Version 1.0 by the end of the summer
Posted on 10 August 2010 | No responses
For a number of years now I’ve been wanting to write a UPIC like drawing program for algorithmic composition. The idea started while I was in my masters, I guess this is when I started using graph paper to compose or at least organize my compositional process. The idea for the program:
- Be like UPIC in that you draw lines (envelopes) on a canvas and these line are to represent musical gestures, but unlike UPIC in that there is a number of auxiliary parameters (other envelopes and data) associated to each “line” (or event) on the canvas (more than just the waveform as in UPIC).
- To have the ability to not only draw envelopes but to manipulate/develope existing envelopes: reshaping, moving, adding to, altering, copying, cutting, pasting, etc.
- Does not generate musical materials itself, but exports data to be used by existing algorithmic compositional environments (Common Music/Grace, jMusic, Open Music, etc.), making it very versatile.
Since I’m now finished with my course work and I’m looking at doing Prelims and writing requirements for the DMA during the coming school year, I am in need of some research topics to write about. I have chosen to write the two publishable papers instead of the monograph, and one of them will be on this program… Well, this program, it’s functionality, and a short piece written with it.
My goal was to be at the 1.0 mark by the end of summer so I would have plenty of time to write a piece with it, and it actually looks like this going to happen. I am almost finished and I have weeks to spare. Of course, there are things I would still like to add and I need to work on documentation, but it is almost at the 1.0 stopping point. I’ll put a page up soon with a download and some documentation for my program MyPic.
Upcoming Performance – SCI Region V Conference – Augustana College
Posted on 18 July 2010 | No responses
Percussionist Caleb Herron will be playing my solo vibraphone work Primarily Sexy at this years SCI Region V Conference at Augustana College in Illinois. The Conference is taking place Oct. 1 – 2. Scheduling hasn’t been finalized, I’ll post when I know more.
Upcoming Performances – Devil May Card Duo – Eastern US Tour
Posted on 2 June 2010 | No responses
The DMC Duo [Ariana Lamon-Anderson - Clarinet, Caleb Herron - Percussion] will be kicking off their Eastern US Tour late this month, and will be performing my work Increment (commissioned by Caleb Herron). So far, performances are scheduled in Cambridge, MA [June 21st, 7:30pm @ the Lilypad], and Duluth, GA [June 27th, 3pm @ Chocolate Perks], but more dates/venues are in the works. I’ll post when I hear of additions. Check the DMC Duo’s site for more information.
Addition => Performance – Papacookie Concert Series, New York, NY – June 23, 2010, 8 pm. For specific information on this concert contact us via e-mail @ dmcduo@gmail.com. At a New York apartment, this concert will be a shared bill with a group that will be named shortly.
Addition =>Performance – Cleveland, OH, June 25, 2010, 8pm – Selective program.
Upcoming Performance – SCI 2010 National Conference – Columbia, SC
Posted on 2 June 2010 | No responses
Percussionist Caleb Herron will be premiering my solo vibraphone work Primarily Sexy at this years SCI National Conference. The Conference is taking place Nov. 11 – 14 in Columbia, SC, and is being hosted by Tayloe Harding, Sonia Jacobsen, and Samuel Douglas. The concerts have yet to be scheduled, but I’ll post when I know more.
Upcoming Performance – SEAMUS 2010 National Conference – St. Cloud, MN
Posted on 3 January 2010 | No responses
My work Pathfinder was selected for performance at the SEAMUS 2010 25th Anniversary National Conference at St. Cloud State University on April 8, 9, and 10. Visit the conference website here for more info. See you there!
Upcoming Performance – NoiseFloor Festival – Stafford, England
Posted on 3 January 2010 | No responses
My work Pathfinder has been chosen for diffusion in one of the Saturday concerts (1.16) of the NoiseFloor Festival. Check out their site for more info.
Upcoming Performance – UIUC Composers Concert – Urbana, IL
Posted on 13 October 2009 | No responses
A stereo version of my new 5.1 work Contrapture will be premiered on Sunday, Oct. 18th at 5pm at Smith Hall on the UIUC campus. The concert is organized by Dee Reddy and will feature some of his music as well as the music of Scott Rubin, Kurt Werner, Matt Thomas, and Jinok Cho. Here is a link to the concert flyer.
Contrapture
Posted on 12 October 2009 | Comments Off
2009
Contrapture (2009), electroacoustic music designed for 5.1 surround, draws inspiration from a variety of noisy devices or machines: airplanes, typewriters, printing presses, and others. The title originates with a verbal mishap that I heard once; I’m still not sure if the intended word was contraption or capture. In either case, this work resonates with both words due to the sounds sources and the various processes used in its creation.
Contrapture was composed with Grace (an algorithmic composition environment by Taube), Csound, AudioSculpt, and Protools. This work was realized in the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Upcoming Performance – Electroacoustic Juke Joint – Cleveland, MS
Posted on 14 September 2009 | No responses
My 5.1 work Pathfinder was selected to be presented at this year’s Electroacoustic Juke Joint Festival, to be held November 12-14 at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. It is looking like November will be a busy month for travel. More details to come…
Upcoming Performance – Electronic Music Midwest – Kansas City, KS
Posted on 12 August 2009 | No responses
My 5.1 work Pathfinder was selected to be presented at this year’s Electronic Music Midwest Festival, to be held November 5-7 at the Kansas City Kansas Community College. More details to come…