SEAMUS 2008 - Schedule of Events

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University of Utah in Fall
Thursday, April 3, 2008
9:15 AM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Paper Session 1
Carl RahkonenVladimir Ussachevsky and the Advent of Electronic Music, or How I Discovered the “Smoking Gun”
Robert FrankStructure and Cadences in Musique Concrète: An Analysis of Temporal Elements in the Works of Schaefer and Ussachevsky
Douglas BarrettSpectore: Generating Notated Music Using Spectra as Structural Materials
10:30 AM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Welcome and Announcements
11:00 AM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 1
Dan HoskenMysterious SkinRobert Wechsler, dancer
Tom LopezEspaces PointillésCarlton Vickers, flute
Elaine LilliosVeiled ResonanceStephen Duke, saxophone
Ivica Ico BukvicWith delicate riskVideo and Dane Webster
Jeremy SpindlerIsolation #4Donn Schaefer, trombone
Thomas RoyalSoft Stings of a Cold Dead ImageThomas Royal, voice
1:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Paper Session 2
Ralph HartsockCollaborations: How Ussachevsky Interacted with Other Composers in the 
Creation of Electronic Music
Volker Straebel“The composer becomes part of a creative circuit.” – Vladimir Ussachevsky's early aesthetic judgement regarding the new medium of tape music
John PaulsonSelected Excerpts from Personal Interviews with Vladimir Ussachevsky and his Composer Colleagues
2:30 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 2
Ben DorfanArctic CircleBen Dorfan, piano
Mark VolkerDeep WinterLaura Campbell, flute
David Z. DurantVistaDavid Z. Durant, piano
Terence PenderPlaygroundVideo
McGregor BoyleMidway InletF. Gerard Errante, clarinet
Julian PetersonA Brief Respite from FearRyan Bledsoe, alto saxophone
Julian Peterson, video game controller
4:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Concert 3
Stacy Borden12 Wings
Linda AntasStand
Martin BedardTopography of Darkness
Courtney BrownPop Presto No.2
Elizabeth HoffmanVenus
Gregory CorneliusEarth and Green
Jason BolteChange in the summation
Arthur KreigerElectronic Study, In Memoriam: Vladimir Ussachevsky
5:30 PM, The Art Barn
President's Reception
PGTBrad Garton, Terence Pender, Gregory Taylor
7:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
 
Vladimir UssachevskySlow DanceNyle Steiner, EVI
Heather Conner, piano
Ussachevsky Panel DiscussionBurton Beerman, Eric Chasalow, Brad Garton, Ralph Hartsock, Arthur Kreiger, John Paulson, Terry Pender, Carl Rahkonen, and Nyle Steiner
8:00 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 4
Vladimir UssachevskyColloquyUtah Philharmonia, Robert Baldwin, conductor
Intermission
Camilo Salazar
and Jessica Leza
Vejez Naciente, Naciente VejezVideo
David Kim-BoyleCanonNing Lu, piano
Andrew ColeSound, Timber, and Density: SOFJeremy Baguyos,double bass
Keith KirchoffThe Adventures of NorbyKeith Kirchoff, piano
Mikel KuehnChiaroscuroAmy Leung, cello
Larry AustinReduxPatricia Strange, violin
Friday, April 4, 2008
9:15 AM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Paper Session 3
Peter McMurrayGendered Reproductions: Sampling and Meaning in Vladimir Ussachevsky's Wireless Fantasy and Pauline Oliveros' Bye Bye Butterfly
Kristine BurnsHow to Make Your Wife Listen: The Portrayal of Women in Music Technology Publications
Suk-Jun KimBody, Place, Non-Body, and Non-Place in Electroacoustic Music: A Quaternary Framework for Electroacoustic Listening
11:00 AM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 5
Jeffrey StoletThings I Do with my FingersJeffrey Stolet, live electronics
Mark SnyderHarveyMark Snyder, clarinet
Per BlolandQuintet for Solo Saxophone and ElectronicsEliot Gattegno, alto saxophone
Tsai-Yun HuangImaginary PlaceTzufeng-liu, piano
Joo Won ParkSnapshotsMarianne Gythfeldt, bass clarinet
Nick Bober
and Stephen Lucas
Shattered ImagesVideo
1:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Concert 6
Jacob GotlibTower of Babel
John LatoLes Réactions de la Terre Abandonée
Thomas DempsterContact clusters
Hubert HoweInharmonic Fantasy No. 2
Michael PoundsCollection
Paul RikerCubicle
James Paul SainBeondegi
2:30 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 7
Anna RubinStolen GoldHasse Borup, violin
Allen StrangeVelocity Studies V: NgateStephen Ruppenthal, trumpet
Christopher BrakelFree LineVideo
Eric SimonsonLetterCarlton Vickers, bass flute
Butch RovanCorrespondencesVideo
Peter SwendsenA Sudden Change in the Consistency of SnowMark Ely, alto saxophone
Brian EvansCartographsVideo
4:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Presentation by Miller Puckette, 2008 Conference Lifetime Achievement Honoree:
Electronics encounters 'traditional' instruments (in tribute to Ussachevsky)
4:45 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
General Meeting
7:15 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
 
