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PARTICIPATE: Festivals, Contests, Conferences, Airtime Submissions Requested!

Dear community of electroacoustic music composers: please note that contrary to the earlier editions of the CIMESP Ð International Electroacoustic Music Contest of S‹o Paulo, the deadline for sending works to the CIMESP this year is 30th June, 2005!!!

Have a look at all information on the VI CIMESP 2005 at: flomenezes.sites.uol.com.br/cimesp.html

Thank you and my best regards! Ê Flo Menezes
Compositor e
Diretor Art’stico do
Studio PANaroma

Al. Dos Guainumbis, 1435
04067-003 S‹o Paulo - SP Brasil

Tel & Fax: ++55/11/5055-4401
email: flomenezes@uol.com.br
web: flomenezes.sites.uol.com.br

(((call for works/sound is art)))
www.phonurgia.org Ê

Chisel, cut, mix, set in spaceŠSound has the power of the cinema and is lighter Ê

Among the prizes awarded for acoustic creation, the Phonurgia Nova competition has, since 1986, occupied a special place by virtue of its recognition of artists whose work exploits sound as a medium for expressing the real and the imaginary. In 2003, 150 productions from 19 different countries were entered in the prize. Ê

This year's competition will distinguish authors whose work manifests a keen sense of sound and listening as means of expression, on two areas : Ê

RADIO ARTS will privilige all forms of inventive radiophonic creation: documentary, fiction, essays, interviews, radio mix, Hšrspiel, experimental forms etc. NEW MEDIAS awards will go to sound installations or sonic works which have been specially created for "new media" to bring new experiences in sound art to listeners - mobile phone, audioblog, site exploring the acoustic dimensions of the net. Ê

In each category the jury will deliberate on two types of work:
1)completed productions
2)projects Ê

(") Prizes
One Radio Arts prize and one New Media prize each of 1 500 euros and 3 artist's residencies at GRM-INA (Paris), IMEB (Bourges) and GMVL (Lyon), 3 major studios for electronic music and sound art internationaly known. Ten works will be selected for presentation at the third Festival de l'Ecoute, Arles, 2006. Additional prizes could be given at this time. Certain works will be broadcast by the organisations and radio stations associated with the Festival. Ê

(¤) Deadline
The closing date for registration of entries: September 1, 2005. Results will be announced on Saturday, October 1, 2005, in Paris at la Maison du Geste et de l'Image. Ê

(*) Sound archives
All the materials received will constitue a permanent archive of audio works. This archive will be opened to the public. Ê

(!) More info and application form available on www.phonurgia.org Ê

(/)Questions concours@phonurgia.org

NewTown Pasadena and SCREAM (Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music) announce a call for works integrating video with electro-acoustic music scores. Êorks in which the visual and sonic elements are co-equal and/or generated from the same or similar conceptual elements will be looked upon favorably, though this is not an absolute requirement.

Works submitted must be no longer than 15 minutes, recorded on standard DVDs (playable on region 1 players or encoded without a region flag), and with a stereo soundtrack. Works may be created by one or more artists. Ê

Selected works will be presented on a New Town Pasadena program on Saturday, October 8 and will also be shown at CalArts at a later date. Artists of works chosen for presentation will receive an honorarium from New Town Pasadena.

Artists who wish their DVDs returned should send an SASE with submissions. Works not selected and submitted without SASEs will be destroyed after the curating process. Please include a brief biographical sketch and short program notes with each submission. Also, be sure to include an e-mail address for contact purposes with each submission.

Works must be received by July 18, 2005.

Send submissions to:
ÊBarry Schrader
NewTown/SCREAM Program
ÊCalArts School of Music
Ê24700 McBean Parkway
ÊValencia, CA 91355.

For more information, please e-mail Barry Schrader at schrader@calarts.edu or contact Richard Amromin at NewTown - newtownarts@charter.net or call at (626)398-9278.

