Basic Schedule:
Each Tuesday, 12am
Andrei Smirnov
Basic lecture course "Electro-acoustic music: a history, aesthetics, means"
History, elements of musical acoustics, overview of sound synthesis technics, sound processing, MIDI, elements of sound production, weekly listening of the recordings from studio library. The purpose of a course - to give general representation about a history and modern practice of use of technology in music for professionals and music amateurs.
Each Wednesday, 6pm
Electro-Acoustic Wednesdays
Lectures of the visitors, listening of music, analysis of means and concepts, discussion. Conducted by Andrei Smirnov and Julia Dmitrukova. Additional lectures and meetings with the guests, listening and analysis of music from studio library, review and analysis of repertoire of electro-acoustic and computer music inaccessible earlier for listening owing to complete absence of the given areas in musical culture of the former USSR.
Each Saturday 6:30pm-10:00pm
The sound production workshop.
Classes for the students preparing for individual work at studio.
Cross Media (X-Media) Seminar
Meeting with representatives of Soyuzmultfilm Animation Studios.
X-Media SEMINAR
Video-artists:
Sergey Shutov - The Sensitive worlds, Novel of two oceans
Tatiana Didenko and Alexey Beliaev - Demonstration Astro
Alexei Isaev - Video and Dance
Philippe Estienne - Memory of a Movement
Denis Trusevich and Dmitry Fedorov - Odissey
Composers:
Sergey Kossenko - Race in the Rain
Jorge Campos - Jaravi and De Profundis
Beluntsov/Ponomarev/Smirnov - Madam Lenin on Velimir Khlebnikov
Ko Umezaki - interactive music for a shakuhachi flute and program MAX
September, 10, 6:00 pm.
Recent works.
September, 14, 6:00 pm.
Courses of Timbre and Composition of Electro-acoustic Music (professor Charles Dodge) at Dartmouth College (USA).
September, 17, 6:00 pm.
Sergei Kossenko to talk about C-Sound music programming language.
Andrei Smirnov
Electro-acoustic Wednesday. Music from the Theremin Center.
September, 27, 6:00 pm.
Introduction to the lecture course "Electro-acoustic music: a history, aesthetics, means".
Lidia Kavina
Composer, theremin player
Lev Theremin - Electronic Odyssey
Demonstration of the theremin and terpsitone. Ebstracts from the film by Steve Martin "The Electronic Odyssey of Leon Theremin"
Electro-acoustic Wednesday.
Fransoise Barriere (IMEB, France)
Composer, founder and chief of the Centre IMEB in Bourges, France. The founder of a famous festival for electro-acoustic music.
The History of IMEB (Bourges)
X-Media Seminar
Meeting with Nikolai Selivanov's group.
October, 18, 1994
Theremin Center Troops Landing in USA
Within the framework of the joint project with Dartmouth College (USA) Theremin Center has landed ten composers, programmers and producers from Russia at ten universities, conservatories and colleges of USA having well equipped studios for e ectro-acoustic music and the appropriate educational courses. Theremin Center associates came to the USA for three-day orientation workshop in New York following which each composer traveled to a different university for a two-week period of study an consultation arranged by an American composer working with technology.
The project was coordinated by Andre Smirnov (Theremin Center, Russia)
and Prof. Jon Appleton (Dartmouth College, USA)
and sponsored by IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board) and ten host institutions, including:
CCRMA, Stanford University, California
Berclee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
School of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana
Bregman Studio, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio
College of Music, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, Texas
School of the Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
School of Music, Northern Illinois Universe, DeKalb, Illinois
School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Department of Music. Univ. Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
Russian participants and their hosts:
Andrei Smirnov - CCRMA/Stanford Univ. And Dartmouth College
Dmitry Uhov - Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
Albina Stoyanova - Dartmouth College
Michael Krishtal - Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Yuri Spitsin - University of Illinois, Urbana
Sergey Zagny - Univ. Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
Andrey Rodionov - University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Vladimir Volkov - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Valery Beluntsov - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Vladimir Nikolaev - Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio
Theremin Center Troops Landing in USA
Within the framework of the joint project with Dartmouth College (USA) Theremin Center has landed ten composers, programmers and producers from Russia at ten universities, conservatories and colleges of USA having well equipped studios for e ectro-acoustic music and the appropriate educational courses. Theremin Center associates came to the USA for three-day orientation workshop in New York following which each composer traveled to a different university for a two-week period of study an consultation arranged by an American composer working with technology.The project was coordinated by Andre Smirnov (Theremin Center, Russia)
and Prof. Jon Appleton (Dartmouth College, USA)
and sponsored by IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board) and ten host institutions, including:
CCRMA, Stanford University, California
Berclee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
School of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana
Bregman Studio, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio
College of Music, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, Texas
School of the Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
School of Music, Northern Illinois Universe, DeKalb, Illinois
School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Department of Music. Univ. Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
Russian participants and their hosts:
Andrei Smirnov - CCRMA/Stanford Univ. And Dartmouth College
Dmitry Uhov - Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
Albina Stoyanova - Dartmouth College
Michael Krishtal - Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Yuri Spitsin - University of Illinois, Urbana
Sergey Zagny - Univ. Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
Andrey Rodionov - University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Vladimir Volkov - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Valery Beluntsov - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Vladimir Nikolaev - Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio
Electro-acoustic Wednesdays
19, 25 October, 6:00 pm.
