April 10 Composer Bun-Ching Lam discussed the sampling processes used in the creation of “EO-9066,” a collaboration with Bay Area choreographer June Wantanabe. The composition was based on vocal behaviors such as whispering, talking, yelling and singing. April 12 Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Riesman of the Living Room Studio were joined by Paul Rice and Don Peebles to demo… Continue reading
Brenda Hutchinson Delicate Lights (1990) A one-hour performance work collaborated with Robert Gregory. The work involves non-literal language and ambient sounds to define characters and environment. Diana Meckley The Evolving Artifact (1990) The music composition “The Evolving Artifact” is for a computer, a digital sampler, an electronic keyboard, a trumpet… Continue reading
New Works Residencies Scott Alburger “Whistling and Working” An interdisciplinary project for video, music and 9 performers, which examines the cultural assumptions about the difference between business and pleasure. Scheduled performances include the International House and the Community Education Center in Philadelphia and the Headlands Center for the Arts in… Continue reading
January 24 Composer David Linton did a live performance demonstration of his system for drum-controlled MIDI devices and electronic gates and tape controls. January 31 Multimedia artist Demetria Royals presented her work-in-progress “INVENTING HERSELF,” an exploration of the black diaspora, through music, dialogue and historical audio. October 24 Video/audio artist Arlene Schloss presented “Sun Daze Away,”… Continue reading
Anthony Davis Songs for Dora Orenstein (1989) This music composition is a part of a full-length program entitled “Soprano Bar & Grill” in which Ms. Orenstein portrays a series of characters through music and drama — each character a creation of a different composer librettist team. Sussan Deihim The Weight… Continue reading
New Works Residency Peter D’Agostino “In The Beginning There Was The” Focuses on the ideas and images of the seminal figures of the electronic age. The work was produced on Compact Video Disc. Sussan Deihim A solo vocal piece where sampled vocal parts were recorded on 8 track backwards and… Continue reading
Paul DeMarinis On Line Opera (1988) The piece is composed and performed by a computer over the telephone lines. The work takes in telephone messages left by callers, the computer analyzes them for melody and performs a voice and a synthesizer composition to subsequent callers. Continue reading
New Works Residency Jerri Allyn “American Dining: Labor in the “80s” An installation of new audio works in diners across America. The audio works will be substituted for popular records in the diner booth jukeboxes. Live performances by Jerry Allyn will accompany the audio installations. The New York City performance… Continue reading
New Works Residency Christina Baczewska “A Flashlight, an Orange, and a Tennis Ball” A 20-minute multi-track audio work accompanying a live performance of solo vocals for New Music America, April 1986. Karen Campell “Mimic” Production of a tape as part of a musical composition for small ensemble composed of “basic… Continue reading
New Works Residency Erica Beckman “Cinderella” Sound/effects portion of a 15-minute film updating the classic fairy tale. Jon Catler “Planet Slicer” A 3-part suite for acoustic and electronic instruments in a 31-tone scale. Residency will explore the possibilities of creating a score in this unusual tuning system. Peter D’Agostino “Double… Continue reading
