EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 54, Issue 15 This issue's topics: ESOTERICITY MUSIC Ircam bibliography MIDI folks Near Cambridge UK Rochester resources ? SEAMUS '94 Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 20:54:21 GMT From: Ann Pinyan Subject: ESOTERICITY MUSIC ESOTERICITY MUSIC - Orchestrated nature (birdsong, locales, animalia), progressive art rock, soundtracks for theatre and modern dance, symphonic/surrealist rock, avant garde sound sculptures, humanly impossible rhythmic hierarchies. Reviewed in the Discoveries Column of the May '93 issue of Keyboard Magazine. Write for free catalog. ESOTERICITY MUSIC P.O. Box 906187, Dept.C Tulsa, OK 74112-0187 Feel free to respond to me and I will forward. Thanks, Ann Pinyan ann.pinyan@corp.sun.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1993 10:45:40 GMT From: Michel Fingerhut Subject: Ircam bibliography A (yet partial) bibliography of articles, theses, books etc... written at Ircam or in conjunction with work at Ircam has been put on our anonymous ftp server. It can be found in: ftp.ircam.fr:/pub/IRCAM/doc/{bib-by-author.ps.Z,bib-by-year.ps.Z} ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 15:37:00 BST From: David Greaves Subject: I'm thinking of organising a meeting of midi/computer musicians in the Cambridge UK area. I already have five names. Please let me know if you're interested in joing my list. Dr David J Greaves St Johns College Cambridge CB2 1Tp djg@cam-orl.co.uk /* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 11:06:38 -0400 From: Jon Crystal Subject: Rochester resources ? I'll be traveling to Rochester (NY) later this week to visit "Montage '93", and am looking for any suggestions of music stores to visit while there (new and/or used midi hardware/software). Thanks for any tips. Jon Crystal University of Vermont 357 Waterman Burlington, VT 05405 email: jcrystal@moose.uvm.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 12:49:52 -0500 From: Stephen David Beck Subject: = = = = = = = = = S E A M U S ' 9 4 = = = = = = = = = The 1994 National Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States April 7-9, 1994 Middlebury College Middlebury, VT The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) announces its 1994 National Conference to be hosted by the Department of Music at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. = = = = = = = CALL FOR PAPER PRESENTATIONS & PANELS = = = = = = = SEAMUS is announcing a call for papers and panel discussions to be presented during the conference. This call is open to all residents of the United States, and is not restricted to SEAMUS members. Papers may be on any topic relating to Electro-Acoustic Music including but not limited to the following: interactive performance systems electro-acoustic music and performance ethics and aesthetics Participants must submit an abstract of no more than 500 words describing the nature of the presentation, including any technical resources that will be needed. Panel sessions should be proposed using the same format. DEADLINE: All paper/panel presentation submissions must arrive at the following address no later than Friday, September 3, 1993: SEAMUS 1994 Paper/Panel Selection Committee Professor Jon Appleton Department of Music - Hopkins Center Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 = = = = = = = = = = = CALL FOR SCORES AND TAPES = = = = = = = = = = = SEAMUS is announcing a call for musical works to be presented during the conference. This call is open to all residents of the United States, and is not restricted to SEAMUS members. Submissions are judged by blind audition and are selected for the conference strictly on quality of work and feasability of performance. Preference will be given to works shorter than 14 minutes in length. Music Submission Guidelines: Composers may submit works of any genre or style in the following categories: (A) Music for tape (B) Music for performer(s) and tape (including interactive performance) (C) Music videos SEAMUS strongly encourages student composers to submit works for consideration. Student works will be considered by the music committee separately, and special recognition will be given to works displaying unusual talent and/or significant potential. All composers may submit one work per category. Submissions by SEAMUS members are without cost. Submissions by non-members must include a $5.00 submission fee for each work. SEAMUS members may submit more than one work per category if accompanied by a $5.00 submission fee per additional entry. All submission fees are non-refundable. Checks should be made out to SEAMUS. Each work submitted in categories A & B, must be recorded on a cassette tape (one work per tape), preferably with Dolby B NR. Scores for works in category B must have all appearances of the composer's name blocked out or erased. Works submitted in category C must be recorded on VHS Hi-Fi. Submission materials will only be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). Please include specific technical requirements needed for the presentation of submitted works. The conference will be responsible for all sound and video diffusion resources. While the conference will assist in providing additional technical resources (i.e., computers, synthesizers), composers will be ultimately responsible for any additional technical needs. DEADLINE: All submissions must include the following application form. Incomplete submissions or submissions which do not adhere to the preceding guidelines may not be considered. All materials must arrive at the following address no later than Friday, September 3, 1993: SEAMUS 1994 Music Committee Professor George Todd Department of Music Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753 ============================================================ SEAMUS 1994 Music Submission Form Name: Address: City, State, Zip: SEAMUS Membership: Member Non-member Submission: General Entry Student Entry (must be currently enrolled in degree program) Title of Work: Length: Instrumentation: Circle Category: (A) Music for tape (B) Music for performer(s) and tape (including interactive performance) (C) Music videos Technical Requirements: Tape playback format (i.e., DAT, 1/4-track analog, VHS): Other technical needs (i.e. computers, synths, live sound): ============================================================ All materials will returned if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included with this form. Submissions by non-members must include a $5.00 submission fee for each work. SEAMUS members may submit more than one work per category if accompanied by a $5.00 submission fee per additional entry. All submission fees are non-refundable. Checks should be made out to SEAMUS. DEADLINE: This form and accompaning materials must arrive no later than Friday, September 3, 1993 at the following address: SEAMUS 1994 Music Committee Professor George Todd Department of Music Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753 ============================================================= ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************