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Integra 2008 Festival and Conference
"Solving the tensions between musicians and technology"
Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK 5-7 June 2008
http://www.integralive.org/festival-2008
The organisers of Integra 2008 invite artistic directors, researchers,
composers and performers to participate in the Festival and
Conference. Integra 2008 is the closing event of "Integra - A European
Composition and Performance Environment for Sharing Live Music
Technologies", a 3-year EU-funded project led by Birmingham
Conservatoire in the UK.
We welcome presentations on the following topics:
* Issues in programming concerts with live electronic music.
* Using technology to engage and interact with new audiences.
* Developing new formats for presenting mixed media works.
* Designing interfaces for live electronic music.
* Creating interactive environments for performers.
* Integrating technology into the creative process.
* Modernising works that use obsolete technologies.
* Developing new models for transfer and storage of performance data.
Deadline for submissions: Friday 2nd May 2008.
Please see the website for submission information and registering
online.
http://www.integralive.org/festival-2008
Keynote speakers:
Thierry Coduys, Music technology entrepreneur (France).
Luca Francesconi, Composer, Professor of Composition at Malmö Academy
of Music and Director of the Music Section of the Venice Biennale
(Italy).
Events:
The programme of the conference includes six high profile concerts by
professional new music ensembles from across Europe: Ars Nova
(Sweden), Athelas Sinfonietta (Denmark), BCMG (UK), BIT20 Ensemble
(Norway) and Court-Circuit (France) presenting exciting premieres of
mixed media works commissioned by Integra and a selection of pieces
using obsolete technology transferred by Integra. BEAST, the
Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, and capsule, local promoters
of experimental new music, will also take part in the Festival.
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