paul@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (Paul Lansky) (03/10/87)
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Symposium on Computers and The Performing Arts
The University of Michigan School of Music, together with
the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, the
University of Michigan Information and Technology Division,
and the Computer Music Association, will be hosting the
first Symposium on Computers and the Performing Arts in Ann
Arbor, Michigan, April 11th - 13th.
The focus of the symposium will be on computer music, as
well as other areas in the arts in which computers have been
or could be playing an important role.
There will be a number of presentations and panel
discussions on a wide variety of topics dealing with
computers and the performing arts including such subjects
as: the role of research in computer music, the integration
of music, dance, and video with computers, user-interfaces
and human interaction with computers, computer workstations
for artistic use, and funding for creative technology. Two
concerts will be given by the University of Michigan
Contemporary Directions Ensemble, which is celebrating its
twentieth anniversary. A number of video presentations,
tape concerts, and live performances on real-time
instruments will be offered.
With special thanks to Bill Buxton (University of Toronto),
there will be a showing of a video currently being prepared
for the CHI+GI Conference which features some of the most
recent developments in computer graphics and video.
Invited speakers include:
+ Andy Moorer
- (Consultant)
+ Bill Buxton
- (The University of Toronto, Computer Science and
Computer Graphics)
+ Curtis Roads
- (Editor, The Computer Music Journal)
+ Gary Kendall
- (Northwestern University)
+ F. Richard Moore
- (UCSD/CARL)
+ Bob James
- (Recording artist and record producer)
+ Douglas Hofstadter
- (University of Michigan)
+ Tod Machover
- (MIT) Speaker
- Guest composer for the Contemporary Directions
Festival.
+ Roger Reynolds
- (UCSD) Guest composer for the Contemporary
Directions Festival.
+ Fred Lerdahl
- (University of Michigan)
+ David Gregory
- (University of Michigan)
Registration for the symposium will begin on the morning of
April 11, 1987 (Saturday, 9:00 a.m.), at the Horace H.
Rackham School of Graduate Studies. The first presentations
will take place at 2:00 p.m. that afternoon.
Fees for the symposium are as follows:
General $40.00
Student $20.00
To register: please complete the form on the next page.
Lodging and meals:
A special block of rooms is being held at the Campus Inn,
near the University of Michigan Campus. The rooms will be
held in reserve until March 27, 1987. Please make your
arrangements before then, and be sure to inform the Campus
Inn that you are with the symposium group.
The Campus Inn (313) 769-2200
There are many fine restaurants near the conference
location. Restaurant information will be available at
registration.
This early registration form should be received by March 30,
1987.
Send this form, the required fee, and all inquiries to:
Craig Harris
Conference Director
5769 Liberty Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
or call (313) 994-1436
Registration Form
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Make checks payable to the University of Michigan.