The Electroacoustic Music Association of China (EMAC) and the China Electronic Music Center (CEMC) based at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing are pleased to announce their annual conference:

MusicAcoustic 2005: Mix
October 20th through 30th (approx)
Beijing, China

cemc.ccom.edu.cn

The transforming soundscape of Beijing offers a heavy 'Mix' of old and modern voices; where the old hutong and modern skyscrapers Mix amidst a hurried development frenzy. The Conference will therefore invite research and concerts inquiring along a broad vector that traverses the aesthetics of Organized Sound, Electro-Acoustics (with Chinese and Western Instruments), Microsound, Coding Experimentation and Phonography. Ê ÊÊ

With modern China as a backdrop, we think a Mix of the traditional and new in computer/electronic/laptop music is an appropriate thematic for this call for works, where an old/young city/country is experimenting with its own emerging unique voice on the global music scene. Chinese composers and academics come together once a year to plan future directions for the development of computer music in China and to learn/exchange with their international guests.

There are no irrelevant proposals for this week of music, practicum and discourse: recent software developments; theory and criticism, a focus on phonographic practice, or music with image. The conference will include concerts, paper sessions, artist talks, discussion panels and workshops. 10 to 16 channels with subwoofer will be provided (Genelec). Workshops or residencies are invited in the days surrounding the conference.

Deadline for proposals is June 30, 2005.

Organizing committee:

Zhang Xiaofu (Chinese Language)
President of EMAC;
Director of CEMC, Central Conservatory of Music
Beijing
cemc@ccom.edu.cn

Kenneth Fields
Professor
CEMC, Central Conservatory of Music
and Dept of Digital Art and Design, Peking University
Beijing
ken@ccom.edu.cn

Kui Dong
Professor
Dartmouth
kui.dong@dartmouth.edu

Are you interested in performing on the Meridian Music series?

We welcome your interest and want you to have a sense of what we're seeking for this series. The space is a wonderful, intimate venue, a rectangular gallery space, deeply windowed at one end, hardwood floored, 14 1/2 feet by 30 feet with a 10 1/2 foot ceiling. We can seat a maximum of 50 people. We're on the second floor of a building in downtown San Francisco, generally quiet, but with some street sounds audible. There is not a piano in the space. The audience usually sits on comfortable folding chairs. Because it is an active, vibrant art gallery, the music always occurs in relation to the current exhibition. So, we are interested in music that works well in this resonant space.

Each concert is professionally recorded by Michael Zelner of Zoka Productions. With this opportunity, those selected will also share their unique musical perspective with a group of about 15 low-income, high school aged, interns in a one-hour workshop.

We invite proposals from composer/performers for solo or very small ensemble performances that take into account the size of the room. Quiet, "lower case" music works well here, so do sonically saturating pieces. It's a small space, and we respect the ears of our audiences and we want performers who understand that. We host a wide range of styles and approaches, including free improv, structured improv, minimalism, new (and old) complexity, as well as streams from jazz, "concert" music, art music from all world cultures, experimental music, and performance art. We hope to present a wide variety of these sorts of art music, and we need your proposals to help us to do that.

Your proposal needs to let us know what you wish to perform and how you sense your work fitting into the Meridian Music series. Just a few lines of text are fine; we're not after pages of information. You're also very welcome to enter a conversation with us about what you'd like to do. We're working artists and musicians and educators and we always enjoy talking with others in these fields. We want your experience with us to benefit you as well as us and that is why we look thoughtfully for good matches of performer and space.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely, Tom
Tom Bickley, Curator, Meridian Music tbickley@metatronpress.com
www.meridiangallery.org/MGMusic.htm

Postmark Deadline: May 15, 2005

Minnesota Orchestra and the American Composers Forum, in cooperation with the American Music Center, present:

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA READING SESSIONS AND COMPOSER INSTITUTE

Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
May 6-11, 2006

Postmark Deadline: May 15, 2005

The Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and Composer Institute offers a week-long intensive immersion into the world of a major American symphony orchestra.

