Chirp: NEC's Music Technology Showcase | Night 5
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 May 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., students of faculty member John Mallia present two programs of performative works involving real-time signal processing and interactivity with instrumental, vocal, and electronic sources, spatialized fixed media audio (acousmatic), multimedia, and lighting. A multimedia work collaborated on by NEC composers and visual arts students from the London University of the Arts will be included. As a special treat, the group will also present a performance of Toshi Ichiyanagi’s “Appearance,” an experimental work for one string instrument, one brass instrument, and an organ with two electronics operators involving controlled improvisation and coincidence-based modulation.
"I have been presenting electronic music showcases and concerts at NEC regularly since 2005, many of which have been part of citywide technology festivals, collaborations with other local art institutions, programs featuring guest artists, and a recent international conference. Electronic music concert programs have been consistently presented every year at NEC for approximately 50 years since Robert Ceely began teaching courses in the early seventies. The very first piece of electronic ‘tape music’ ever created, “The Expression of Zaar,” was realized on a wire tape recorder with studio effects processing in 1944 by the Egyptian composer Halim El-Dabh, who is an NEC alum. So, the history of all types of electronic music at NEC is very longstanding and rich." — John Mallia
This program features performances and diffusions of works involving real-time electronics and/or fixed media (acousmatic, multimedia, and film scoring). The majority of pieces being presented tonight were created as part of NEC's Electroacoustic Music and Composing for Film and Multimedia courses.
The performances involving prepared loudspeakers were inspired by a recent workshop given by Nicholas Collins, author of "Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking" where twelve student worked hands on with loudspeaker drivers, batteries, and test leads to create oscillators from simple materialsMorse Readings
for many prepared loudspeakers
Cooper Malanowski | Seasonal Habitat Distinctions
Artists- Cooper Malanowski, trombone and electronics
Ni Zheng | The Body of Immanence
fixed media
Amelia Guan | Cold
for piano and fixed media
Artists- Amelia Guan, piano, words, and narration
Yuxin Duan | Music for Oboe and Electronics
Artists- Corinne Foley, oboe
Yifei Zhou | Settle Dot
Artists- Yifei Zhou, voice and electronics
- Kai Burns, electric guitar and electronics
Flora Sun (music) and Charlotte Lingtong Sun (animation) | So I
Jordan Lau | Clicks
Artists- Kangwei Wilson Lu, bassoon
- Jordan Lau, electronics
Daniel Gonko | Pots and Pans
fixed media
Owen Johnson | Nepenthe
Artists- Owen Johnson, piano and elecrtonics
Gabriel Boyarin | Dallas
fixed media
I.
II.
III.Flora Sun | In Between
Artists- Flora Sun, performer
Matthew Tirona | everywhere, always
fixed media
Improvisation
Artists- Nico Daglio Fine, performer
Loudspeaker Chorus
prepared loudspeakers
Gabriel Boyarin
Yun-Ke Chen
Yuxin Duan
Austin Engelhardt
Amelia Guan
Jyun-Rong Ho
Jordan Lau
Guantian Li
Flora Sun
Tianyi Wang
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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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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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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