This piece unites Cage’s conception of graph music with ideas from the field of swarm intelligence. The software uses a graph of notated musical fragments to generate a score in real-time, for live performance. It does this by allowing a swarm of virtual insects to crawl over the graph, choosing new fragments with each move.

New Music Hartford premieres 19 works written within less than an hour including “Zais” by Benjamin Fuhrman 0:01, “Space Music” by Jamie Klenetsky 0:59, “Meditation in 60 Minutes” by Ted Smeltz 1:57, “Tangent” by Peter Lawless 4:19, “Burrowing” by Charles A. Turner 5:54, and “Confined” by Evan Merz 7:03

This week I interviewed Nolan Stolz about his upcoming concert, which features works composed simultaneously in a 60-minute time span. The concert is being sponsored by New Music Hartford, and is a benefit for the South Park Inn.

Nolan Stolz in the Recording Studio

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Later tonight I’m going to be interviewing composer Nolan Stolz about his work, and his annual concert that celebrates compositions written in under 60 minutes. In this video, we see him performing his composition titled 6/12/09.

premiere performance of “6/12/09″ (for electromagnetic waves, 2 TV antennas, 2 DTV converter boxes, wah-wah and distortion pedals) [...]

Today I caught up with Elliot Miles McKinley, one of the members of the electroacoustic imrpovisation group earWorm.

In the interview, we talk about the group’s creative process, and how the four composers work as an ensemble. McKinley elaborates on the surprises and enlightening moments that occur when improvising with computers.

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Later today, I’m going to be talking with composer Elliot Miles McKinley. McKinley is a member of the improvisatory electroacoustic ensemble earWorm. We will be discussing the new, self-titled album from the group.

For now, here’s a video of the group performing at Michiana.

An interactive installation made for Casa da Música - Porto, Portugal - with João Ricardo de Barros Oliveira and Luís Girão. Shown here is the algorithmic composition and synthesis patch I made in Max/MSP and the Arduino-based sensor system, co-developed with Luís Girão.

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From the performer, Richard Lainhart:

…from the time I first touched the Haken Continuum, I’d dreamed of using it to play a composition by Olivier Messiaen called “Oraison”. I first heard “Oraison” years ago as a student of electronic music, and had fallen in love with its simple, beautiful harmonies and profound sense of mystery.

“Oraison” is [...]