Concert PACE 1 Wednesday March 18th 7pm MTI Mix 4

Continuing our 15^th birthday celebration – more works from our amazing team. The UK premiere of Simon Atkinson’s GRM (Paris) Commission and works by masters and doctoral students - David Holland’s piece was a finalist for the Bangor Dylan Thomas Prize 2014, Sam Topley performs her invented instruments - audio-visual, performance, acousmatics, story telling, soundscape and more -

Simon Atkinson                  Nocturne aquatique

David Holland                       The Force

Francesc Marti                    Speech 1

Panos Amelides                 The Pain(t)

Sam Topley                          untitled

Sam Warren                                    Shift

Robin Parmar                      Caged Bird

All welcome! Entry Free!

Last opportunity this term for an item for your concert reports! MUST1009, MUST2003 and essential for projects and composers too!

LLEAPP Festival, March 4 - 6th 2015

PACE, Phoenix Café Bar & Leicester Hackspace

LLEAPP (Laboratory for Laptop and Electronic Audio Performance Practice) is a collective of musician-researchers based in Edinburgh. It is run on the basis of a 3-day practice-led symposium, discussing tactics and strategies for collaborative play, a series of open rehearsals, and finishes with a performance each day.

LLEAPP started in 2009 at the University of Edinburgh, has since been held at different universities across the UK, and is being hosted this year by De Montfort University, Leicester.

Among featured guests will be Hong Kong-based Takuro Lippit (aka DJ Sniff), a turntablist working in the field of improvised and experimental music; cellist and string arranger Audrey Riley whose work ranges from The Smiths to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; Swedish noise artist Max Wainwright; mobile artist Steranko; and John Richards with members of the Dirty Electronics Ensemble.

LLEAPP all participants: Owen Green, Taku Lippit, Max Wainwright, Steve Jones, J Richards, Amit Patel, Jim Frize, Sam Topley, Audrey Riley

Schedule

Wednesday 4th March 2015

13:00 -14:00 – Seminar with Takuro Lippit + Owen Green (University of Edinburgh) MTIRL, Clephan Building

14:00 -18:00 – Open rehearsals in the PACE Studio 1

19:00 – Concert 1, PACE Studio 1 (all LLEAPP)

Thursday 5th March 2015

9:00 -12:00 – Breadboard Workshop with Jim Frize (Sonodrome) + DMU students at Leicester Hackspace (meet PACE @ 9.00 am)

9:00 -15:00 – Open rehearsals PACE Studio 1, DMU (LLEAPP)

21:00 - 21:30 – Q&A with Jenny Walklate + LLEAPP musicians + The Real Junk Food Project, Leicester in the Phoenix Café Bar.

21.30 - late – Concert 2, feat DJ Sniff + Breadboard Workshop + LLEAPP musicians in the Phoenix Café Bar.

Friday 6th March 2015

9.00 - LLEAPP get-in/rehearse PACE Studio 1

10:30 - 12:00 – Open rehearsals/workshop (MUST1008). Mobile music feat Steranko, Dushume, DMU students, PACE Studio 1

12.00 - 13.00 Pay-As-You-Feel Food provided by The Real Junk Food Project, Leicester on the PACE Mezzanine.

13:00 - 14:30 – Lunchtime Concert 3, PACE Studio 1 + mobile music performances

14:30 - 15:00 – Breakdown

17:00 - Social

Links

Leicester Hackspace is a venue for makers of digital, electronic, mechanical and creative projects. http://leicesterhackspace.org.uk/

The Real Junk Food Project is a pioneering UK movement that re-purposes food thrown away by supermarkets. http://www.therealjunkfoodproject.co.uk

For further information and details of featured artists, please contact Steve Jones at steve@amancalledadam.com Jack Richardson jack.richardson@dmu.ac.uk or John Richards jrich@dmu.ac.uk

MTI Mix 2 - Concert Pace 1 Wednesday 12th November 7pm

Wednesday November 12^th, 2014 7.00pm

PACE Building, Studio 1, Richmond St., Leicester

MTI Mix 2

We continue our 15^th Birthday Season celebrating our members’ great success over the last year – and introducing some new members.

Michael Young                                    Piano Prosthesis

Michael recently joined DMU as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Teaching and Learning). He performs this interactive piano/computer piece himself.

Virginie Viel                                    Nuage Noir

Virginie recently joined MTI as a research student after a Masters at Mons (Belgium) including studies with Annette Vande Gorne and Elizabeth Anderson.

Simon Atkinson                                    afterimages

A new work evoking the rich and mysterious sounds of nature, exploring composition as landscape.

Louise Rossiter                         Cyclic Motions

Louise is a PhD research student in MTI - she has just returned from a composing residency in Montreal.

Marinos Giannoukakis                        Musica Universalis

A new work for computer-generated graphics and 8-channel sound. Marinos is a PhD research student in MTI.

All welcome! Entry Free!
This is another event for the concert reports for MUST1009, MUST2003, MUST2007 and essential for MUST3000/3024 too!

Watch this space for our continuing MTI events series

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