Archive for March, 2010
Edgar Barroso appointed as Director of the Harvard Group for New Music HGNM
1 Comment Published March 30th, 2010 in Composition, Composition Competitions, Concerts, Conferences, Digital Art, Edgar Arturo Barroso Merino, Electroacoustic, FILM MUSIC, Gestión Cultural, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Interdiscipline, Live Electronics, Music Composition, Prizes, Publications, Radio, Workshops, acousmatic, composition sompetitions.HGNM is comprised of Harvard University Music Department graduate students, including composers from the composition, theory, musicology and ethnomusicology programs. The primary purpose of HGNM is to perform works by its membership, to foster a sense of community among the resident composers and to develop musical and professional relationships beyond the group.
Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart premieres “Metamorphoseon” for 6 Soloists by Edgar Barroso on Saturday, May 15 – 2010 – Awarded with the Francis Boott Prize at Harvard University
0 Comments Published March 30th, 2010 in Composition, Composition Competitions, Concerts, Conferences, Digital Art, Edgar Arturo Barroso Merino, Electroacoustic, FILM MUSIC, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Interdiscipline, Live Electronics, Music Composition, Prizes, Publications, Radio, Workshops, acousmatic, composition sompetitions.Sarah Sun, high soprano Susanne Leitz-Lorey, lyric soprano Truike van der Poel, mezzo soprano Daniel Gloger, countertenor Martin Nagy, tenor Guillermo Anzorena, baritone Andreas Fischer, bass Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, They are researchers, discoverers, adventurers and idealists. Their partners are specialist ensembles and radio orchestras, opera houses and the free theater scene, electronic studios and countless [...]
Morphometrics – Selected at Black & White Audiovisual Festival in Porto – Portugal
0 Comments Published March 17th, 2010 in Composition, Composition Competitions, Concerts, Conferences, Digital Art, Edgar Arturo Barroso Merino, Electroacoustic, FILM MUSIC, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Interdiscipline, Live Electronics, Music Composition, Prizes, Publications, Radio, Workshops, acousmatic, composition sompetitions.Black & White is a festival that celebrates an essential aesthetic form in audiovisual Arts. More than a competition it promotes conferences, presentations and discussion between a community of young creative artists and professionals from all over the world. Now on its sixth edition the B&W Festival will once again bring the spirit of independent [...]
Kapsis – Best International Experimental Film at Sundial Film Festival 2010 – Redding / California
1 Comment Published March 16th, 2010 in Composition, Composition Competitions, Concerts, Conferences, Digital Art, Edgar Arturo Barroso Merino, Electroacoustic, FILM MUSIC, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Interdiscipline, Live Electronics, Music Composition, Prizes, Publications, Radio, Workshops, acousmatic, composition sompetitions.Collaboration between designer Yen-Ting Cho and Composer Edgar Barroso wins the Best International Experimental Film Prize. The Sundial Film Festival is a Northern California celebration of the digital artistic expression of filmmakers and photographers. One of its guiding objectives is to educate and foster film and photography production among youth that they may discover an [...]
ACU – Selected at “Sound, Sight, Space and Play 2010″ Postgraduate Conference for the Creative Sonic Arts / Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
1 Comment Published March 12th, 2010 in Composition, Composition Competitions, Concerts, Conferences, Digital Art, Edgar Arturo Barroso Merino, Electroacoustic, FILM MUSIC, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Interdiscipline, Live Electronics, Music Composition, Prizes, Publications, Radio, acousmatic, composition sompetitions.The ideals of this event are to stimulate co-operation and inspiration between postgraduate students, across institutional boundaries, leading to new perspectives on current works and research. This year’s event has the theme “Exploring the Future of the Sonic Arts” and aims to investigate this critical topic through all forms of submissions and a roundtable discussion. [...]
The Talujon Percussion Quartet premieres “PYLON” at Harvard University – April 24
0 Comments Published March 1st, 2010 in Composition, Composition Competitions, Concerts, Conferences, Digital Art, Edgar Arturo Barroso Merino, Electroacoustic, FILM MUSIC, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Interdiscipline, Live Electronics, Music Composition, Prizes, Publications, Radio, Workshops, acousmatic, composition sompetitions.TALUJON is formed by: David Cossin, Tom Kolor, Matt Ward, Dominic Donato, Michael Lipsey Described by the New York Times as an ensemble possessing an “edgy, unflagging energy”, the Talujon Percussion Quartet has been mesmerizing audiences since 1991. Talujon is thoroughly committed to the expansion of the contemporary percussion repertoire as well as the education [...]