Under the guidance of composer Aaron Jay Kernis, up to nine composers will have orchestral works read by the Minnesota Orchestra and participate in a series of professional workshops on musical, career, and community outreach issues. Composers will receive pre-reading consultations and post-reading composition mentoring with Mr. Kernis. They will also meet with Orchestra members and attend small-group sessions with musicians and other leading music industry professionals. The Institute will nurture the participants' musical acumen and broaden their career management skills, assisting in their growth as artists and community leaders.

SUBMIT
1. One bound and legible score of one orchestral work written within the last five years. Label the cover with your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
2. Recording if available (CDR or cassette).
3. Bio/resume, including current address, telephone, fax, and e-mail.
4. One letter of recommendation from a composition teacher or other music professional who is familiar with your work.
5. A program note and information detailing the performance history (if any) of the submitted work.
6. A self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want your materials returned. (optional)

ELIGIBILITY
* U.S. resident composers at early stages of their professional careers. Works submitted for previous Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions may be resubmitted only if awarded Alternate or Honorable Mention status. Composers who have participated in previous sessions may reapply with a new work.
* Only one work per composer will be considered.
* Submitted works may not have received a performance or a reading by a major orchestra (annual budget greater than $3 million). Preference will be given to unperformed works.
* Works may be up to 15 minutes in length (sections of longer works will be considered).
* Concertos, choral works, and works for strings, winds or brass only are not eligible.
* Instrumentation must not exceed: 4 fl (1 doubling pic), 4 ob (1 doubling Eng hn), 4 cl (1 doubling bass cl), 4 bsn (1 doubling contra bsn), 4 hn, 4 tpt, 3 tbn, 1 tuba, 1 timp, 3 perc (no more than 2 mallet parts at one time), harp, pf cel (no organ), strings 8.7.6.5.4 (stands).

SELECTION * A national panel of prominent composers will review submitted scores and select the group of composer participants and alternates.
* Composers' travel, hotel, and meal allowance will be provided.

Send score and materials postmarked by May 15, 2005:
Composer Institute
American Composers Forum
332 Minnesota St., Suite E-145
St. Paul, MN 55101

For further information, visit:
www.composersforum.org/programs_detail.cfm?oid=1811
or contact David Wolff at dwolff@composersforum.org or 651.251.2833.

concerhall.le-musee-divisioniste.org
is currently preparing its 3rd edition to be launched in June 2005.

SoundLabChannel is a joint-venture between [R][R][F]2005 XP
global networking project
rrf2005.newmediafest.org
and Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-dovisioniste.org
and is focussed on soundart and its various forms.

Call for submissions deadline 16 May 2005.

SoundLab Channel
is looking for soundart works of
a) experimental character
b) electronic music
c) Voice -sound/music integration
d) and other forms

Subject: there is a general subject "memory and identity"
and special subject for edition III "pleasure/grief"- "love/hate"

The submission has to be posted on a webpage for download,
please do not send it as an email attachement.
Submission format: .mp3
Size: Max 5MB, exceptions possible, but on request.

The authors/artists keep all rights on their submitted works.

Deadline 16 May 2005.
Please use this form for submitting:
*******************
1.name of artist, email address, URL
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. works (maximum 3), year of production, running time a) URL for download
4. short statement for each work
(not more than 300 words each)

Confirmation/authorization:
The submitter declares and confirms that he/she is holding all author's rights and gives permission to include the submitted work in "Soundlab" online environment until revoke.
Signed by (submitter)

Please send the complete submission to
concerthall@le-musee-divisioniste.org
subject: Soundlab Channel edition III

Deadline 16 May 2005.

