DMU Postgrad Study Information Session 19 Feb

The university will be holding a talk on postgraduate study and to promote the new Vice Chancellor 2020 Scholarships. This will occur Wednesday 19th feb 11am-12.30pm, and will include tea/coffee and cakes. The session will be in Q0.10 and start with a 10 min presentation on the scholarships. The  the rest of the session will consist of opportunities for prospective students to chat with taught postgrad course leaders and module staff.

Note that this is focused on 'taught postgrad' study, and thus it won't include MTI's postgrad study programmes, which are independent/research degrees. We will hold a different information session in the near future for 3rd-year students interested in pursuing postgraduate with MTI.

-=Bret

Installations at St Andrews Church, Jarrom Street—5-12 Feb

Students on the MUST3028 Installation Art will be presenting site specific installations at St Andrews Church (on the corner of Gateway St and Jarrom Street) from 5-12 Feb as follows.

Do please come and support their work. This will be particularly of interest to first and second years interested in pursuing the Installation Art module in the third year.

Wed 5 Feb, 3-4.30pm
Chris Inglis, The Silent Pages
   - A piece exploiting the relative quietness of the church, both physical and symbolic
Josh Yates, The Sacred Precinct 
   - Exploring the dynamics of theology and philosophy surrounding the art object
Fenton Hutson, Tintinnabulation in St. Andrews Church
   - An Installation that explores the space (acoustics and materials) and place (context/significance) of St. Andrews Church through bell and bell like sounds
David Gurney, ecclesiastes 1:7
   - A 3-dimensional sound experience that encompasses the font with flowing water

Fri 7 Feb, 1.30-3pm
Sam Wilmer, Mannequin Motet
   - Inspired by Thomas Tallis' Spem In Alium, this piece focuses on man's influence on religion shown through an immersive soundworld
Sam Topley, e.e.c.
   - exploded electronic carillon
Rory Webster, The Annals of Theology
   - A walk through various perspectives on the existence of god and the relationship between religion and science
Thom Lilley, Flow
   - Flow through the church, experiencing sounds of water without stepping outside

Tue 11 Feb, 1.30-3pm
Sagnik Basu, War of Faith
   - An installation about recreating an apocalyptic World War 2 scenario and painting people's emotional struggle of faith
Andrew Dove, Balloon Trail
   - A path of sound emitting balloons taking viewers on a historic journey up to the build of St. Andrews
John Durnford, Absolved Sin
   - The sins of those who are forgiven linger in the stations of the cross and can be heard throughout the church
Sam Warren, If walls could talk
   - A study in Space and Perception

Wed 12 Feb, 3-4.30pm
Szymon Gabriel, Electrinity
   - An interactive installation; creating sound through an interpreted stained glass window
Maxim Quick: Anekantavada - 'Non-one-sidedness'
   - A cognitively engaging installation piece aiming to highlight social cohesion by exploring the inherent ideological differences within religion
Jamie Siddons, Stimuli
   - A progressive atmospheric piece filled with deep swelling basslines, artificially edited sounds and orchestral instrumentation designed to be played through an 8 channel surround sound setup
Alex Cable, Inauditum
   - An evocative piece that reflects upon the unheard tones of the organ
Alex Gibbons, (title/info to follow)

Concert (and presentations) this Wednesday 29th January!

invisiblEARts (Scotland)

invisiblEARts are a group of electroacoustic composers whose primary aim is to nurture acousmatic music-making and performance within Scotland. Formed in 1996 by Simon Atkinson, Robert Dow, Alistair MacDonald and Pete Stollery, with a debut performance specifically conceived for Edinburgh's Filmhouse, they are committed to continued exploration into the presentation of acousmatic music within Scotland and abroad, by creating unique performance situations, using innovative venues and encouraging inter-disciplinary collaborations. invisiblEARts performances include Alte Schnmiede, Vienna; Fylkingen, Stockholm; Rien à voir (13), Montreal; Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival; Swedish National Radio; BBC Radio Scotland; SoundAsArt, and sound in Aberdeen and the Soundings... festival, Edinburgh.

7.00pm PACE Studio 1: a programme of acousmatic music from Scotland, including:
Alistair MacDonald - Scintilla (2013) and Wunderkammer (2010)
Robert Dow - Uncertain Memory (2010)
Pete Stollery - Three Cities (2013) and Still Voices (2005)

9.30am CL00.16 Alistair MacDonald (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow) will give a talk on his performative, installation and cross-arts uses of Max/MSP (this talk is a must for students taking the Creative Coding module with Bret but open to anyone interested)

3.00pm MTIRL Pete Stollery (University of Aberdeen) will give a talk on Electroacoustic music and sound design for public visitor attractions (this talk is a must for students taking the Installation Art module with Pete but open to anyone interested)

Free - all welcome! Vital for MUST1009 and MUST2003 concert reports!

Percussion workshop and performance

Swedish percussion virtuoso Jonny Axelsson performs new and classic contemporary works for percussion and percussion-with-electronics.

Wednesday 19 March, 7pm, PACE Studio 1, admission free.

Programme:
Cort Lippe: Music for Hi-Hat & Computer
Erik Bünger: The Empire Never Ended
Iannis Xenakis: Psappha
Jonny Axelsson: Zwei Meistersinger singen mit ein Jüngling!

Preceded by a free workshop on performance with live electronics, Wednesday 19 March 2-4pm, in PACE Studio 1.

ALL WELCOME

Concert to launch 2014 series - Wednesday 15th January in PACE 1

Wednesday January 15th, 2014 7.00pm 
PACE, Studio 1

MANTIS
We welcome composers from MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound). Part of an exchange between the MTIRC and the University of Manchester Music Department. A feast of surround sound on our purpose built multichannel system.
David Berezan - Buoy (2011), 9:40, 5.1 channels
Danny Saul - Frictions (Storms) (2013), 12:17, 8 channels
Brona Martin - A Bit Closer to Home (2013), 14:40, 10 channels
Constantin Popp - Triptych (2013), 15:00, 16 channels
David Berezan - Thumbs (2011), 11:00, 8 channels
CitizenUrge (aka Ricardo Climent) - Nancrillex (2013), 9:59, 2 channels
All welcome! Entry Free!
Essential for concert reports (MUST1009, MUST2003)!

And – earlier: Research seminar: 1-3pm, DMU Clephan Building room 3.03 PhD students in electroacoustic music from the University of Manchester in an open discussion about their work: Danny Saul, Brona Martin and Constantin Popp. [SE 10.01.14]

Photo Session on Thu Jan 16

A DMU photographer will be taking some photos in the Courtyard Studio and Surround Studio on Thursday Jan 16th (time TBD). It would be great to have some students in there being active with the systems for the shoot. Let me know by the Mon the 13th if you would be available and interested. Thanks, Bret.

MUST2003 tutorials begin today!

Happy New Year everyone! MUST2003 tutorials begin today - Monday 6th January - 14.00-16.00. You should all have received an email - check your DMU accounts. It's all on the handbook website page in any case. Check the details there - see you at the tutorials! [SE 06.01.14]