Program of the First  Symposium on Music and Computers,
Corfu, October 23-24-25 1998


Friday 23.10.98


10:00-11:30 : Opening, Special Greetings.
12:00-13:30 : Invited speakers
                Jean-Claude Risset: Composing Musical Sounds.
                Luc Ferrari: La Realité, Verité et Mesonge.

16:00- 17:30 : Paper session 1 : Compositional Methods and Artificial Intelligence.

18:00- 19:30 : Concert 1 :   Tape Music I.

21:00- 22:30 : Concert 2 :   Compositions for Tape by Jean-Claude Risset et Luc Ferrari.

Saturday 24.10.98



10:00--11:30 : Paper session 2: Signal Processing and Musical Applications
12:00--13:30 : Paper session 3: Electroacoustic music and performance

16:00-17:30 : Paper session 4 : Asthetics on Computer Music.
18:00-19:30 : Concert 3 : Tape Music II.

21:00-22:30:  Concert 4 : Mixed Media and Interactive Systems.

Sunday 25.10.98



10:00-11:30 :Paper session 5: Music  and Computers in Greece.
12:00-13:30: Concert 5 : Tape Music III.

17:00-18:00: Demonstration by Douglas Doherty: "Concert Sound - Foundations Up".(*)

20:00-21:30: Concert 6 : Electroacoustic Music in the Ionian University.
 
 

Permanent Installations throughout the symposium:




 
All Paper and Concert sessions are taking place at the "Under-Bridge Hall" inside Corfu's Old Fortress except (*) that are taking place inside the Music Building.



Paper sessions


Paper session 1: Compositional Methods and Artificial Intelligence

1. Gerard Assayag: Computer Assisted Composition. Problems and methods.
2. Geraint  Wigging : Music, syntax and the meaning of meaning.
3. John Doerksen  : Constructing analytic meaning in atonal music.
4. Emilios Cambouropoulos: Music and computation: Reciprocity not contrariety.
5. Erik Matthew Gottesman: The Psycho-adaptive listening machine

Paper session 2 : Signal Processing and Musical Applications

1. Gerard Eckel :Technological musical artifacts.
2. John Mourtzopoulos :Multi-channel audio-storage media and their significance to the composer.
3. Anastasia Georgaki:Synthesis of the Singing Voice: Links between research and creation.
4. yeeOn Lo: Observing the observables of timbre in a multimedia laboratory.



Paper session 3 : Electroacoustic music and performance

1. Theodore  Lotis : Composing and diffusing the musical space.
2. Joâo Pedro Oliveira: Teaching Electroacoustic and Computer Music.
3. Douglas Doherty and Ron Berry: Concert  performance of electronic, electroacoustic and acousmatic music using multi-loudspeaker sound system.
4. Peter Nelson : Against method:the computer as a tool for musical creativity.



Paper session 4 : Aesthetics on Computer music

1. Brigitte Robindoré :Exploring the Impact of Electrocoustics  on Acoustic Composition.
2. Makis Solomos, Peter Hoffman: The Electroacoustic Music of Xenakis .
3. Harry Castel : The location of creative effort in Electroacoustic and Computer Music.
4. Mladen Milicevich : The future of computer music.
5. Frank Pecquet: Interactive composition:Writing/Transcribing /Listening:from respect of written text to acknowledgement of sound.


Paper session 5  : Music and Computers in Greece

1. Kostas Moschos : Studio report  IRMA.
2. Andreas Mniestris : The development of electronic music studios in the Ionian University.
3. Giorgos Papanicolaou:Studio report for the Lab of Electroacoustics,Music Technology and TV systems(School of Music Studies-Faculty of Fine Arts-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).
4. Giorgos Papanicolaou:Research report for the program of psychoacoustics(IPSA).



CONCERTS
 


Friday 23/10/98



Tape Concert I
Tim Ward     Ouverture
Paul Fretwell   Travelling  Still
Douglas Doherty   Pacific 462
Howard Jonathan Fredrics   Screams from Lima
Gary Berger    Elastische  studie
Joâo Pedro Oliveira  Journey of Sounds
Elainie Lillios     Arturo


Concert 2: Compositions for Tape by Jean-Claude Risset et Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari: L'Escalier des Aveugles
Jean-Claude Risset: Elementa

Saturday 24/10/98

Tape Concert II
Francesco Giomi      Agnaby
Gregorio Paya Jimenez  Sederunt Principes
Guto Caminhoto     Momento angular
Gilles Gobeil      Nuit Cendre
Frank Ekeberg     (dis)integration

Francis Dhomont     En Cuerdas
Ricardo Dal Farra     Tierra y Sol
Hans Tutschku      Extremités Lointaines

Concert 4 : Mixed Media and Interactive Systems
Chin Chin Chen  : Points of Arrival     for Voilin and Tape
                    Spiros Gicondis: Violin
Anargyros Deniozos: Fractal Ragas (fragment) for solo flute - score created by computer
Kostas Moschos : Theogonia for Tape and Interactive Video
Tom Mays : Improvisation #2  For traditional instruments and live interaction
                    Real-time computer processing: Tom Mays
                    Oud,Tzoura,Bendir: Yannis Vlachos
Jean-Claude Risset : Passages     for Flute and Tape
                    Katerina Zenz: Flute
 

Sunday 25/10/98

Tape Concert III

Brigitte Robindoré    L'Autel de la Perte et la Transformation
Lelio Camilleri   Elastic Rock
Peter Nelson   Tournoiements de Spectres
Gianantonio Patella    Radio viaggio
Natasha Lee  Barrett   Microclimate II:Red Snow

Mark Ainger     Shatter
Wilfried Jentzsch   KyotoBells
Ron Averill   Painting the legs of the snake [part1]
Theodoros Lotis   Le Grain De Bruxelles

Concert 6 : Electroacoustic Music in the Ionian University

Michael Adamis: Kratima  for Tape, Barytone, Oboe and Tuba
        Giorgos Adamis:Barytone,Spiros Kondos:oboe, Kostas Kardamis:tuba
Haris Xanthoudakis: Pictures of an exhibition
                    for  Tape and small instrumental and vocal groups
 
 




 

Headphone Listening Stations
 

Station 1

Bernhard Garder   Mein Zimmer hat dünne Wönde
Mary Lou Newmark   Rain of my soul
Emanuele Giuseppe Rapisarda      Ex Tubae corpore
Titi Adam   Dolly
Aquiles  Pantaleão   Concreta
Volkmar Klien    Amplitudes & frequencies

 
Station 2

Markos Lekkas  Nocturne
Reim Lisa  Dies Irae
John Richards  Bon Voyage
Tom Williams      Interference
Diego Garro  Peacekeepers

Station 3

Mathew C. Burtner     Fern
Kostas  Stratoudakis   Ultimate effort
Elsa   Justel   Au loin....Bleu
Beatriz  Ferreyra  Canto del Loco
Ron  Averill  Nature morte: ensnare entangle emerge
 

Station 4

Francesc Marti Pèrez   Viatge Primer
Benjamin  Thigpen     Dust
Graham  Hadfield   Europa
yeeOn Lo    the Interrupted Serenade
Andreas Mniestris   Trane

Station 5 (music for tape and clarinet)

James Dashow    Traces of Kronos: Steps
Charles Bestor    Conversations with myself



 
 




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