| Fifteenth Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival |
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April 6-8, 2006
University of Florida
Composer-in-Residence, John Chowning
Osgood Hooker Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of Music, Emeritus
Stanford University
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John M. Chowning was born in Salem, New Jersey. Following military and university studies, he studied composition in Paris for three years with Nadia Boulanger. With the help of Max Mathews of Bell Telephone Laboratories and David Poole of Stanford, he set up a computer music program using the computer system of Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1964. His initial research led to the first generalized sound localization algorithm implemented in a quad format in 1966. The same year he received the doctorate in composition from Stanford University, where he studied with Leland Smith who then joined Chowning in the computer music research. In 1967, Chowning discovered and developed an algorithm for generating complex sounds using frequency modulation (FM). This breakthrough in the synthesis of timbres allowed a very simple yet elegant way of creating and controlling time-varying spectra. Inspired by the acoustic and perceptual research of Jean-Claude Risset in the domain of timbre, he worked toward turning this discovery into a system of musical importance, using it extensively in his compositions. In 1973 Stanford University licensed the FM synthesis patent to Yamaha in Japan, leading to the most successful family of synthesizers in the history of electronic musical instruments. |
| John Chowning has received fellowship grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and was artist-in-residence with the Kunstlerprogramm des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdiensts for the City of Berlin in 1974, and guest artist in IRCAM, Paris in 1978, in 1981, and in 1985. His compositions have been recorded on compact disc, WERGO 2012-50. In 1983 he was honored for his contributions to the field of computer music at the International Computer Music Conference in Rochester, New York. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988. He was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Music by Wittenberg University in 1990. In 1992 he was given The Osgood Hooker Professorship of Fine Arts by the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford. The French Ministre de la Culture awarded him the Diplôme d'Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1995 and he was given the Doctorat Honoris Causa December 2002 by the Université de la Méditerranée in Marseille. Chowning taught computer-sound synthesis and composition at Stanford University's Department of Music and was founder and director of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), which continues to be one of the leading centers for computer music and related research. | |
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James Paul Sain, DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER Paul Koonce, CO-HOST Joo Won Park, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER Javier Alejandro Garavaglia, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Chan Ji Kim, ASSISTANT MANAGER Suk Jun Kim, Matt McCabe & Tim Reed, TECHNICAL TEAM LEADERS Russell Brown & Sa Woo Lee, PROGRAM CO-COORDINATORS Yoonjee Kim & Michael Deall, REGISTRATION AND HOSPITALITY Seung Hye Kim, HOSPITALITY AND STUDENT CONCERT COORDINATOR Jong Chan Lee, RECORDING Marc LoRang & Mark Quathamer, TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS Shamus Jary McConney, LIGHTING DESIGN Marc Shahboz, ART DIRECTOR Rob Wert, GRAPHIC DESIGN |
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Festival support is provided by the University of Florida School of
Music, the Univeristy of Florida College of Fine Arts, and the
University of Florida Office of Research and Graduate Programs. Special
thanks to Dr. J. Bernard Machen, President, the University of Florida, Dr.
John Duff, Director, the University of Florida School of Music, Dr.
Barbara Korner, Interim Dean, University of Florida College of Fine Arts, and
Dr. Winfred Phillips, Dean, the University of Florida Office of
Research and Graduate Programs and Vice President for Research.
These rehearsal times are preliminary and should be used for initial reference only.
Check here for a description of the performance sound system and speaker placement
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The Florida Electroacoustic Music
Festival enters its 15th 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, and Morton Subotnick.