Representation and analysis of Music by Edgar Vares
26 October, 1 November, 6:00 pm.
Electro-acoustic Wednesday.
Representation and analysis of Music by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Valeri Beluntsov
Music & Computers, MIDI
Meeting of all Theremin Center associates.
22 November, 6:00 pm.
Andre Smirnov
Psycho-acoustics, paradoxes of multidimetional Sonic Space.
Moscow Autumn Festival
Albina Stoyanova (Russia) and Tim Polashek (USA)
Interactive music
23, 25 November, 6:00 pm.
Discussion on results of American Workshops.
24 November, 4:00 pm
Composers
Tim Polashek (USA) and
Paolo Chagas (Germany)
Programming of interactive compositions, work with a timbre.
Representation of music and video-recordings of performances
Theremin Center Troops Landing in USA
Mini-conference at the Theremin Center.
International symposium "Newmediatopia"
Andrei Smirnov's report. Participation in jury of competition, carried out within the framework of a symposium. Beginning of cooperation with Soros Center for Contemporary Arts.
Andrei Smirnov's lecture "Composer and Multimedia"
Demonstration of video-recordings of interactive compositions
Theremin Center and
SOROS Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
X-Media Project
The goal of the project is to provide an annual result-oriented training through courses and tutorials for those who want to master the use of technologies in the development of new media arts having the particular interest in responsibility towards ifferent artistic fields such as the visual arts, electro-acoustic and computer music, dance, theater, video and film.
The project was realized at the X-Media Studio at the Theremin Center for Electro-Acoustic Music at Moscow Conservatory of Music. X-MEDIA Studio was founded in 1995 as a result of integration of the video studio of the Soros Center for Contempora y Arts and computer music studio of the Theremin Center in the one whole system, based on the Ethernet network, permitting any multimedia projects and cross disciplinary research.
International conference
Where are we? And where do we want to go?
Concerts within the framework of Vladimir Opara "Struktsiyi" exhibition
Jorge Campos
De Profundis with participation of Michael Zhukov and Sergey Smirnov - percussion
14, April, 1995
Concerts within the framework
of Vladimir Opara "Struktsiyi" exhibition
Music by Sergey Zagni
Roger Williams
Russel Riepe
Southwest Taxas Univ., USA
Representation of creative work
24 April, 1995 3:00pm
Max Mathews
USA, CCRMA, Stanford Univ.
History of computer music.
From Bell Labs up to Radio Baton.
Gary Lee Nelson
USA, Conservatory Oberlin
Mathematical models in a musical composition: fractals, theory of chaos etc.
3:00pm
Sam Magrill
USA, Central Oklahoma Univ.
Representation of works
Ko Umezaki (Japan)
Interactive music. The program MAX
Lidia Kavina (Russia)
Lev Theremin and thereminvox
Tatiana Komarova
Presentation of Studio for Electro-acoustic Music at Ural State Conservatory (Ekaterinburg);
Vladimir Volkov (Ekaterinburg)
Presentation of studio for computer music and computer program Outline
Piter Rothbart (USA, Ithaca College)
How can musicians earn on life.
John Puterbough (USA, Princeton Univ.)
Classification of sound spaces.