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editions I and II of
SoundLab Channel -
can be found on
Memory Channel 7 at
[R][R][F]2005 XP
rrf2005.newmediafest.org

"[R][R][F]2005 XP"
and "le Musee di-visioniste" are corporate members of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net
founded by
Agricola de Cologne.
Copyright 2000-2005. All rights reserved.
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to be released by UBUIBI
ubuibi.org/wtbtn/

the 'women take back the noise' compilation project will be a compendium of projects by women who experiment with various difficult sound mediums such as noise, machine-noise, laptop, glitch, cut-up and other related genres.

ARTIST TRACK LENGTH and DUE DATE

maximum total time per artist piece - 8 minutes

format for submissions: CD, cassette, mini-disc

we are asking all artists to submit exclusive pieces ONLY.

upon release, each artist will receive copies of finished CD

curator: ninah pixie (aka 'weirdpixie') ninah@ubuibi.org

::: this project is a not-for-profit compilation :::

----/ Contact Info /---------------------------------------------------- ninah pixie
ninah@ubuibi.org
ubuibi.org/wtbtn/

Hope to meet all of you there
very best
Nikola Lutz

to find out about work we've produced and presented, goto:
www.weird.org/what_we_have_done/

Deadline for submission:Ê October 25th, 2004

Open topic -- No entry fee

Please visit Mediatopia for submission guidelines and entry form mediatopia.net

Mediatopia is a recurring networked culture space for art, technology and writing. We still believe in networked culture. Mediatopia.

"Mediatopia's projects may lure you into their spectaclesÐor drive you to the streets in protest!" -Valerie Lamontagne for Rhizome

"Make sure you set aside plenty of time for browsing this site as it's likely to send you off on a trajectory of your own." -Helen Varley Jamieson for Rhizome

"Tensions are exposed and desires embellish theories of cyberspace. Ideologically charged electrons paint a flesh filled world of vanguard reflections." -Ludmil Trenkov for NetArtReview

Produced by Adhocarts.org, Curated by Lara Bank and Andrew Bucksbarg

Call for submissions

Introducing SONUS.ca, a free online listening library featuring all forms of experimental electronic music. With over 1200 works from artists around the world, SONUS.ca is the world's most extensive audio web-resource dedicated to technology-based sound exploration. Best of all, it's free to listen and free to submit your work.

Sonus is built around a Flash interface, which makes the site simple to use and navigate. It's easy to create and modify playlists, or find music in the library with the powerful search engine. Curated galleries will be a regular feature, showcasing work from different labels and festivals, or presenting work chosen by a curator around a particular theme or style.

With these features, Sonus is a great way to promote your work. You can include biographical information, track notes and links to personal webpages. So why not send in your audio? The CEC will encode it as high quality mp3 and include it in the Sonus library.

If you run a weblabel or have a personal webpage, you can use Sonus to house your audio with a link directly from your page. Contact us for more information.

Sonus.ca is supported by the membership of the CEC and the Canada Council for the Arts. Sonus.ca is dedicated to presenting experimental electronic music of all kinds, and has attracted over a quarter of a million listeners since its inception. Check it out:
sonus.ca

For submissions: sonus.ca/call.html

RAM-Radioartemobile and Nomads & Residents

A collection and a traveling archive of audio-artworks, a database on the Internet, and a center for different ways of listening

Proposal open to all artists who work with sound

Radioartemobile (RAM) and Nomads & Residents (N&R) kickoff an audio-artwork database.

All artists who have worked or are working with sound are invited to send an artwork on audio CD, DVD, or on a vinyl record. The RAM headquarters in Rome, via Conte Verde 15, will function as a gathering and a listening point and as an archive for all materials received. It will be open to public. Artworks will be gradually posted in the section "database" of the Radio website www.radioartemobile.it.