April 6, 2006
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Concert I
Electroacoustic Music from FEMS
Seung Hye Kim, curator
- Thursday, April 6, 2006, 9:30 a.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| The Long Way 'Round | Matthew McCabe |
| Solitary on a Rainy Day | Sa Woo Lee |
| The Lotus Flower | Chan Ji Kim |
| Snapshots | Joo Won Park |
| Bisection | Tim Reed |
| 6 Orphans of Russolo | Daniel McCoy |
| Kyrie | Russell Brown |
| Kotmun | Suk Jun Kim |
| Temporary illusion | Seung Hye Kim |
Listening Session
Works of John Chowning
- Thursday, April 6, 2006, 12:00 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Stria |
| Turenas |
| Phoné |
Concert II
Electroacoustic music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Tom Lopez, curator
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 3:00 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
It Argues Katelyn Mueller Interim Jacob Gotlib Though We Don't Know What to Do, We Know How to Do It Michael Geraci Distiller Ross Feller Safaai Amrita K. Dang Espaces Pointillés Tom Lopez 24 Hours Patrick Barter
Concert III
Juried Concert A
- Thursday, April 6, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| wilderness/entropy | Neil Flory |
| Neoga | Steven Kemper |
| RainScape | Michael Thompson |
| Interval | |
| Forgotten Dreams | Jason Bolte |
| Am Steg (Spaces) | Javier Alejandro Garavaglia |
| Hydraulis | Colby Leider |
| Hastening Toward the Half Moon | Elainie Lillios |
Concert IV
Juried Concert B
- Friday, April 7, 2006, 10:00 a.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Stochasm | Timothy Dwight Edwards |
| Within/Without | Jake Rundall |
| Distribution Study | Jason Thomas |
| Sonata | Tim Polashek |
| Interval | |
| Resource14 | Daniel Blinkhorn |
| Fixed Explosions | Samuel Pluta |
| My Heart Sings - Silent | Jon Welstead |
Concert V
Music for Electroacoustics and Saxophone
Susan Fancher, saxophonist
- Friday, April 7, 2006, 3:00 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Apparitions | Ed Martin |
| Contrasts | Patrick Peringer |
| with Jonathan Helton, saxophone | |
| Not Waving, but Drowning | Denise Broadhurst |
| SaxMax | Mark Engebretson |
| Steppe | Michele Gillman |
| SLAMMED | James Paul Sain |
Concert VI
Juried Concert C
- Friday, April 7, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Adagio: Convolutions on a theme by Mozart | Larry Austin |
| Click... | Ronald K. Parks |
| Joyce's Vision | Rob Mackay |
| [after] | Benjamin Broening |
| Interval | |
| Chant/Songe | Andrew May |
| Gongs of Tiny Insects | Jeffery Stolet |
| t1 | Tae Hong Park |
Concert VII
Juried Concert D
- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 10:00 a.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Ida | David Z. Durant |
| Nemo | Benoit Granier |
| Hard-Boiled Wonderland | Hsiao-Lan Wang |
| Truss Plant Concréte II | Chester Udell |
| Effluvium | Paul Riker |
| Blowout (Expanded) | Michael Pounds |
Concert VIII
Music from the University of Birmingham
Jonty Harrison, curator
- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 3:00 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Rock'n'Roll | Jonty Harrison |
| Scherzo | Andrew Lewis |
| Caspian Retreat | Pippa Murphy |
| Dirty Grooves | Iain Armstrong |
| Baoding | David Berezan |
| Junky | Adrian Moore |
Concert IX
Juried Concert E
- Saturday, April 8, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Solemn Song For Evening | Richard Boulanger |
| Scrunch! | Hubert S. Howe, Jr. |
| The Outer Edge of Possibility | Sylvia Pengilly & Michael Rhoades |
| Interval | |
| Sapphire Dreams | Ragnar Grippe |
| Hair of the Bow | Paul Koonce |
| Voices | John Chowning |
Installation
- Presentation by MPG (Mobile Performance Group) - Parking Lot
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 6:30 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Entrance/Driveway
Convocation Lecture/Recital
- Presentation by Composer-In-Residence, Dr. John Chowning
Friday, April 7, 2006, 12:50 p.m.
University of Florida Music Department, Room 120
Spatial Techniques
- Presentation by Composer-In-Residence, Dr. John Chowning
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 12:00 p.m.
University of Florida Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater
| Composing the Sound Itself |
| In the early years of computer music the quality of sounds and the environments in which they occur were the 'targets' of exploration. The interaction between the work at Bell Labs and Stanford was occasional but productive. The early experiments in projecting sounds in space and FM synthesis will be presented and explained. |
The above schedule is not in final concert order; this program is subject to change without prior notification.
Rehearsal schedule will be set based on information contained on the returned
confirmation and festival registration forms.
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Official Hotel Reservations:
- University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center
1714 S.W. 34th St.
Gainesville, FL 32607
(352) 371-3600 voice
(352) 371-0306 fax
NOTE: mention that you're with the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival for the festival rate: King $109/Double-Double $109 (plus 6.25% sales tax and 3% occupancy tax).
Cut off date for reservation: March 3, 2006 (extended)
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Festival Registration Forms:
A downloadable version of the FEMF15 Registration Form is available at:
Cut off date for pre-payment rate: March 6, 2006 (receipt)
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