ÉuCuE xxvii - Jan. 2009 - "Plugged"
Université Concordia University // Salle Oscar Peterson Concert Hall
7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal QC
(Take the 105 bus from Metro Vendome to the Loyola campus)
FREE ADMISSION
Wednesday, Jan. 28 - 19:30
Thursday, Jan. 29 - 14:00, 19:30
Friday, Jan 30 – 14:00, 16:30, 19:30
Webcast @ http://music.concordia.ca/EuCuE/EuCuE_WEBCAST.html
Description:
Concordia University’s Music Department (Electroacoustic Studies) and Concordia Electroacoustic Studies Student Association (CESSA) are happy to announce EuCuE "Plugged" - a series of six electroacoustic and multimedia concerts taking place between 28 and 30 of January 2009.
Highlights:
I. Performances by Alessandro Cortini (of Nine Inch Nails), Jim Harley, Ellen Waterman, Sandeep Bhagwati, and others.
II. Pieces by Francis Dhomont, Amnon Wolman, Ricardo Dal Farra, among others.
III. A homage to the late composer Josef Tal (1910-2008), curated by Amnon Wolman, including pieces by Wolman, Yossi Mar Chaim, Arie Shapira, Eran Sachs, Ido Govrin, and Kiki Keren-Huss. Click here to read more.
IV. A screening of Une âme nue glisse à l'eau vive (A naked soul sliding into vivid waters) (2005): a film by Denis Chabot with music by Stéphane Roy
V. Pieces from Cache 2008 – the top 10 works from the most recent Jeu de temps / Times Play (JTTP) contest, including works by Nick Storring, Jean-François Blouin, Félix-Antoine Morin, Thierry Gauthier, Mathieu Arsenault, and the piece Tensho by Yota Kobayashi which was also a first prize winner in the international competition Musica Nova 2008. Click here to read more.
VI. Additional performers and presenters include Kevin Austin, Raylene Campbell, Arne Eigenfeldt, Rosemary Mountain, Mike Pinsonneault, Debashis Sinha, Adam Stansbie, and others.
VII. Two guest lecturers: (lectures are open to the public)
Program:
| Wednesday 28/1 19:30 | Click here for Program Notes & Bios | ||
| Ricardo DAL FARRA | Tierra Y Sol | 2ch | 11’ |
| Phil BATTIKHA | Narcissus | Trumpet + electronics | 9’ |
| Raylene CAMPBELL | Live improvisation | Accordion and live electronics | 15’ |
| Francis DHOMONT | Premières traces du Choucas | 2ch | 15’ |
| Paul SCRIVER | Talking Bush | 2ch | 10’ |
| Nimalan YOGANATHAN | "And if thou shalt refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with shoes" | Live electronics | 15’ |
| Thursday 29/1 14:00 | Click here for Program Notes & Bios | ||
| Arne EIGENFELDT | Rajas | 8ch | 8' |
| Antonin PROVOST | Bourrasques (Cache 2008) | 2ch | 9' |
| Jean-François BLOUIN | Catacombes (2nd place, JTTP 2008) | 2ch | 10' |
| Nick STORRING | Artifacts (I) (1st place, JTTP 2008) | 2ch | 8' |
| Peter KUTIN | Dampf (Visiting artist) | 8ch | 12' |
| Dale PERKINS | Dark Bird | 2ch | 8' |
| Yossi MAR-CHAIM | Istanbul 2005 (Homage to Josef Tal) | 2ch | 10' |
| Thursday 29/1 19:30 | Click here for Program Notes & Bios | ||
| Mike PINSONNEAULT | Fragments | 8ch | 12' |
| Denis CHABOT (animation) + Stéphane ROY (music) | Une âme nue glisse à l’eau vive (A naked soul sliding into vivid waters) | Animation film + 2 ch | 15’ |
| Sandeep BHAGWATI | Stele I | Trumpet, prepared piano, live electronics (8 ch), claves | 12' |
| Intermission | 10' | ||
| Debashis SINHA | Shruti | Live electronics + harmonium | 11' |
| Rosemary MOUNTAIN | Eddies in the River of Memory | 2ch | 9' |
| Sébastien LAVOIE | The Rocket Richard | 2ch | 5' |
| Navid NAVAB | Sonic Investigations #1 | 8ch | 6' |
| Friday 30/1 14:00 | Click here for Program Notes & Bios | ||
| Kevin AUSTIN | Concrete Studies ( mp3 ) | 7ch | 8' |
| Adam STANSBIE | Parenthesis | 2ch | 9' |
| Ido GOVRIN | Titled (Homage to Josef Tal) | 2ch | 4' |
| Eran SACHS | Mute (Homage to Josef Tal) | 2ch | 5' |