Madeleine Shapiro Panel DiscussionMadeleine Shapiro, Anthony Cornicello, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Guillermo Galindo, Charles Norman Mason, Paul Rudy
8:00 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 8
Burton BeermanConversationsScott Holden, piano
Charles Norman MasonOspedalettoMadeleine Shapiro, cello
Stan LinkIn Ida's MirrorCarlton Vickers, flute
Paul RudyVastly Shrinking SpaceMadeleine Shapiro, cello
Intermission
Orlando Jacinto GarciaMixturaMadeleine Shapiro, cello
Anthony CornicelloI'll Have an Electric Mahabharata, PleaseMadeleine Shapiro, cello
Guillermo GalindoTX3adeleine Shapiro, cello
Saturday, April 5, 2008
9:15 AM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Paper Session 4
Megan EnglandThe Online Graphical Community as a Potential Interface for Interactive Music Performance
Russell PinkstonBuilding an “Intelligent Accompanist” for Interactive Pieces in Max/MSP
David Brooke Wetzel and Andrew WaltersA modular framework for interactive system design: a performer’s tool for adapting and maintaining repertoire and a composer’s tool for exploring and extending established interactive instruments
11:00 AM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 9
Amy HansonContrathemisVideo
Liza SeigidoSirensLiza Seigido, voice
Anna ClyneON TRACKpiano
Kyong Mee ChoiGAINVideo
Kirsten VolnessUltravioletEleanor Weigert, clarinets
Juraj KojsIn SecretHilary Coon, oboe
Alexis BaconCowboy SongGreg Beyer, percussion
1:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Concert 10
David TaddieCaterwaul
Hila Tamir-OstroverPetrol
John GibsonSlumber
Lawrence FrittsThe Boy Kicked the Ball
Eric ChasalowInto Your Ears
Mark ZakiIn Whose Sight All Things Joy
2:30 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 11
Mark CooleyRecomposition #4Mark Cooley and Casey Rae-Hunter, guitar, toy piano and laptop
Peter LaneTaqsimMarianne Gythfeldt, clarinets
Brett Terry
and Andrea Wollensak
I open the windowVideo
William MeadowsPluto: Requiem for an Icy WorldSteve Bernal, cello
Christopher HopkinsArched InteriorsChristopher Hopkins, bowed piano
4:00 PM, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, School of Music
Concert 12
Jon Christopher NelsonJust After the Rain
Paul KoonceTräumerei Machine
Schuyler TsudaParasites
Michael RhoadesAnaphasics
Scott WyattOf grey twilight
5:30 PM, Officers Club
SEAMUS 2008 Banquet and SEAMUS Awards Ceremony
8:00 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, School of Music
Concert 13
Steven RicksBeyond the ZeroLeeAnn Morgan, violin
Dennis H. MillerWhite NoiseVideo
Bruce PennycookFastdanceSusan Tomkiewicz, oboe
Jeff StadelmanSong of ItselfJonathan Golove, cello
Intermission
Judith ShatinPenelope's SongHasse Borup, violin
Jason RabbAsíAmy Leung, cello
David Featherstone, percussion
Neil ThornockHuygens' WorkshopNeil Thornock, toy piano
Kurt StallmannSuite from SONAEnso String Quartet