RAM is also the first location of a traveling archive initiated by Nomads & Residents. The second public presentation will be in San Francisco, at Southern Exposure, in the spring of 2005.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING AUDIO-WORKS
- unlimited subject matter;
- each CD, DVD or vinyl record must contain only one track;
- time is unrestricted (except that of the technical features of the chosen device);
- each audio-work must be entered with a written indication of: the name of the author, a title, duration, and an e-mail contact address;

- the sender can mention any requirement needed to listen to the audio-work (type of loudspeakers, stereo system, headphones, etc.). These indications will be taken into consideration each time RAM would chose the piece for installing it, within the technical and logistic features available;
- RAM and N&R cannot assure a complete accessibility for the works that include a primary visual factor;
- the sender is responsible for mailing costs of submission;
- the works will not be returned to the senders.

Radioartemobile and Nomads & Residents will take the best care of the entered works, but cannot take liability for accidental damage, loss or theft. For this reason we suggest to send two copies of each material. RAM and N&R will archive all sound works that fit the above mentioned requirements and will present them to the public.

Lorenzo Benedetti, Riccardo Giagni and Cesare Pietroiusti will listen to all the entries and will gradually post them in the web-site database. In turn-to the discretion of the curators- some artworks will be displayed in the RAM headquarters in Rome with the aim of offering the public also the possibility to explore different ways of listening to audio-works. The database will gradually increase the number of contributions and will be presented to the public at regular appointments. The first public presentation is scheduled for mid October 2004.

Deadline for first submission is September 1, 2004.
Next appointment: Southern Exposure, San Francisco, spring 2005

Please send the material to:
RAM Radioartemobile
Via Conte Verde 15
00185 Roma - Italy

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Dangerous Curve
Los Angeles, CA USA

Performance art, video, installations, experimental music.

Dangerous Curve is a new Downtown Los Angeles experimental exhibition and performance art space committed to supporting visionary emerging artists of all ages, by emphasizing one-person shows of risky, intelligent work that is not necessarily commercially viable nor currently popular. Dangerous Curve is also a new venue for performance artists, with performance-exhibits, monthly performance art and experimental music events, and an annual end-of-summer festival planned.

Dangerous Curve is looking for performance artists and experimental musicians for their monthly Performance Art and Experimental Music Nights. We will give preference to work that is, in the words of Jacki Apple, radical content in radical form. We want work that pushes the envelope, not pure dance, singing, or theatre.

Submission format: DVDs/CDs/URLs preferred. We can handle videotapes and slides, but not to your best advantage. For performance art, a written description may even suffice; musicians must send samples.

Deadline: Ongoing.

Mailing address: Dangerous Curve, POB 532281, Los Angeles, CA 90053-2281
Email address: events@dangerouscurve.org

See dangerouscurve.org for directions, etc.

New Media Scotland calls for participation for Drift - an exploration of sound art and experimental music which comprises live events, radio broadcasts, moving image and publications.

The accessibility of the Internet together with new tools and methods for digital recording, manipulation, reproduction and distribution have changed forever the way that we think about and interact with sound, giving us new ways to communicate our ideas. An increasing number of artists, producers, DJ's and sonic creators, from a broad spectrum of disciplines and varying modes of practice, are exploring streaming media as a viable format. We want to open up this channel further.

We are offering four opportunities to take part in Drift, details follow. Further information, guidelines and application forms available from the Drift web site:

www.mediascot.org/drift

Ongoing, Internet Project

PANSE, an open platform for the development of audio-visual netart, is now open and accepting connections. All information available at: http://130.208.220.190/panse

Write me if you have any questions.

Pall Thayer
artist/teacher
Fjolbrautaskolinn vid Armula
http://www.this.is/pallit
http://www.this.is/pallit/isjs
http://www.this.is/pallit/harmony http://130.208.220.190/panse

Ongoing, Internet Project

Email Music Project : Theme : MUSIC : Deadline : ONGOING
Send Email containing text, images, links, etc.
(Anything relating to music)

The Process : I use a program which converts text and images from your Email to Random MIDI musical note data. Each submission generates a NEW instrument track and is then added to the musical data generated from all previously received Email. The ongoing process is repeated and a type of song is composed. The Music is composed directly from the elements contained in all Email. The work will be presented on a website when I get enough Email for music. All will be informed.

