CANCELLED - Spatialization, Orchestration, Perception: IRCAM Forum Hors les murs, Montreal 2020
Contemporary music practitioners and scholars from McGill University, the Université de Montréal, the Société des Arts Technologiques, Le Vivier, and the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) come together to investigate different aspects of musical space and timbre. This series of research presentations and concerts marks the first time Paris-based IRCAM has visited Canada through their hors les murs workshop series.
Online registration for the IRCAM Forum Workshop will open in early 2020. Registration fees are $200 for the full three days of the workshop, or $80 for single-day registration. Student registrations are discounted 50%: $100 for the full three days of the workshop, or $40 for single-day registration. For full details and a link to the online registration page, please visit www.mcgill.ca/forum2020.
Workshop schedule
- April 3, 2020, Société des arts technologiques, 1201 boulevard St-Laurent
Presentations and demos by IRCAM developers/composers and invited guest artists/researchers in the Satosphère and Espace SAT
5:00 p.m. Welcome reception - April 4, 2020, Université de Montréal, Faculté de musique, 220 avenue Vincent-D'Indy
Presentations and demos by IRCAM developers/composers and invited guest artists/researchers - April 5, 2020, Schulich School of Music of McGill University, 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Presentations and demos by IRCAM developers/composers and invited guest artists/researchers
5:00 p.m. CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture by Carmine Emanuele Cella: "Can Picasso think in shapes?"
Concerts
- April 2, 2020 7:30 p.m., Université de Montréal, Salle Claude-Champagne, 220 avenue Vincent-D'Indy
Concert 1: (d)Tourner
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne with the Ensemble de musique contemporaine de l’Université de Montréal
Works by JÉRÔME COMBIER, PHILIPPE LEROUX, SERGE ARCURI
Free admission—more information - April 3, 2020 8:00 p.m. Le Gesù, Amphithéâtre, 1200 rue de Bleury
Concert 2: Voi(Rex)
Ensemble Paramirabo
Works by PHILIPPE LEROUX, JAMES O'CALLAGHAN, ZOSHA DI CASTRI
Tickets: $18 presale, $35 at the door ($25 for registered workshop participants)—more information - April 4, 2020 7:30 p.m. Schulich School of Music of McGill University, MMR (Music Multimedia Room), 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Concert 3: Germination
In this live@CIRMMT concert, the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble plays music by JEAN-LUC HERVÉ, SASHA J. BLONDEAU, JONAS REGNIER
Free admission with reservation—more information - April 5, 2020 3:00 p.m. Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Wirth Opera Studio, 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Concert 4: Roll... n'Roll... n'Roll
The McGill Digital Composition Studio presents new music for solo instruments and electronics with guest artists Alexandra Tibbitts and Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
Works by GEORGIA SPIROPOULOS, SEAN FERGUSON, JOY BLANCHARD, JONAS REGNIER, XUE HAN
Free admission - April 5, 2020 8:00 p.m. Le Gesù, Amphithéâtre, 1200 rue de Bleury
Concert 5: Nine Rivers
Percussion sextet Sixtrum plays music by CARMINE EMANUELE CELLA, JAMES DILLON, TAN DUN, ONDŘEJ ADÁMEK
Tickets: $18 presale, $35 at the door ($25 for registered workshop participants)—more information
The Schulich School of Music thanks the many contributors to the IRCAM Forum Workshop: the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Université de Montréal, Ensemble Paramirabo, Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT), the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) at the Centre Pompidou, and Le Vivier.