[ont.events] Music & Computers At York -- Summer'88

james@yunexus.UUCP (James Pierre Lewis) (05/20/88)

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                    MUSIC & COMPUTERS AT YORK  -- SUMMER '88
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  Announcing a series  of  STATE-OF-THE-ART  SEMINARS  with  visiting  software
  developers  and  outstanding  computer  music  experts.  These presentations,
  which may include live performance as well  as  software  demonstrations  and
  discussion,  will  be  of  interest to musicians, educators, programmers, and
  advanced music students.  Seminars are held on Fridays, 10 a.m.  to  3  p.m.,
  and are open to the general public, at the nominal cost of $10 per session.

  Students enrolled in either or both of the  York  Summer  COMPUTERS  &  MUSIC
  Workshops  will  also  attend  the entire series of STATE-OF-THE-ART SEMINARS
  without additional charge.

       STATE-OF-THE-ART SEMINARS in MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY  at YORK UNIVERSITY
          May 27-June 24, McLaughlin Hall, York University Main Campus
      entrance off Steeles Ave. west of Keele St., Downsview, Toronto, Ont.

   (NOTE:  The following revised schedule supersedes previous announcements!)

  May 27
  David Levitt  (M.I.T. Media Lab)
        Composing with Interactive Graphic Controls;  Computer Jazz
  Phillip Werren (composer, York University)
        New Sounds from Old Hardware
     
  June 3
  Keith Hamel  (composer, Soft Core Music Systems, Vancouver)
        A LISP-based Music Description Language;
        A Macintosh-based Professional Scoring System
  Gary Lee Nelson  (composer, TIMARA, Oberlin Conservatory)
        Interactive Performance and Real-Time Composing with the MIDI Horn
  David Kusek  (President, Passport Designs, California)
        The Future of MIDI
     
  June 17
  Joel Chadabe  (composer, Intelligent Music Systems, SUNY at Albany)
        Using Intelligent Composing Software Intelligently
     
  June 24
  Peter Roosen-Runge  (information scientist, York University)
        A Hierarchical Language Environment for Algorithmic Composition

  (For more information, phone 736-5186 or send e-mail to GUEST4@YUSOL.BITNET)