Events

Saturday February 2. Concert 1: InterACT

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 8 pm.

InterACT blends acoustic instruments and electronic technology in a performance rooted in careful listening and interactive improvisation.

Special guest Monique Buzzarté, a New York based trombonist, collaborates with Halifax musicians Norman Adams (cello/laptop), and Andrew Duke (laptop).

Presented in co-operation with suddenlyLISTEN

Tickets: $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students.

Saturday February 2. Concert 2: Laptop Cabaret

Eyelevel Gallery (time to be confirmed - following InterACT).

A late-night, curated performance by Halifax-area laptop performers, DJs, Hip Hop artists, and other guests.  Cash bar.

Tickets: Pay-what-you-can ($5 suggested).

Sunday February 3. Workshop 1: Computers & music for beginners

Presenter: Andrew Duke
Eyelevel Gallery, 12-2 pm.

This workshop will help both amateurs and professionals discover new ways to create and process music on their own laptops.

Halifax-based Andrew Duke is a respected artist, and an experienced teacher and workshop presenter.

Free admission.

Sunday February 3. Workshop 2: An Introduction to SuperCollider

Presenter: Dr Scott Wilson
Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 4-6 pm.

Oscillations guest artist Scott Wilson will present a workshop on SuperCollider—a powerful open source (Mac, Linux, Windows) object-oriented environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.

Vancouver-born Scott Wilson teaches composition and develops software at the University of Birmingham, UK, home of the Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST).

Free admission.

Sunday February 3. Concert 3: The UK Connection

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 8 pm.

The UK Connection is an immersive, multi-speaker concert of acousmatic electroacoustic music; live performance and signal processing; and mixed media work.

This concert also highlights the affinity between Canada and the UK in electroacoustic music: all the works in this concert are by Canadian composers with a strong UK connection.

The second portion of the concert features a performance by guest artist Scott Wilson of his mixed-media work, MüllMusik.

Tickets: $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students.

 

Venue Locations

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery.

The Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the Loyola Academic Complex on the Saint Mary’s University Campus, accessible from Gorsebrook Avenue or off Robie Street south of the McNally Building.
(Street address: 5865 Gorsebrook Avenue)

Eyelevel Gallery.

2063 Gottingen St, Halifax (new location as of August 2007)

Tickets for the events with an admission charge are available at the door.