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THE EMF GUIDE TO THE WORLD
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Electronic Music Foundation
November 13, 1998

Here are some pointers to events and activities relevant to music in a
technological world. For the most complete and up-to-date information,
visit The EMF Guide to the World on the web:

          http://www.emf.org/guide.html

Contents:
=> 50 years ...
=> IRCAM in December
=> Electroacoustic Music Week
=> Modulations
=> Winter in (and around) New York
=> Around the world in 60 days
=> On the web

=>Listing your events in this calendar

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50 years ...
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Daniel Teruggi / Groupe de Recherches Musicales
Around New York City, November 17 - 23
New York City, Harvestworks, November 21

On October 5, 1948, Pierre Schaeffer broadcast the Concert de Bruits
(Concert of Noises) from Radiodiffusion Francaise in Paris. The event, the
first public presentation of what Schaeffer called "musique concrete," was
significant because it marked the official opening up of music to all
sounds.

          -=-=-=-=-
          Want the whole story of musique concrete? Read this book:
          http://www.cdemusic.org/books/chadabe.electrics.html

1998 is the 50th anniversary year of musique concrete. It has been
celebrated in numerous festivals, mostly in Europe. At EMF, we thought we
should do something to celebrate it in the US. So we invited Daniel
Teruggi, current director of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris
(GRM), to demonstrate recent work including a new version of GRM Tools (a
major digital signal processing software package) at several colleges and
universities in the New York area. Between November 17 and 23, Teruggi will
visit Wesleyan University, Dartmouth College, Vassar College, Bennington
College, and Princeton University.

On November 21, Teruggi will demonstrate and discuss GRM technology at
Harvestworks in New York City, which will mark the first event of an
ongoing collaboration between EMF and Harvestworks. Our idea is to bring
technology developers together with a small group of composers in a
by-invitation-only series of informative and pleasurable encounters. If you
would like to be invited to this event, and/or if you would like to be on
the invitation list for future events of this kind, let us know:

          mailto:calendar@emf.org

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IRCAM in December
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If you're in Paris in December, go to IRCAM. You'll be three times fascinated.

#1: IRCAM Forum
December 8 - 10
Twice per year, the IRCAM Forum organizes 3-day workshops to discuss
software developed at IRCAM and to provide a framework for members of the
Forum to present their own work.

          mailto:admin-forum@ircam.fr
          http://www.ircam.fr/forum/

In general, we recommend that you look seriously into the IRCAM Forum. The
meetings are useful and interesting. But there's more. Download jMax, for
example, a realtime software signal processing system with a basic set of
DSP libraries and documentation. And then bear in mind that a full-featured
version, including more complete documentation, support, tutorials and an
extensive set of IRCAM librairies and patches, is available to members of
the Forum ... not to mention the CD-ROMs and other membership benefits.

          http://www.ircam.fr/jmax/

While you're at it, look at the IRCAM MSP download site.

          http://www.ircam.fr/msp

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Modulations
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Technophiles, alert!

Iara Lee, director of 'Synthetic Pleasures', has a new film titled
'Modulations: Cinema for the Ear', an exploration into electronic music and
its impact on late 20th century pop culture. It contains interviews and
studio footage with Coldcut, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Roni Size and The
Prodigy, and many others. Pioneers like John Cage, Stockhausen, Pierre
Henry, and Robert Moog make cameo appearances. Wired Magazine called it
"riveting." If you're in Detroit, Milwaukee, Williamstown, Santa Fe, San
Antonio, Ithaca, Hartford, Cleveland,  Providence, Portland, Spokane, San
Francisco, Nashville, or Las Vegas, and if it's sometime in November or
December, check the schedule.

          mailto:luko@caipirinha.com
          http://www.modulations.com

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Winter in (and around) New York
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Interpretations
Merkin Hall, New York City
November 12, December 3 ...
The Interpretations series, now in its 10th season and still one of New
York's most interesting concert series, is presenting John Kennedy and
Karen Walwyn on November 12, Katrina Krimsky on December 3, and many other
events in 1999.

          Kennedy/Walwyn
          http://www.emf.org/calevents/interpretations/981112kenwyn.html

          Krimsky
          http://www.emf.org/calevents/interpretations/981203krimsky.html

          Schedule for 1999
          http://www.emf.org/calevents/interpretations.html

Roulette
New York City
A continuing series
Roulette, now in its 20th year, remains one of the most interesting
downtown lofts. Concerts-to-be in November and December include Andrea
Goodman and Gerry Hemingway, Mark Howell, Ikue Mori, and Jim Staley.

          mailto:info@roulette.org
          http://www.roulette.org

Harvestworks
New York City
Ongoing
Studying digital media arts at Harvestworks may be just the thing for you.
All of the courses are short, hands on, and practical, and they'll teach
you to do things like design web pages, edit digital photographs, and use a
lot of high tech software.

          mailto:harvestw@dti.net
          http://www.hartvestworks.org

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Around the world in 60 days
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Harry Partch in England
London & Huddersfield
November 27 - 29
Harry Partch's music will be performed by Newband in the UK on authentic
Partch instruments for the 1st time in the UK! The program will include
'Castor and Pollux', verses from 'Petaluma', 'Daphne of the Dunes', and two
works by Dean Drummond for the Partch instruments. The events will start on
November 27 at the Barbican Centre (London) and include Bob Gilmore talking
about Harry Partch's life and work. The concert will be repeated at the
Huddersfield Music Festival.

          mailto:bhpslatest@compuserve.com

          -=-=-=-=-
          More info on Partch in general? Read Gilmore's book:
          http://www.cdemusic.org/books/gilmore.partch.html

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On the web
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On November 8 in New York City, ASCI (Art and Science Collaborations, Inc.)
presented 'Bell Labs & the Origins of the Multimedia Artist', a panel that
celebrated the beginnings of multimedia and electronic music. The panelists
were Ken Knowlton, Max Mathews, Emmanuel Ghent, Michael Noll, Laurie
Spiegel, Jerry Spivack, Doree Seligmann, and Carl Machover. If you missed
it there, find it here:

          http://www.asci.org/BellLabs

Laurie Spiegel recently mentioned to us the need for an archive of vintage
software. It's certainly in our plans. But for the moment, it's time to
refresh your memory re 'Music Mouse', Spiegel's interactive composing
program from the 1980s.

          http://www.dorsai.org/~spiegel/ls_programs.html

On another note, 'Meteorite', a musical installation by Tod Machover,
opened in Essen, Germany, on June 5, 1998. From the press release:
"Meteorite is inspired by the whimsical notion that a giant meteor has
crashed into the Earth from an alien, future culture ... Visitors enter
Meteorite through a small structure visible above ground and descend into a
vast, multi-storied cavern with ramps and walkways leading to a series of
brightly colored, geometric chambers."

          http://www.media.mit.edu/ttt/groups/machover/meteor.html

Visit the Waisvisz Archives, now visible on the web to document the many
interesting works of Michel Waisvisz, exceptional artist and innovator. And
while you're at it, have a general look at STEIM, makers of many
fascinating devices.

          http://www.xs4all.nl/~mwais
          http://www.xs4all.nl/~steim

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Listing your events in this calendar
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If you'd like us to list your events in The EMF Worldwide Calendar, send
your information as early as possible to:

           mailto:calendar@emf.org

An email address and/or web reference for further information (such as the
address where the event will occur, box office phone, time of the event,
ticket price, etc) is essential. If you don't have a website to use in this
way, we suggest that you compose a standard email message with the relevant
information and be prepared to send it out to answer any inquiries. If you
would like us to create a website or manage a standard email message for
you, contact us for information.

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