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Twelth Annual
Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival

April 3-5, 2003
University of Florida

Composer-in-Residence, James Dashow

photo by Jaime Reis

 James Dashow was awarded the prestigious Prix Magistere at the 30th Festival International de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques in Bourges. He has had commissions, awards and grants from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Linz Ars Electronica Festival, the Fromm Foundation, the Biennale di Venezia, the USA National Endowment for the Arts, RAI (Italian National Radio), the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Rockefeller Foundation, Il Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte (Montepulciano, Italy), the Koussevitzky Foundation, Prague Musica Nova, and the Harvard Musical Association of Boston.

A pioneer in the field of computer music, Dashow was one of the founders of the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale at the University of Padova, and has taught at MIT, Princeton University and the Centro para la Difusion di Musica Contemporanea in Madrid; he lectures extensively in the U.S. and Europe. He served as the first vice-president of the Computer Music Association, and was for many years the producer of the radio program "Il Forum Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea" for Italian National Radio.

He has written theoretical and analytical articles for Perspectives of New Music, the Computer Music Journal, La Musica, and Interface. He is the author of the MUSIC30 language for digital sound synthesis. His music has been recorded on WERGO (Mainz), Capstone Records (New York), Neuma (Boston), RCA-BMG (Roma), ProViva (Munich), Scarlatti Classica (Roma), CRI (New York), and Pan (Roma).

Dashow makes his home in the Sabine Hills north of Rome.



About the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival

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    The Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival is completing a dozen years of featuring an international variety of contemporary electroacoustic art music. Past composers-in-residence have included internationally renowned composers such as Hubert S. Howe, Jr., Cort Lippe, Gary Nelson, Jon Appleton, Joel Chadabe, Larry Austin, Barry Truax, Richard Boulanger, and Paul Lansky.

James Paul Sain and Paul Koonce, Co-hosts

    Call for Works

    A call for electroacoustic art music works that fit into the following categories:

    • works for recorded media alone
        - two and four channel works for performance on up to 14 speakers
        - octophonic/eight channel works (see media formats supported)

    • works for recorded media and instrumental solo
        - special interest in works for flute, clarinet, saxophone, horn, trombone, contra-bass, piano, and percussion

    • works utilizing interactive applications/interfaces including electroacoustic improvisation, alternative controllers, and new approaches to sound and media in performance using resources such as
        - Cycling '74's Max/Msp (Macintosh 933MHz G4 w/512MB RAM & MOTU 2408 i/o)
        - SuperCollider
        - Kyma 5.13 with Capybara 320
        - Tactex MTC Express
        - Yamaha Disklavier Grand Piano

    media formats supported:
    • CD
    • 16 and 24 bit RDAT
    • Tascam DA88/38
    • Alesis ADAT XT20
    • 1/4" 1/2 track tape
    • 1/4" 4-track tape

    Receipt deadline for submitted work(s) is:

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2002

    All works that include live performance must be accompanied by a tape of a performance or high quality realization. All submissions must include performance materials in the media listed above, performance parts and/or score, brief biography (75-100 words), program notes (100 words or less), and contact information sheet; biographies or notes in excess of the maximum will be truncated. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Please note whether the composer can provide the performer(s). Contact information sheet must include a phone number, address, and, if available email address, web site, and fax number. A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) is required for the return of all materials (or international postal response return coupons). Materials not accompanied by a SASE will become property of the Florida Electroacoustic Music Studio.

    All composers selected for performance are required to attend the festival; this is to provide a sense of community to the festival. There are no travel grants available directly from the festival. Should a composer be unable to attend the festival their work will not be presented.

    Call for Papers

    A call for papers, studio reports, and lecture/demonstrations dealing with the technology, musicology, and/or aesthetics of electroacoustic music.

    Submissions from all current areas of research are encouraged. Possible topics include acoustic ecology, interactive composition/synthesis, algorithmic composition, new musical interfaces, and new synthesis/processing techniques. Authors selected will be given 30 min to present their paper (20 delivery; 10 questions/answers).

    Receipt deadline for submitted paper(s) is:

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2002

    Three copies of the completed paper, studio report, or lecture/demonstration abstract must be accompanied by a brief biography of 75-100 words and a contact sheet (abstract and biography should be promptly available on data CD or via electronic transmission upon selection); biographies in excess of the maximum will be truncated. Contact information sheet must include a phone number, address, and, if available, email address, web site, and fax number. All papers submitted will become part of the Florida Electroacoustic Music Studio Library.


    SEND SUBMISSIONS OR INQUIRIES TO:

      Dr. James Paul Sain, Director of Electroacousic Music
      University of Florida School of Music
      P.O. Box 117900/130 Music Bldg.
      Gainesville, FL 32611-7900
      (352) 392-0223 ext. 240/voice
       (352) 392-0461/fax
       ( femf12@arts.ufl.edu)

    More information on the electroacoustic music program at the University of Florida and the Florida Electroacoustic Music Studio can be found at:

    The University of Florida is located in the North Central Florida city of Gainesville. Gainesville is served by Delta Airlines (via American Southeast Airlines) and USAir Express. The city is approximately 2.5 hours drive by car from Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Orlando, and Tampa, Florida. Airport shuttle service can be provided by the festival hotel for transportation from/to the Gainesville Regional Airport (but not to other area airports).

    Update: Notifications of selection continue to be distributed. We are still not completed with notification as of Dec. 4, 2002. Thank you for your patience!


Completed program will be availble in early December, at
http://emu.music.ufl.edu/femf/fest12prg.html

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