Send Email to : emusicproject@hotmail.com

Ongoing, Internet Project

The Infinite Sector Project is an independent network of experimental musicians/bands/and artists from around the globe.

We are seeking contributors for our series of non-profit compilation CDs. Anything is accepted without editing or censorship, as long as it is free of hate and defies traditional musical boundaries.

For more information please go to : www.geocities.com/klaodna

Anyone living in Melbourne, Australia should know about the Melbourne electroacoustic nights:

http://farben.latrobe.edu.au/mikropol/david/mean.html

We had our first meeting last week - it was good fun, with some interesting music being played and a cool demonstration by Tim Kreger of his new 3D real-time sound visualisation system.

The format is ad-hoc show-and-tell and/or CD/DAT playback. Everyone should feel free to come along and play something or just check it out.

GRANT

The New York Arts Recovery Fund will survey NYC artists to find out if they need job retraining in the areas of teaching, social work, and some construction-related trades as well as arts organizations to see if they have laid workers off. Artists will be eligible for the Consortium for Worker Education's job retraining program for NYC artists whose economic base has been impacted by the disaster. Additionally, it is possible that CWE will provide, with NYFA's help, partial wage subsidies to nonprofit arts organizations that laid workers off or cut back their pay or hours as a result of September 11.

www.nyfa.org/9-11.htm

ORGANISM: MAKING ART WITH LIVING SYSTEMS

organism is a new mailing list for people interested in art that involves living systems. discussion topics on organism include technical, practical, aesthetic, and ethical issues.

subscribe to the organism mailing list: http://music.columbia.edu/organism/

the idea of making art with living systems is not new; you might even consider a topiary garden or a goldfish pond to be biological art. what is new is the degree of control over biological systems and materials contemporary technology offers us.

some artists making biologically-based art:

Eduardo Kac has made several transgenic artworks, including GFP Bunny, a genetically engineered fluorescent rabbit.
www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html

Damien Hirst's A Thousand Years involves a cycle of maggots eating a cow head.
www.eyestorm.com/hirst/read_first.asp

Yukinori Yanagi uses ant farms in some of his work.
www.hainesgallery.com/YY.work.html

Edgar Lissel's Bakterium is photographic images rendered in light-sensitive bacteria.
www.germangalleries.com/LAGalerie/Lissel.1.02.html

Richard Reames is an arborsculptor who makes extreme trees.
www.arborsmith.com

douglas repetto (that's me!) has a number of pieces, like How to Annoy a Plant, that involve plants and time-lapse photography.

......................................
............. organism ...............
... making art with living systems ...
http://music.columbia.edu/organism

The changes wrought by the terrible events of September 11, 2001 are still becoming visible. The arts community has, like every other area of life, been deeply affected by the terrorism and its aftermath. In response to the horrors and destruction in New York City and Washington, D C, the Santa Fe Art Institute is contributing to the support and normalization of life in America. The Santa Fe Art Institute is offering two to four week residencies in beautiful, quiet residence spaces with studios as respite for artists whose living spaces or studios have been compromised by the terrorism. The residencies are available during the fall and winter at no cost to the artists.

Please send a letter (and slides if possible) to The Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505, Or email to: info@SFAI.org

Longwood Cyber Studio is equipped with four NT networked pc workstations, Internet accessibility, software programs such as Microsoft Office 2000, the entire Adobe suite including Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and Director, a flatbed scanner, zip drive and color printer. We would also like to offer access to our administrative office as regards your telephone and fax needs. While they are well aware that access to computer and office equipment only offers relief of a material nature, they hope that relief may help to assuage some of the worries of those affected by this loss. Bronx Council on the Arts again sends our sincere condolences and warmest thoughts.

