Sixteenth Annual
Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival
University of Florida
Composer-in-Residence, Charles Dodge
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Charles Dodge inaugurated the graduate study of computer music at Columbia University where he taught in the music department from 1970-1980. Subsequently, he founded the Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and taught at the City University Graduate Center. He has received a Woodrow Wilson Graduate Fellowship and two Guggenheim Fellowships as well as numerous commissions and awards for his compositions. Dodge is best known for his many electro-acoustic works incorporating speech synthesis and for a series of works that combine computer music with live performance. With Thomas A. Jerse, he is co-author of the leading textbook in the field, Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition and Performance. |
About the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival
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A premiere event in the field of electroacoustic music, this year the Florida Electroacoustic Music
Festival enters its 16th year of bringing together an international
rostrum of today's electroacoustic composers to present their
cutting-edge music. Past composers-in-residence have included world
renowned composers Hubert S. Howe, Jr., Cort Lippe, Gary Nelson, Jon
Appleton, Joel Chadabe, Larry Austin, Barry Truax, Richard Boulanger,
Paul Lansky, James Dashow, Mort Subotnick and John Chowning.
- works for recorded media alone
- - two to eight channel works for performance on up to 14 speakers (see media formats supported)
- video 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 with other media in performance.
Supported resources include:
- - Cycling '74's Max/Msp (Macintosh Dual 1.25GHz G4 w/1GB RAM & MOTU 2408 i/o)
- SuperCollider
- Kyma 5.13 with Capybara 320 (three card system)
- Yamaha Disklavier Grand Piano
- Proposals for other technologies will be considered
- CD
- 16 and 24 bit RDAT
- Tascam DA88/DTRS
- Alesis ADAT XT20
- 1/4" 1/2 track tape
- 1/4" 4-track tape
- DVD
- VHS
A call for electroacoustic art music works that fit into one of the following categories:
media formats supported:
Audio
Video (NTSC)
for submitted work(s):
NOVEMBER 1, 2006
All submissions must include performance materials in one of the media listed above, performance parts and/or a score, a brief biography (75-100 words), program notes (100 words or less), and required submission form. Biographies or notes in excess of the maximum will be truncated. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Please indicate whether the composer can provide the performer(s). Contact information on the required submission form must include a phone number, address, and if available, an 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.
Composers may submit no more than two compositions for performance consideration on the festival.
Composers selected for performance are required to attend the festival; this is to provide the festival with a sense of community. The festival is unable to provide travel grants or honoraria.
Should a composer be unable to attend the festival their work will not be presented.
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 minutes to present their paper (20 minutes for delivery, and 10 minutes for questions and answers).
for submitted paper(s):
NOVEMBER 1, 2006
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SEND SUBMISSIONS OR INQUIRIES TO:
- 16th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival
Joo Won Park, General Manager
University of Florida School of Music
P.O. Box 117900/130 Music Bldg.
Gainesville, FL 32611-7900
(352) 392-0223/voice
(352) 392-0461/fax
( femf16@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), USAir Express and Northwest Airlines. 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).
Anticipated notification of selection for those with email access will begin December 2006. The completed program will be availble at
http://emu.music.ufl.edu/femf/fest16prg.html
