Art by SEAMUS members.

and the main performance theatre.

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At the 2pm paper session today, we heard from Dr. Joseph Harchanko, who presented a pretty impressive system for translating dance into music and video control data. The system is called WOUWHI.

The Western Oregon Wireless Human Interface, or WOUWHI … is an expressive wireless interface system designed for real-time creation of computer music and [...]

I just arrived at the new Sweetwater facility for the SEAMUS National Conference 2009. The facility is amazing, and although I missed the first few events (darn timezones!), I am excited to hear all the other work that is being presented over the next three days.

Here are my first pics of arrival and [...]

At EMM, David Morneau presented a mix of 10 pieces called 60×365. Inspired by 60×60, Morneau wrote a 60 second piece every day for a year. The mix at EMM presented 10 selections from the year.

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Program notes:

Ten Minutes from 60×365
by David Morneau

The ten short pieces that constitute this [...]

At EMM, Sam Tymorek presented a generative MAX/MSP piece called Stairs We Never Knew.

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Program notes:

Stairs We Never Knew

by Sam Tymorek

Stairs We Never Knew is an attempt to make a music that sounds as if it is fighting against itself. The piece is relentlessly noisy; the distorted sounds, from a [...]

On Saturday, I caught up with composer Adam Scott Neal. Neal was at EMM presenting a piece called Obedience School, which is based on samples of his dog.

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Program notes:

Obedience School
by Adam Scott Neal

The structure and most of the sounds in Obedience School are derived from a 14.5-second recording of a [...]

At the 10am concert on October 18th, Madelyn Byrne was at EMM presenting a piece titled Arrival.

Program notes:

Arrival (mp3 is an excerpt)

by Madelyn Byrne

In this piece, travel serves as a metaphor for self-deiscovery, or its opposite – distraction. The sounds of travel and introspection, including traffic, trains, planes, breath, rain, and [...]

Richard Zarou was at EMM presenting a piece titled Ad Vitam Aeternam. According to Zarou, the piece “explores the harmonic and textural possibilities of the same musical material simultaneously being performed at multiple tempos.” Stylistically, the composition draws heavily on his background in a church that still performs hymns in chant.

Here is the version [...]