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4.Mar.2015 Phil Niblock @ NYU Music – FAS

WHEN: Wednesday, Mar. 4th, 6:00PM ////  WHERE: NYU Music Dept. Rm 220 (24/32 Waverly Place, NY 10003) /// This event is free and open to the public. The legendary composer and film maker Phil Niblock will present some of his recent work. bio Phill Niblock makes thick, loud drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental timbres which generate […]

9.Dec.14 Ashley Fure on “Matter vs. Maker: Chaos and Creative Practice”

WHEN: Tue, Dec. 9th, 10:30AM (Comp. Seminar) ////  WHERE: NYU Music Dept. Rm 220 (24/32 Waverly Place, NY 10003) abstract Despite their wildness, chaotic spectra are rich with acoustic detail that can inform broader musical structures. Sounds like scraped metal and bowed cardboard bring a visceral materiality that highlights the friction and muscularity in sound production. This lecture tracks […]

29.Oct.14 Experimental Turntablist Maria Chavez presenting and performing in MAP class

WHEN: Wednesday, October 29th, 11:00AM (MAP Class) ////  WHERE: NYU Music Department Room 320 (24/32 Waverly Place, NY 10003) bio Born in Lima, Peru, Maria Chavez is mainly recognized in the art community as an improviser, sound artist, DJ and curator. Influenced by improvisation in contemporary art, her sound installations, visual objects and live turntable performances focus […]

28.Oct.14 Eric Chasalow on “Composing From Memory: the convergence of archive creation and composition”

WHEN: Tuesday, October 28th, 10:30AM (Composition Seminar) ////  WHERE: NYU Music Department Room 220 (24/32 Waverly Place, NY 10003) bio Eric Chasalow is widely recognized as a composer as comfortable in the studio as the concert hall.  He is especially well known for creating a vivid kind of “super-musique concrete” that combines traditional instruments with manipulated pre-recorded […]

8.Oct.14 Valérie Gabail on her current Documentary on The Rite of Spring, ritual and primitivism.

WHEN: Wednesday, October 8th, 5PM ////  WHERE: NYU Music Department Room 320 (24/32 Waverly Place, NY 10003) Film-maker and Producer Valérie Gabail will be talking on her ongoing work shooting and producing a documentary film about The Rite of Spring and the concepts of ritual and primitivism in contemporary dance. Access the synopsis here. A longer description (CNC) is available […]

15.Apr.14 Oded Ben-Tal presents “on collaborations and the role of improvisation in the creative process”

Collaborations and the role of improvisation in the creative process – by Oded Ben-Tal – WHEN: Tuesday, April 15th, 1:30PM (composition seminar activity) WHERE: NYU Music Department 24 Waverly Place, Room 220, NY 10003 abstract Oded will be talking about his recent creative work with particular focus on collaborations – with other musicians as well […]

8.Apr.14 Levy Lorenzo presents on Electronic Musical Instrument Design & Performance

Electronic Musical Instrument Design & Performance – by Levy Lorenzo – WHEN: Tuesday, April 8th, 6:00PM (composition seminar activity) WHERE: NYU Music Department 24 Waverly Place, Room 220, NY 10003 abstract Percussionist (D.M.A.) and Electronics Engineer (M.Eng.), Levy Lorenzo will present his work designing and performing new electronic musical instruments.  Levy aims to build tools […]

25.Mar.14 Guest Lecture: Zach Seldess on Spatial Sound

Adventures and Challenges in Spatial Sound: a discussion of common assumptions and constraints, and a smattering of idiosyncratic “solutions” through recent artistic and applied research  – by Zachary Seldess – WHEN: Tuesday, March 25th, 12:30PM (composition seminar) WHERE: NYU Music Department 24 Waverly Place, Room 220, NY 10003 abstract In this talk, Zachary will present […]

12.Mar.14 Evening Demo: Marco Donnarumma presents his Xth Sense Instrument and on the subject of emergence

The Xth Sense: Bodily Emergence as a Model for the Performance of Incarnated Sound – by Marco Donnarumma – WHEN: Wednesday, March 12th, 5:00PM WHERE: NYU Music Department 24 Waverly Place, Room 220, NY 10003 abstract In this talk, I will tackle the issue of physicality in embodied musical performance with digital instruments. I will […]