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Weekly Colloquium: May 2 – John Bischoff

Posted in Events, News, Visiting Artists on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., room 522, Thursday May 2 at 4:15 p.m. Free Association: Snapshots of an Electroacoustic Musical History Composer John Bischoff will present a slideshow with audio examples outlining his 40-year history creating electronic music for solo performance and in network bands. He will also discuss his recent piece for laptop [...]



Surround Sound: Prairie and Beyond Panel Discussion, Thursday April 18

Posted in Events, News, Visiting Artists on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Thursday, April 18 6:00 pm Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St. From cities to environmental ecosystems to musical notes, how things fit together and influence one another to shape patterns and systems is a topic of limitless discussion and a site of continuous innovation. This panel convenes some extraordinary thinkers across [...]



Weekly Colloquium: April 18 – Takehisa Kosugi

Posted in Events, News, Visiting Artists on Saturday, April 13th, 2013

Takehisa Kosugi Thursday, April 18 4:30pm Room 522 Maclean Center “Takehisa Kosugi (b. 1938, Tokyo, Japan) is a composer for mixed-media music, and an early member of Fluxus. In 1960, he co-founded Group-Ongaku (“music group”), with Yasunao Tone, Mieko Shiomi and others, the first collective improvisation group in Tokyo. And by the early 60s, Fluxus [...]



Weekly Colloquium: April 3 – Syntjuntan

Posted in Events, Listen, News, Visiting Artists on Monday, April 1st, 2013

Syntjuntan April 3 4:15pm Room 522 Maclean Center Syntjuntan make music especially composed for electronic textile accessories. A tangled music with lace and long stitches, embroidered with electronic sounds, square waves and curled noise. Syntjuntan is an ensemble of female musicians, composers and instrument makers that was formed in 2009. They started syntjuntan to meet [...]



Weekly Colloquium: March 28 – Ricardo Lira

Posted in Events, Listen, News, Visiting Artists on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Ricardo Lira Valparaiso: Architecture, Politics and Sound Art Thursday, March 28 4:15pm Room 522 5th Floor 112 South Michigan Using architecture as a point of relevance to connect with the history of urbanism, power and people, Ricardo Lira presents ideas encompassing urban sound installation and guerrilla graffiti in response to the political development of Valparaíso [...]



Weekly Colloquium: March 21 – Tom Haigh

Posted in Events, Listen, News, Visiting Artists on Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Thursday March 21 4:15-5:15 MacLean Center 112 S. Michigan Ave. Rm. 522 Perspectives on Audio for Micro-Budget Independent Film Tom Haigh Location Audio Engineer/Post Production Sound Engineer Tom Haigh will be discussing the technical and aesthetic considerations of sound track production for independent film, including audio acquisition on location, post production work flow, and dialog [...]



Weekly Colloquium: March 7 – Thierry Dilger

Posted in Events, News, Opportunities, Visiting Artists on Friday, March 1st, 2013

Sound Colloquium Thursday, March 7 4:15 Rm. 522 How Visual Representation Affects Sound Creation “Through different works I have been involved in, I have always considered the visual representation as an intrinsic part of my creative process. But the beauty of this is that at the end what I like the most is not to [...]



Spring 2013 Weekly Colloquium schedule

Posted in Events, Visiting Artists on Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Department of Sound Weekly Colloquium Spring 2013 Thursdays at 4:15. Room 522, 5th Floor 112 South Michigan unless noted Feb 21: Chulki Hong (Seoul underground scene: http://www.balloonnneedle.com/, http://www.youtube.com/user/dotolim, http://vimeo.com/9248935) March 7: Thierry Dilger March 21: Tom Haigh March 28: Ricardo Lira (Músicos Independientes de Valparaíso, Chile) Wednesday, April 3 (not Thursday): Syntjuntan (Sweden: http://syntjuntan.se/) April [...]



Weekly Colloquium: November 15 – Jonathan Chen

Posted in Events, Listen, News, Visiting Artists on Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Don’t miss this week’s Sound Colloquium! Thursday, November 15, 4:15pm, Room 522, 112 South Michigan JONATHAN CHEN A MOVING PLATFORM FOR OUR TRICKS Former Chicagoan Jonathan Chen will discuss and perform his works for electronics and acoustic instruments. CHEN’s work, including composition, improvisation, and installation, has been performed or installed in the US and internationally. [...]



Weekly Colloquium: November 8 – Thierry Simonot

Posted in Events, Listen, News, Visiting Artists on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Sound Department Colloquium Thursday November 8 4:15 pm MC 522 Thierry Simonot – Sound Projection Thierry Simonot is a sound engineer from Geneva, Switzerland who specializes in projects involving sound spatialization with loudspeaker orchestras and other multi-channel sound systems. He has worked with many composers, artists, and musicians and in a variety of presentational contexts.



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