[comp.lang.forth] computed music workshop

dscheidt@van-bc.UUCP (Daniel Scheidt) (02/02/90)

                    Music of Two Worlds
                  Vancouver, B.C.  Canada
                     July 3 - 29, 1990

The 1990 Simon Fraser University Summer Institute Music Intensive 
is a one month workshop which includes practical studies in 
compositional software design.  Working on Atari and Macintosh  
computers, participants create their own MIDI software using the 
FORTH programming language.  Artists in residence George Lewis 
and David Rosenboom are two of the foremost musicians currently 
working with experimental music software design.

Participation in the second component of the Intensive, Javanese 
Gamelan (percussion orchestra) Performance, is also open to anyone 
registered in the computer workshop.

This year's Intensive is to be held at the Western Front Lodge in 
downtown Vancouver from July 3 through July 29 1990.  For more 
information contact: 
                     Angela Crump, Summer Institute 1990
                     Centre for the Arts
                     Simon Fraser University
                     Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 1S6
                     phone: (604) 291-4672
                     email: useracru@cc.sfu.ca

or contact:  Daniel Scheidt djs@scheidt.wimsey.bc.ca

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Daniel Scheidt
Program Director - Summer Institute
Centre for the Arts
Simon Fraser University

djs@scheidt.wimsey.bc.ca

dscheidt@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Daniel Scheidt) (02/01/91)

                    MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS
                  Vancouver, B.C.  Canada
                     July 2 - 28, 1991

The 1991 Simon Fraser University Summer Institute Music Intensive 
is a one month workshop which includes practical studies in 
Compositional Software Design and Indonesian Gamelan Performance.
In bringing together two of the most significant influences on
contemporary musical practice, this workshop features an immersion
in the juxtaposition of diverse cultures and technologies. 

Working with Atari and Macintosh computers, participants create their
own MIDI performance software using the FORTH and HMSL programming 
languages.  Artists in resdence George Lewis and David Rosenboom 
are two of the foremost composers currently working with experimental 
music software design.

Participation in the second component of the Intensive, Javanese and 
Balinese Gamelan (percussion orchestra) Performance, is encouraged
but not required.

MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS will be held at the Western Front Lodge in downtown 
Vancouver, B.C. from July 2 through July 28 1991.  For more information 
contact: 
                     Angela Crump, Summer Institute 1991
                     School for the Contemporary Arts
                     Simon Fraser University
                     Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 1S6
                     phone: (604) 291-4672
                     email: useracru@cc.sfu.ca

     or:             Daniel Scheidt 
                     email: djs@scheidt.wimsey.bc.ca

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Daniel Scheidt
Program Director - Summer Institute
School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser University

djs@scheidt.wimsey.bc.ca