[Emsan-l] DREAM Symposium: Technology and Musical Thought

[Marc.Battier at paris-sorbonne.fr]

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DREAM Symposium: Technology and Musical Thought
December 13th, 2011, 10:00-17:00
Room G22/26
Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

This one-day symposium is part of the DREAM project (Digital  
Re-appropriation of ElectroAcoustic Music)  
(http://dream.dei.unipd.it). The project is supported by a grant  
awarded from the European Union Culture Programme 2007-2013  
(Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency). The lead  
institution is the University of Padua (Italy) under the direction of  
Dr. Federico Avanzini. The partner institutions are the University of  
Aalborg (Denmark) led by Dr. Stefania Serafin and the University of  
Middlesex (United Kingdom) led by Dr. John Dack.

The DREAM project?s aim is to investigate and re-create digitally the  
analogue equipment used during the 1950s in the Studio di Fonologia  
Musicale of the RAI studios, Milan. At the project?s conclusion in  
September 2012 a permanent exhibit will be installed at the Milan  
Museum of Musical Instruments in Castello Sforzesco. By means of  
interfaces designed by Dr Serafin?s team, visitors to the exhibition  
will be able to create new versions of the ?open form? work ?Scambi?  
realized in 1957 by the Belgian composer Henri Pousseur (1929-2009).  
The symposium at the Institute of Musical Research  
(www.music.sas.ac.uk) will contextualize the interaction between  
musical thought and technology as exemplified by the composers of the  
RAI studio and address the wider issue of how electronic technology -  
both analogue and digital - has influenced musical composition in the  
past and how it continues to inform how we ?think? musically today.

There will be six speakers :
Dr. Craig Ayrey (Goldsmiths College, University of London) ? analyst,  
musicologist.
Prof. Clarence Barlow (University of California, Santa Barbara) ? composer.
Prof. Marc Battier (Université Paris-Sorbonne) ? musicologist.
Prof. Pascal Decroupet (Université de Nice) ? musicologist.
Prof. Elena Ungeheuer (Universität Würzburg) ? musicologist.
Dr. John Young (De Montfort University) ? electroacoustic composer.

The symposium will be chaired by Dr. John Dack of the Lansdown Centre  
for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University. Presentations will last 30  
minutes including 10 minutes for discussion. An experimental  
?reacTable? interface built by Robin Fencott (Queen Mary College,  
London) will also be on display to demonstrate how versons of ?Scambi?  
can be created in real-time.

The symposium includes a buffet lunch and is free for all  
participants. However, space is limited and those interested in  
attending should contact Dr. John Dack (j.dack at mdx.ac.uk) to reserve a  
place.


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Senior Lecturer
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Middlesex University
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Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
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