ACAT--The Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology. This facility specializes in interarts education and research. Check out their site at: http://online.anu.edu.au/ITA/ACAT/ACATHome.html
BEAST--Birmingham Electro-Acoustitc Studios (UK) http://sun1.bham.ac.uk/A.J.Moore/docs/beast.html
DIEM--Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~diem/, The Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music, is Denmark's national center of electroacoustic music, dedicated to the production, teaching, research and performance of electroacoustic music in Denmark. In addition to productions encompassing all types of electroacoustic music, DIEM organizes festivals, concerts, seminars, workshops and master classes. In September 1994 DIEM hosted the 19th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 94), where leading composers and researchers from around the world met in Aarhus, Denmark for five days.
Gaudeamus--promotors of contemporary music http://www.xs4all.nl/~gaud/
GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK
MMUS IN COMPOSITION (ACOUSTIC OR STUDIO)
Duration: one year f/t; two years p/t
Programme Co-ordinator: Dr. Sadie Harrison
Pathways:
Acoustic - course director Dr. Sadie Harrison
Studio - course director Dr. Katharine Norman
The Masters programme in Composition at Goldsmiths provides pathways in either acoustic or studio-based composition, both leading to a University of London MMus. Choose the one most appropriate to your skills and interests, and have the chance to specialise whilst being part of a large and vibrant postgraduate community.
The MMus in composition at Goldsmiths offers you the
following:
* the chance to write for leading performers and to be part of a
strong Composition Department
* access to the Department's additional strengths in Masters level
Performance and Contemporary Music Studies
* a prestigious 'Meet the Composer' series which in recent years has
included visits by Birtwistle, Weir, Turnage and Skempton.
*the opportunity to develop your individual compositional voice
within the context of an exciting and diverse musical
environment.
* one-to-one tutorials designed to develop your individual
potential
* workshops, demonstrations and performances by our
Ensemble-in-Residence.
*for the studio pathway, specialist performance workshops with
leading performers
Plus:
All MMus composition students attend joint seminars in areas that reflect the Department's ongoing commitment to both twentieth-century music and cultural studies Students taking the Acoustic pathway courses that explore aspects of notation, improvisation and analysis in sessions shared with performers and musicologists. Students on the Studio pathway explore aspects of cultural theory and and contemporary music and take specialist options in composing for tape, live electronics and the aesthetics of computer music and sound-art.
PERFORMANCES AND RESOURCES
Each year the Department supports two Composers Forum Concerts, two composition competitions, performances by the Contemporary Music Ensemble and Goldsmiths Sinfonia
The Electronic Music Studios at Goldsmiths currently include five Macintosh-based studios, two reserved for postgraduate and specialist use, a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano, a recording space with a Macintosh workstation, and a computer room for general music use. Specialist resources and software include Protools, Max, Hyperprism and IRCAM software. The facility is constantly developing in response to student need. Informal visits are welcome.
Enquiries:
Dr. Sadie Harrison s.harrison@gold.ac.uk (course co-ordinator,
acoustic pathway)
Dr. Katharine Norman k.norman@gold.ac.uk (studio pathway)
http://musicinfo.gold.ac.uk/
For further information and an application form, please contact: Music Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. telephone +44 171 919 7171
ART & TECHNOLOGY
New International Master's Program in Goteborg, Sweden
This year we start a new two-year international master's program at the IT-University of Goteborg, Sweden, in collaboration with Innovative Design at Chalmers University of Technology and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Goteborg University. It's called Art & Technology and is intended for people with technical/scientific and/or artistic background, any genre, any nationality - opening up for interesting collaborations.
There will be courses in applied mathematics and programming, generative and processing techniques for text/image/sound, robotics, sensor technologies, virtual societies, social implications, with international guest-lecturers and cross-disciplinary workshops, projects and seminars.
More information:
http://www.design.chalmers.se/arttech
GRAME, http://www.grame.fr
GMEB, http://www.gmeb.fr
IPEM, Universiteit Gent http://www.ipem.rug.ac.be/
IRCAM http://www.ircam.fr, ftp://ftp.ircam.fr
Latrobe University, Australia ftp://ftp.latrobe.edu.au/pub/music/
Leeds University, UK http://agora.leeds.ac.uk/kia-cgi/estudio.pl
THE LONDON INSTITUTE, LONDON COLLEGE OF PRINTING, SCHOOL OF
MEDIA, BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN SOUND AND MUSIC DESIGN
TECHNOLOGIES
The HND in Sound and Music Design Technologies is a two year full
time course for students with some experience in sound, music, music
technology or media production who do not want a traditional music or
music technology course but who want to:
* Develop their own work and build a portfolio that will reflect
their special interest, to help them seek work on completion of the
course.
* Learn applied practical skills through developing their creative
skills using a variety of industry standard sound and music
technology equipment with an emphasis on Mac based digital audio
applications.
