically of openmusic om, a visual programming environment for music composition developed by the music representations research group at ircam. At the city university of new york he developed and expanded the cuny computer music studio. After studying with franco donatoni, he worked on music informatics and composition with tristan murail and brian ferneyhough in the cursus musical at ircam in paris. The following year he was selected by the ircamensemble intercontemporain reading panel for the course in composition and musical technologies.
Following this phase of training, he consolidated his personal musical language investigating further in electronic music at paris university 8 with horacio vaggione, and ircams cursus 1992 in musical composition and computing, working with tristan murail, philippe manoury and hugues dufourt among other maestros. In 20192020 justina studies cursus ircam cursus ircam program for composition and computer music was initiated in 1990 under pierre boulez. Christophe bertrand was a french pianist and composer of mainly chamber works born in 1981. Computerassisted composition with openmusic and bach from my first encounters with computer music, ive been drawn to the possibilities of computerassisted composition, the field where musical notation collides with the processing and organizational power of computers. Using openmusic for computeraided music theory, analysis. Classical, contemporary, and crosscultural music march 15 chenhui jen, composer, festival speaker chenhui jens music presents an imaginative and spiritual poeticism with subtlety and sophistication.
Studying music in paris, france sarah lawrence college. Contemporary techniques in music composition 1 online. She holds degrees in music composition from harvard university phd, ircam cursus 1 and 2, oberlin conservatory b. Cirmmt, june 10th11th 20 carlos agon moreno andreatta louis bigo. The situation is inspired from the japanese shakuhachi. Other honors include a 20 impuls international composition prize, a 2012 darmstadt. Aurelien dumont composition teacher conservatoire a. Joshua fineberg college of fine arts boston university.
Columbia composers columbia university department of music. Far from becoming a slave to the machines suggestions, ive found openmusic has enriched my practice, allowing me to. The om composers book the om composers book is a collection of essays about computer music composition written by composers. University paris 6, and the cursus training program in composition and. Computerassisted composition techniques have been intensively employed to derive all the symbolic material notation and the. I have been using cac for 20 years, and this book is the best ive read so far. Ircams cursus program offers the possibility to ten young composers eager to get acquainted with computer music, acquire the technical. Ircam extension by renzo piano architect, at paris, france, 1988 to 1989, architecture in the great buildings online. Ircam extension renzo piano great buildings architecture.
As i said in my 2007 blog post, this piece was really my first classical music composition. After two years in paris attending cursus 1 and 2 at ircam, he moved back to the united states where he is currently an assistant professor in the composition department at berklee college of music. It is situated next to, and is organisationally linked with, the centre georges pompidou in paris. The musiquesciences book collection in launched in collaboration with editions. Theory and analysis of contemporary music paris, may 31june 28, 2020 a summer studyabroad course offered by the eastman school of music this summer studyabroad program is a fourweek, threecredit graduatelevel course on contemporary music, open to performers, composers, theorists, and other music scholars. There he received the 1st prize in composition and sacem prize in 20. Royal institute of the amazigh culture infogalactic. The following year he was selected by the ircam ensemble intercontemporain reading panel for the course in composition and musical technologies. In the realms of music, sound, and acoustics, ircam is at the forefront of scientific and technological innovations. Giulia lorusso studied piano and composition with alessandro solbiati at the. Horacio vaggione, paris 8 university france, 2002 ircam cursus france, 200203 guitar and music theory dimplomas 199095 associate board of the royal schools of music of london bachelorss degree in composition, ciem mexico, 1995 franco donatoni studies in milan and mexico, 199498. Ircam is dedicated to promoting the relationship among music. Contemporary techniques in music composition 1 online course. Columbia composers is organized by and for the graduate music composition students at columbia university.
Each chapter provides the description of the musical work making use of computeraided composition cac tools, and more especifically of openmusic om, a visual programming environment for music composition developped by the music representations research group at ircam. Using openmusic for computeraided music theory, analysis, and composition. Practical training in composition and computer music. The book shows the reader how to formalize music ideas so a computer can process it. It reminds me of the small room i was living in at the time, in annecy. Specialized instructors and ircam researchers teach all courses. The musical fundamentals of computer assisted composition. This year, due to the current international health crisis, instead of the concert.
The ircam forum distributes these software programs. His music questions the concept of alterity as defined by the philosopher francois jullien, as a possible way to understand the complexity of our contemporary world. David coll music history and literature malevolent bursts of noise poured from her mouth, transforming the sound of feedback into something like a physical dryheave there were moments where hughes body language suggested someone being forcefed electrical wire. Making an artists dream come trueseeing a works premiere and its touris like clearing a path from the laboratory to the stage, creating a chain of knowledge, models, and prototypes. Researchers from ircam are offering a twoday workshop on the creative use of. Entrance is free, but make sure you get in touch with ircam to reserve. No school nevers is a unique international summer school, held in nevers in burgundy, aimed at students, artists, designers, makers, hackers, activists and educators who wish to further their skills and engage in critical research around the social and environmental impacts of information and communication technologies.
In the same period he served as composer in residence for the transforme session in. Modern music ensemble and uw percussion ensemble school. Sweet thunder festival bios san francisco contemporary. The ultimate virtual prepared piano experience, brought to you by uvi and the renowned ircam acoustic research center in paris. Columbia composers is a studentrun organization supporting the creation and performance of new works by graduate students enrolled in columbia universitys doctoral composition program. A 2014 fulbright fellow in france, fure is presently in paris producing an eveninglength electroacoustic ballet commissioned by ircam for the 2014 manifeste festival. Scheduled to coincide with manifeste2020, a monthlong festival of contemporary. Cursus practical training in composition and computer music. We brought together the worlds finest engineers and equipment to comprehensively multisample 45 preparations at ircam labs on a yamaha c7 grand piano, resulting in an extraordinarily unique, flexible and inspiring prepared piano instrument. The world premiere is taking place on april th at ircam in paris. Computerassisted composition techniques have been intensively employed to derive all the symbolic material notation and the electronic concrete sounds directly from some recorded sources of those oraltradition repertoires.
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