Contact: Eddie Torres, Director, Longwood Arts Project, 965 Longwood Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459, Tel: 718-842-5659, Fax: 718-842-3933
E-mail: longwood@bronxarts.org
http://www.longwoodcyber.org

eric hill/perMUTATIONS
635 Scully St.
Fredericton, NB
E3B 1V3
Canada

perMUTATIONS
experimental sounds radio program
every Wednesday 11pm-1am Atlantic time
on CHSR-FM 97.9
or on RealAudio on the web: http://www.unb.ca/chsr enjoy!!!

Hello, Ê

My name is Vivian Glusman and I am the administrative associate of the Creativity Workshop, taught by master teachers Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel. Ê

The Creativity Workshop is a wonderful way to learn and travel. It's also a great opportunity for Professional Development that's inspiring and fun. Ê

Choose one of our 8 day/9 night workshop packages in Florence, Barcelona, Prague, or Dublin, starting at $1,550 including tuition and accommodations. We offer 3 University credits for only an additional $50 fee. Ê

You can save by sharing a double room or coming in a group of 2 or more. See below for more information on the workshops or go directly to our web site: www.creation-journey.com Ê

SUMMER CALENDAR 2005
Florence - July 9 - 18
Barcelona - July 19 - 28
Prague - July 28 - August 6
Dublin - August 6 - 15
Courses starting at $1,550 including tuition and accommodations Ê

Our exciting summer courses in Europe are designed to stimulate and develop your creativity by sparking inspiration, perception and playfulness. The courses are attended by people of all backgrounds, experiences, ages, and nationalities coming together in a relaxed and stimulating environment. The only requirements are curiosity about the creative process and a sense of playfulness. Ê

Whether you are in business, teaching, art, or science, our workshop can help you discover and nurture your particular way of expression and break through the fears and blocks that inhibit creative expression. Working with thousands of individuals, businesses, and institutions since 1993, the Creativity Workshop helps people believe in and develop their imagination through using a unique series of exercises in memoir, creative writing, visual arts, sense perception, brainstorming, and storytelling. Our concentration is on the process of creativity rather than the product. We emphasize the importance of play and the sharing of ideas to nurture creative growth. Ê

You can read more about the workshop below or go directly to our extensive informational site: www.creation-journey.com Ê

Regards,
Vivian Glusman
Administrative Associate
1-866-217-1980 (Toll-Free) or 1-212-922-1555
contact@creation-journey.com

Subject: 2005 Summer Institute for the Pedagogy of World Music Theories in Boulder, Colorado Reply-To: "The College Music Society"

June 7 - 11, 2005
Boulder, Colorado
Institute for the Pedagogy of World Music Theories

From Tuesday, June 7, through Saturday, June 11, The College Music Society is pleased to sponsor an Institute for the Pedagogy of World Music Theories, hosted by the Music Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder. This professional development program offers tested models for integrating concepts drawn from a wide cultural purview within the contemporary music theory curriculum.

Session topics include the following:
* a hands-on approach to music fundamentals that applies concepts and pedagogies from a variety of music cultures;
* theoretical foundations for a course in world music theory;
* models for the comparison of culturally distinct music theories; and
* introductory performance experiences in Balinese, Ghanaian, Japanese, and Altiplano musics.

The Institute also offers participants the opportunity to enjoy the unique culture of Boulder as well as the natural beauty of the adjoining mountain landscape. Participating faculty include Kwasi Ampene, Jonathon Grasse, Paul Humphreys, Jay Keister, and Brenda Romero.

Troika Ranch Live-I Workshops 2005 New York / USA
July 11-15 / July 18-22 2005

www.troikaranch.org/livei.html

First Week - Software / Sensors / Technology - July 11-15, 10am - 4pm
Second Week - Aesthetics and Creative Expression - July 18-22, 10am - 4pm

Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2005
Notification of Acceptance: Apr 22, 2005
Fees due to Troika Ranch by: May 15th, 2005

New York City based dance theater company Troika Ranch announces its annual Live-Interactive (Live-I) Workshop, an intensive seminar for artists and advanced students who want to explore the use of interactive computer technology in the creation and performance of dance, theater, installation, and related live artworks. The workshop will take place from July 11-22 in New York City. Application deadline for the workshop is April 15th, 2005.

