Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium 2011
Symposium Schedule
A co-presentation of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) and New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA), the 5th Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium (TES) was held in parallel with the 13th edition of Sound Travels, NAISA’s annual Festival of Sound Art. The Keynote Speaker for TES 2011 was Jonty Harrison.
TES 2011
10–13 August 2011
Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street, Toronto ON
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Schedule Summary | Organisation
Detailled Symposium Schedule
Abstracts + Bios | Programme Notes + Bios
Opening — Wednesday, August 10
18:00–20:00 • Reception and Registration
20:00–22:00 • Symposium Concert #1
Martine Louise Rossiter — Black Velvet
Graeme Truslove — Portals
Tomás Henriques — Duality
Giulio Colangelo — Perception Synesthésique 5
Eike Swoboda — Vineta
Franz Rosati & Leila Bahlouri — Pathline #1
Robert Phillips — gucci might be
See the programme notes for details.
DAY 1 — Thursday, August 11th
09:30–10:00 • Opening Remarks
The CEC with its head in the clouds: Where we came from, where we are, and where we can head
by Kevin Austin
10:00–11:30 • Paper Session #1: Creation
Session Chair: Bruno Degazio. Click on an article title to read the abstract.
Sonik Spring
by Tomás Henriques
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
Electroacoustic and Computational Feedback Synthesis
by Campbell Foster
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
Creative Translations: Exploring how compositions are transformed when translated between acoustic and electroacoustic media
by Fiona Ryan
12:00–13:00 • Listening Session #1: 60x60 Canada
60x60 is a project made of 60 one-minute electroacoustic works by 60 composers arranged into hour-long multimedia presentations of various formats. The project is organized by Vox Novus in collaboration with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community. Established in 2003 by Rob Voisey, the project has been presented in a variety of formats in hundreds of concerts, shows, and installations around the world. 60x60 Canada 2011 is the third exclusively Canadian mix and is premiered at TES 2011 in the traditional 60x60 format — a fixed media presentation accompanied by a clock, with Tova Kardonne as host.
14:30–15:30 • Paper Session #2: Analysis
Session Chair: Mitch Renaud. Click on an article title to read the abstract.
Playing with the Voice and Blurring Boundaries in Hildegard Westerkamp’s “MotherVoiceTalk”
by Alexa Woloshyn
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
The Choreography of Noise: Analysis of Henry Gwiazda’s “buzzingreynold’sdreamland”
by Bijan Zelli
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
15:45–16:45 • Paper Session #3: Algorithms
Session Chair: Alan Tormey. Click on an article title to read the abstract.
“Visual Music” — Integration of Real-Time OpenGL Graphics with an Algorithmic Music Composition System
by Bruno Degazio
Towards a Generative Electronica: A Progress Report
by Arne Eigenfeldt
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
20:00–22:00 • Symposium Concert #2
Alan Tormey — Black Pudding
Wiska Radkiewicz and Andrea Cohen — City-Soundings
Otto Joachim — [TBD]
Gustav Ciamaga — Prologue and Postscript
Gustav Ciamaga — Possible Spaces No. 4
Gustav Ciamaga — The Computer in my Life
Christos Hatzis & Bruno Degazio — Harmonia
See the programme notes for details.
DAY 2 — Friday, August 12th
09:30–11:00 • Keynote Lecture
The Final Frontier? Spatial strategies in acousmatic composition and performance
by Jonty Harrison
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
11:30–13:00 • Paper Session #4: Space
Session Chair: Arne Eigenfeldt. Click on an article title to read the abstract.
The Audio Spotlight in Electroacoustic Performance Spatialization
by Darren Copeland
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
Tools, Techniques and Composition: Bridging Acousmatic and IDM
by Ben Ramsay
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
Waves, Ripples, Beats: Psychoacoustic phenomena produced by electronic means as compositional material, and the potential of sine waves to trace the acoustical properties of a given room
by Chiyoko Szlavnics
14:30–15:45 • Listening Session #2
Max Alexander — Make New Human
Manuella Blackburn — Vista Points
Arne Eigenfeldt — Coming Together — NotomotoN
Campbell Foster — IDENTIFY
Norah Lorway — Louder
Steven Naylor — Automatopoiea: Study 1
Ben Ramsay — Décalage
See the programme notes for details.
16:00–17:00 • Paper Session #5: Listening to the World
Session Chair: Kevin Austin. Click on an article title to read the abstract.
The Political Economy of Noise in Ixtlan de Juarez
by Owen Coggins
The Soundson Project
by Wiska Radkiewicz and Andrea Cohen
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
20:00–22:00 • Sound Travels Concert: Places for our Ears to Go…
Works by Jonty Harrison, David Berezan, llya Rostovtsev and Nick Storring.
See the programme notes for details.
DAY 3 — Saturday, August 13th
09:30–13:00 • Special Session: Networked Performance
Participatory Electronic Ensemble Performance (PEEP)
With Arne Eigenfeldt (Simon Fraser University), David Ogborn (Cybernetic Orchestra at McMaster University), Alan Tormey (Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh PA) and Eldad Tsabary (Concordia Laptop Orchestra)
See the programme notes for details.
14:30–16:00 • Paper Session #6: Curation
Session Chair: Darren Copeland. Click on an article title to read the abstract.
We Built Ourselves a Ghetto: An Analysis of Curatorial Practices in Electroacoustic Music
by Matthew Griffin
Electroacoustic Ageism
by Steven Naylor
[ Full article published in eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011 ]
16:15–17:00 • Closing Discussion and CEC Annual General Meeting
Note: CEC Members and anyone interested in knowing more about the CEC activities are very welcome to join the meeting.
20:00–22:00 • Sound Travels Concert: About TIME
Works by Chiyoko Szlavnics, Martin Messier and Yves Daoust.
See the programme notes for details.
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