Chirp: NEC's Music Technology Showcase | Night 1
New England Conservatory students electrify the Black Box Theater during Chirp, a six-night music technology performance series showcasing live electronic music and cutting-edge music tech.
On April 30 at 8 p.m., students in faculty member Davide Ianni's course, Theory and Practice of Music Creation and Performance Technologies, present a program of works blending instrumental forces with electronics generated in real-time by computer programming. Within the concert, audience members will witness an improvisational work wherein two performers play sounds generated through a computer program they designed and a work that uses motion detection and sensors to affect the playback and processing of a soundscape, among other electronic-based pieces.
Austin Engelhardt | Introspection Canon
for bass and live electronics
Artists- Benedict Koh, bass
- Austin Engelhardt, electronics
Linxi Chen | i into the body of a whale, transfigured into a bubble
Program note
i into the body of a whale, within the endless abysm and darkness, breath seems to depart from me. I listen to the sound of a whale, its vibrations dissect my body, light seeping into my form, tracing a path through the sinews of my bones, caressing and eroding. I meld, and cuddled its body, melding as one, like a bubble.
– Linxi ChenArtists- Mark Abramovsky, double bass
- Linxi Chen, electronics
Katherine Purcell, Mark Noah | Speed in line static nothing
for viola and live electronics
Program note
Speed in line static nothing aims to amplify and distort microscopic elements of the viola’s sound. How can many musical objects be created from a single source? How can one sound be formed from many? Using various forms of processing in MaxMSP, a series of gestures are transformed. The resulting sounds mirror and juxtapose with their acoustic counterparts through linear and vertical modes of interaction.
Artists- Katherine Purcell, viola
- Mark Noah, electronics
Mark Abramovsky | For Solo Trumpet
for trumpet and video
Program note
The visual part of this piece attempts to become a natural continuation of the sound in a different dimension, exploring contrasting textures with different trajectories that are forced to blend into each other but unable to.
Artists- Isaac Dubow, trumpet
- Mark Abramovsky, video
Tianyi Wang | Become Waves
for solo performer (sensors and live electronics)
Program note
Become Waves is the second study of my continuing exploration of the narrativity and interactivity of physicality, space, and sound.
Artists- Tianyi Wang, electronics
Kai Burns, Evan Haskin | out 1 + 2
for two computers
Davide Ianni | Impromptu nel vuoto (1978)
for fixed media (breath, saxophone's body, tiny spaces and live electronics)
Il respiro dei vasi
Ludi Tinnitus
I giardini di LarsenProgram note
"Davide Ianni's Impromptu nel vuoto (1978) is a fixed-media composition that explores the interplay between minimal sonic elements and diverse resonating spaces. Utilizing breath and keyclicks as primary materials, the piece is structured into three continuous movements—'Il respiro dei vasi,' 'Ludi Tinnitus,' and 'I giardini di Larsen.' Throughout the work, live electronics are employed to enhance the sonic landscape, guiding listeners through a progression of increasingly intricate and articulated spaces. These spaces serve as active agents, filtering and shaping the sonic materials, while also adding depth through reverberation and facilitating polyphonic interactions. Impromptu nel vuoto invites audiences to delve into the nuanced relationship between sonic elements and the spaces they inhabit.".
Artists- Giuseppe Desiato, saxophone
- Davide Ianni, live electronics
New England Conservatory students electrify the Black Box Theater during Chirp, a six-night music technology performance series showcasing live electronic music and cutting-edge music tech.
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