12:00am
Richard Boulanger (USA, Berklee College, Boston)
Programming for Radio Baton and Power Glove
Peter Rothbart
Musical technology and cinema
Representation of Electro-acoustic music
from Southwest Texas University (USA)
1. Roger Williams - Quantum Nautilus
2. Eve Baumgartner - I know Why the Caged Bird Sings
3. Russel Riepe - Quetzalcoatl ad Astra
For viola, double bass, sound module and sound processor
I. Ancient Forest City
II. Voice in the Desert
III. They Fly Singing to the Moon
IV. Piligrims from Tula
V. March of the Dwarfs
VI. Shawdow-bird Speaks
VII. Devils by the River
VIII. The Spell of the Mushroom Goddess
IX. Red Sky
X. Lord of the Winds
XI. Ascension
Performers: Roger Williams - synthesizers
Russel Riepy - synthesizers
Maxim Hlopiev - viola
Maxim Novikov - double bass
ALTERNATIVA FESTIVAL
THEREMIN CENTER
International workshop "Music and technology"
Participants:
Professor Max Mathews (USA, CCRMA, Stanford Univ.)
Professor Jon Appleton (Dartmouth College, USA)
Professor Gary Lee Nelson (USA, Conservatory Oberlin)
Professor Richard Boulandger (USA, Berklee College, Boston)
Professor Sam Magrill (USA, The University of Central Oklahoma)
Professor Piter Rothbart (USA, Ithaca College)
Ko Umezaki (Japan)
Lidia Kavina (Russia)
John Puterboum (USA, Princeton Univ.)
Andrei Smirnov
Vladimir Volkov (Ekaterinburg)
Tatiana Komarova - Studio for Electro-acoustic Music at Ural Conservatory (Ekaterinburg)
ALTERNATIVA'95 New Music Festival
Sergei Zagny
The Light - The Dance on the Electronic Piece #4
Svetlana Shamonina - dancer
27, May, 1995, 5pm, Glinka Museum for Musical Culture, Moscow
X-MEDIA Concert:
In the lobby:
Iraida Yusupova
Mefisto-Garden. The Seasons. Musical performance
Anatoly Kisseliov
Three Ecossaises or E-A Chopin for the tape and piano.
Elena Kisseleva - piano
Vladimir Nikolaev
"Somnambula Round Play" for seven violins and tape
In the concert hall:
Vladimir Nikolaev
"Antique Landscape" for cello and tape.
Dmitry Cheglakov - cello
Gary Lee Nelson (USA)
Interactive music:
"Goss" for MIDI horn
"Colony" for MIDI horn
Sam Magrill (USA)
"In Contra" for trumpet and tape
Jon Appleton (USA)
Interactive music:
"Duobotani" for two Mathews radio batons.
Jon Appleton, Max Mathews - radio batons
Lidia Kavina
Music for theremin and Mathews radio baton.
Lidia Kavina - theremin, Max Mathews - radio baton
Valery Beluntsov
"Swimming Clouds" for Mathews radio baton.
Valery Beluntsov - radio baton
Peter Rothbart (USA)
Interactive music^
"Masada" for wind controller and synthesizer
Richard Boulanger (USA)
Interactive music:
"Virtual Encounters" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and radio baton
Performers:
Ensamble 4'33. Conductor Mark Kadin.
"OutCries" for voice and radio baton.
Richard Boulanger - radio baton, voice
Ko Umezaki (Japan) & John Puterbough (USA)
"Gestures, Tactile and Tethered."
Interactive music for flute shacuhachi and Apple Macintosh Computers.
Ko Umezaki - shakuhachi, John Puterbough - computers
Max Mathews
Richard Boulanger
Programming for Radio Baton
Jon Appleton
Master-class
Richard Boulanger
C-Sound Language
Jon Appleton
Music and technology
Seminar with
Jon Appleton and Max Mathews
Master-class with Jon Appleton
ALTERNATIVA'95 New Music Festival
Vladimir Nikolaev
"FM Stuke" for the tape and symphony orchestra
Iraida Yusupova
"The Birth of Veneus" for the tape and symphony orchestra
Richard Boulanger
"Three Simphonic States"
for Mathews radio baton, PowerGlove and Symphony Orchestra.
Richard Boulanger - radio baton, Andre Smirnov - PowerGlove
Gelicon Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Mark Kadin