New Music USA’s New Grantmaking Strategy Drives Online Curation :: New program funds projects and promotes them through an online showcase, giving artists tools to connect with the world ::

In fall 2013, New Music USA will open a new chapter in public advocacy for new music. The organization will reconfigure five current grantmaking programs into a unified channel of support for a wide range of new music projects. Awarded applications will be promoted on newmusicusa.org and offer a new way for the public to connect with artists. Continue reading

FM Corners :: by Frozen Music :: Friday, May 13, 2011, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. :: Fat Village Arts District, 529 NW 1 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL :: free and open to the public ::

A new three-hour-long site-specific architectural composition by Frozen Music featuring four channels of sound exploring the unique acoustics of the gigantic Fat Village warehouse space at 519 NW 1 Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

This event is made possible by SFCA [isaw + subtropics.org]in collaboration with Fat Village Arts District.

For more information please visit www.subtropics.org

Composing with Process: Perspectives on Generative and Systems Music 2.2: Marcus Schmickler and EVOL:

Generative music is a term used to describe music which has been composed using a set of rules or system. This series of six episodes explores — written and edited by Mark Fell and Joe Gilmore for Radio Web MACBA (RWM) — generative approaches (including algorithmic, systems-based, formalised and procedural) to composition and performance primarily in the context of experimental technologies and music practices of the latter part of the 20th Century and examines the use of determinacy and indeterminacy in music and how these relate to issues around control, automation and artistic intention. Each episode of the series is accompanied by an additional programme, entitled ‘Exclusives’, featuring exclusive or unpublished sound pieces by leading sound artists and composers working in the field.

This show presents two contrasting generative works by German composer Marcus Schmickler and Catalan collective EVOL.

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Radio Web MACBA :: Composing with Process: Perspectives on Generative and Systems Music 1.1 ::

Composing with Process: Perspectives on Generative and Systems Music is a new Research series for Radio Web MACBA http://rwm.macba.cat/ curated by Mark Fell and Joe Gilmore, which explores generative approaches (including algorithmic, systems-based, formalised and procedural) to composition and performance primarily in the context of experimental technologies and music practices of the latter part of the 20th Century.

The first episode, entitled ‘Continue’, is already available online:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research

An MP3 file is available here: http://bit.ly/aWyOYM
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The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2011 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program. The deadline for applications is:
October 15, 2010.

The purpose of this program is to stimulate student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electro-acoustic music. The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by Frances Richard and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) .

The postmarked deadline is October 15, 2010. Continue reading

Composing with Process: Perspectives on Generative and System Music is a new Research series for Radio Web MACBA curated by Mark Fell and Joe Gilmore, which explores generative approaches (including algorithmic, systems-based, formalised and procedural) to composition and performance primarily in the context of experimental technologies and music practices of the latter part of the 20th Century.

The first episode, entitled ‘Continue’, is already available online: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research MP3 file: http://bit.ly/aWyOYM
Continue reading