| Arie SHAPIRA | Gustel (Homage to Josef Tal) | 2ch | 8' |
| Émilie PAYEUR | Écholocation (Cache 2008) | 2ch | 8' |
| Mathieu ARSENAULT | Edges (5th place, JTTP 2008) | 2ch | 6' |
| Yota KOBAYASHI | Tensho (Cache 2008; 1st place, Musica Nova 2008) | 2ch | 12' |
| Friday 30/1 16:30 | Click here for Program Notes & Bios | ||
| Jeff RABENA | Violance | 2ch | 3' |
| Mike MCFERRON | Shape Study: Music for Metamorphoses | 2ch | 7' |
| Philippe-Aubert GAUTHIER | Fréquences urbaines : Chicoutimi, vue du port | 5.1ch | 8' |
| Kiki KEREN-HUSS | A Poem (Homage to Josef Tal) | 2ch | 7' |
| Amnon WOLMAN | Attention Step #2 (Homage to Josef Tal) | 2ch | 12' |
| Steve LALONDE | Quand la nuit se referme (Cache 2008) | 2ch | 5' |
| Félix-Antoine MORIN | Feed Metal Dirt (3rd place, JTTP 2008) | 2ch | 7' |
| Thierry GAUTHIER | [pjanistik] (4rd place, JTTP 2008) | 2ch | 5' |
| Adam BASANTA | Transients and Resonance (Cache 2008) | 2ch | 8' |
| Friday 30/1 19:30 | Click here for Program Notes & Bios | ||
| Alessandro CORTINI | Blindoldfreak | Live electronics (4 ch) | 45' |
| Intermission | 10' | ||
| James HARLEY and Ellen WATERMAN | ~spin~ | Flute + live electronics (8 ch) | 45' |
Oriented Toward Sound IV
Oscar Peterson Concert Hall
Saturday, Jan 31 -- 7:30 pm (19h30 -- note the early start time!)
Tickets at the door, $10 + $1 service charge, or by pre-sale, $10. Call 514-937-3866 for tickets.
Description:
To round out the celebration of the week of the Chinese New Year, Concordia University is also presenting an extravaganza multi-cultural concert on Saturday, January 31, featuring music, dancers, sound and visuals (video and calligraphy!) from east asian cultures, including drummers from Thailand, Chinese minority groups, Philippine dance, music for two pianos from Japan, and many performances of traditional Chinese musics performed on guzheng and erhu.
Program:
1.
O del mio dolce ardor (Christoph Willibald Gluck) (13')
Nacht und Träume, Op. 43 Nr. 2, D. 82795 (Franz Schubert)
Put on Your Rainbow Clothes (Lyrics/Chih-Hsing Lin, Music/Chien-Nian Chen)
2.
Cross Hatch (Toru Takemitsu (1930- 1996)) (2')
Songs of Four Seasons -- Japanese folk songs (arranged By Akira Miyoshi (1933-)) (12')
1. Night in Spring with a Misty Moon
2. Picking of tea leaves
3. Autumn Colours
4. Snow
5. Sunset
3.
Hotaru Koi (arranged by Kevin Austin; 2 pianos, guzheng, 7 channels of ea, video) (7') ( mp3 )
Tomoko Inui, Haruyo Yoshino-Platt (pianos)
Thomas Ng (video)
4.
Fishermen's Song In the Evening (traditional) (6')
Huu Bac Quach (danbao)
Horse Racing (Haihuai Huang) (2')
Huu Bac Quach (guitar)
5.
Butterfly by the river (traditional; 3 guzhengs, video projection-calligraphy) (7')
Confucious Institution in Quebec: Guo-Hua Wang (Chinese painting/calligraphy)
6.
High mountain flowing water (traditional; 3 guzhengs, rain stick, bird flute and gongfu fan) (7')
Confucious Institution in Quebec: Han-Qing Shui (gongfu fan)
7.
The Beautiful Prairie is my Hometown (traditional; piano, 2 voices, dancers) (10')
Spirit Peacock Dance School
Alamuhan (traditional; piano, 2 voices, dancers)
Spirit Peacock Dance School
8.
Karatong, Binasuan, Bangko, Tinikling (four traditional dances) (12')
9.
Lac Viet Opening Drum (12 drums, dancers) (10')
Downloads:
ÉuCuE xxvii January 2009 - Lectures & Presentations
Alessandro Cortini Lecture - 30/01/2009 (p.1) [ mp3 ] (1:06:18, 151.8 MB)
Alessandro Cortini Lecture - 30/01/2009 (p.2) [ mp3 ] (1:06:18, 151.8 MB)
Peter Kutin Lecture - 27/01/2009 [ mp3 ] (1:26:16, 79 MB)
ÉuCuE xxvii January 2009 - Program
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ÉuCuE xxvii January 2009 - Program Notes
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