Led by composer/media artist Mark Coniglio and choreographer Dawn Stoppiello, Artistic Co-Directors of Troika Ranch (www.troikaranch.org), the Live-I Workshop allows students to explore strategies and techniques for combining interactive digital media and live performance. Participants will learn to use software and hardware that links their gestures and vocalizations to interactively controlled video, sound, light and other digital media, leading to the creation of a short study over the course of the workshop. This hands on aspect will be complimented by an introduction to the aesthetic and compositional concerns that arise when using interactive digital tools, including critical discussions about how the technology itself shapes the form and content of an artwork.

Students will learn Isadora(r) (www.troikaranch.org/isadora.html as the primary software tool for authoring, though they are welcome to bring other software (MAX/Jitter, etc.) if they are comfortable in those environments and can bring their own copy. (Please let us know if you plan to do this.) In all cases, participants will learn what is necessary to create their studies during the workshop: basic programming skills, video and audio capture, and how to manipulate the media with software.

We will be selecting ten participants for each workshop. The application deadline is April 15th, 2005. You will be notified of your acceptance no later than one week after the deadline. Fees are due to Troika Ranch no later than May 15th.

To apply, please send or email Troika Ranch (see contact information below) one paragraph explaining why you are interested in attending the workshop and one paragraph describing the kind of work that you make. You should also briefly tell us about your level of expertise with computers. Please include your name, address, telephone number and email address.

Participants may choose to attend only the first week. Those who have attended a past Live-I Workshop may attend only the second. If you plan to attend the first or second week only, the cost is US$400. If you plan to attend both, the cost is US$800.

NOTE: It is recommended that you bring your own laptop computer (Mac or PC) if possible. We have a limited number of computers for use by the workshop participants. If you cannot bring your own computer, you may be required to share a computer with one other participant. In addition, if you can bring a digital video camera, you will find it useful. If you are able to bring your own computer, please let us know the type, speed, and whether or not it has a FireWire (aka iLink) port.

For further details, please visit: www.troikaranch.org/livei.html

Or, if you have questions, please email us at: mailto:workshop@troikaranch.org

About Mark Coniglio, Dawn Stoppiello and Troika Ranch

Dubbed "interactive performance pioneers" by the New York Times and "multimedia mavericks" by the Village Voice, composer Mark Coniglio and choreographer Dawn Stoppiello founded Troika Ranch in 1994 to create works that fuse traditional elements of dance, music and theater with interactive computer technology and media. Their recent evening length work "Future of Memory" was awarded the 2003 Time Out New York Dance Audience "Bessie" Award in New York City and received an honorary mention at Prix Ars Electronica 2004.

Troika Ranch has performed throughout the United States and Europe, at venues including Monaco Dance Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco, The Duke on 42nd Street, The Kitchen and Joyce Soho, all in New York City; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Florida, among others.

They have taught the Live-I Workshop at numerous institutions in the United States and abroad. European hosts have included Contredanse (Brussels, Belgium), FACT (Liverpool, England), and Neuer Forum Musiktheater (Stuttgart, Germany). In North America, the workshop has been taught at Brown University, Oberlin College, University of Maryland, the Santa Fe Art Institute, and InterAccess in Toronto.

Coniglio and Stoppiello both received their degrees from California Institute of the Arts, where Coniglio was a student of electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick. After graduating, Stoppiello danced professionally for the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company. Coniglio has taught Interactive Music Composition at CalArts and New York University and Stoppiello has taught on the dance faculties of Loyola Marymount University, Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, and Universtiy of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Application & Contact Information

Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello
Troika Ranch
321 Graham Ave. #4R
Brooklyn, NY 11211
voice: +1.718.218.6775
fax: +1.718.218.8135
email: mailto:workshop@troikaranch.org
web: www.troikaranch.org