Event

CANCELLED - Spatialization, Orchestration, Perception: IRCAM Forum Hors les murs, Montreal 2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020 09:00toSunday, April 5, 2020 21:00
Strathcona Music Building 555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA

 

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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 admissionmore 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 reservationmore 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

IRCAM FORUM sponsors
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.

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