* Learn and develop the skills needed for creative sound design for a
variety of applications including time based and electronic media and
live performance including film, video, radio, CD Rom, web design,
computer games, theatre, dance and sonic art.
* Develop their work against a strong contextual background of
contemporary thought about sonic art and creative sound in
collaboration with other media and disciplines.
* Gain a strong background in enterprise management and the sound
industries.
* Study in a media school where there is a long tradition of courses
in film, video, multimedia and radio production.
Start date: October 1998. For Further Information contact: Alison
Osborne at the Media School office on 0171 514 6809
Located in London, the MA Film and Visual Cultures at Middlesex University is a unique programme for studying the relationships between a range of media including film, TV, video, art,photography, design, architecture, space and the digital. More info : <http://www.vcm.mdx.ac.uk/mafvc/>
Salford University http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/pa/musdiv/mushome.htm, United Kingdom. Over 800 students in Media, Music and Performance. The facilities include a full recording studio and a video editing suite. Coursework includes music, dance, and drama classes.
The Theremin Centre for Electro-Acoustic Music. Moscow, Russia. Albina Stoianova has written a first-hand account of the Theremin Centre, so read on!
Theremin Centre is a completely independent private institution, housed in the Sound Recording and Musical Acoustics Library of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
The Digital Music Research (DMR) Group at the University of Bristol, England is now officially launching its web site. The URL is: http://www.fen.bris.ac.uk/elec/dmr. On this site we have
You will note that the 'Hot Links' page is currently empty. We would like to establish cross-links between our site and the sites of other institutions or individuals involved in the same area of work. So please get in contact with me by email to Paul.Masri@bristol.ac.uk.
Chalmers University of Technology and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Goteborg University, both in Sweden, will be starting an International Master's Program in Art & Technology.
This collaborative program is intended both for students with a scientific or technical background who would like to explore artistic ways of expression and get an in-depth knowledge of computer graphics and sound technologies, and for artists from different genres who want to learn how to use the computer as the powerful tool. The program, consists of two years full-time studies, accepted its first students in September 2002. arttech@design.chalmers.se, http://www.design.chalmers.se/arttech
The Media Centre d´Art i Disseny of the School of Superior Design in Barcelona has launched a Masters and a Post-graduate Diploma in Audio Visual Creation and Communication for Interactive Media. These courses focus on creation, communication and development of content within digital environments.
This course aims to train students and professionals in content-development and use of multimedia audiovisual language, and providing them with technological, conceptual and methodological tools. The courses are suited to professionals and practitioners from the communications, television, design, art and multimedia fields. Info: Media Centre d Art i Disseny, Passeig de Gràcia, 114, Pral, 08008 BARCELONA - SPAIN. Ph: +34 93 416 00 00. http://www.mecad.org/master3.htm
Media arts have become the most public and accessible form of inquiry into the interface between society, culture and technology. The impact of digital technologies has been profound and media artists are at the forefront of this inquiry, in both their use of new media and their aesthetic exploration of its effects as subject matter.It can be taken as an elective in the Graduate Certificate/Diploma/Master of Arts in Applied Media & the Master of Arts in Communications or as a single subject outside a degree course. Info: Dr Darren Tofts dtofts@swin.edu.au http://www.swin.edu.au/sbs/
The MA Interactive Art & Design Programme at Falmouth College of Arts begins its second year in October 2003. The programme is run by Kate Southworth, and in the last year, visiting and part-time lecturers, and online tutors have included: Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett, Neil Jenkins, Jess Loseby, Patrick Simons, Michael Szpakowski. Info: http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/interactive
The School of Live Performance, Film & TV have a small number of places left in two courses for this semester. Certificate II in Arts - Learners will receive training in both practical and business modules and will have the opportunity to participate in project work and develop skills through case studies, industry forums, viewing live work and exhibitions, as well as hands on experience in a diversity of approaches which can be used to create New Media performance. The course is proposed to attract directors, musicians, writers, digital artists, filmmakers and designers who wish to specialise in collaborative projects, with an emphasis on performance. Certificat 4 In Screen (Film & TV) - On completion of the course learners will be able to identify various production techniques used across a number of film and video genres and evaluate the effectiveness of those techniques against their intended purpose; operate, install and maintain camera, sound, editing and lighting equipment; use computer technologies; detail and apply legal requirements to a specific production environment; delineate the elements of design and be able to apply the production work; describe and apply production management processes; operate a small business; identify and perform production activities within the Workplace Health and Safety requirements and perform specific production duties within a team context to produce a variety of film/video productions within the context of the film and video industry. Info: Arlene Vaughan 3244 6319, Andrea Smith 3244 6341 (Mon - Wed) arlene.vaughan@det.qld.gov.au
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