Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
#10 ascolta Akusmatische Hörstunde
The Composer, Herself
Konzert
19.03.2024, 18:00
- Toni-Areal,
- Kompositionsstudio 3.D02, Ebene 3,
- Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich
Eintritt frei
Programm:
Natasha Barrett
Prince Prospero’s Party [2005] 2nd order Ambisonics 16:00 One of the first pieces in Ambisonic second order was by Natasha Barrett as Artist in Residency 2005 at the HMT Zurich.
Natasha Barrett (1972) is a composer who explores new technologies and experimental approaches to sound in contemporary music, including concert works, public space sound-art installations, and multimedia interactive music. She is internationally renowned for her electroacoustic and acousmatic music and use of 3D sound technology in composition. Her work is commissioned and performed throughout the world and has received over 20 international awards, including the Nordic Council Music Prize, the Giga-Hertz Award (Germany), five first prizes, and the Euphonie D’Or in the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Awards (France), two first prizes in the International Rostrum for electroacoustic music and most recently the Thomas Seelig Fixed Media Award for 2023. She collaborates with performers, visual artists, architects, and scientists and is active in performance, education, and research. Link: http://www.natashabarrett.org/about.html
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
#11 ascolta Akusmatische Hörstunde
Mario Mary, portrait
Konzert
- 11.06.2024, 18:00
- Toni-Areal,
- Kompositionsstudio 3.D02, Ebene 3,
- Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich
Eintritt frei
Programm:
2015 Polyphonic philosophy pièce électroacoustique en 8 pistes. [ 10’ 43’’]
Commande de l’ICST de Zurich, Suisse. Création à l’Université de Zurich en novembre 2015 Continuing the aesthetic exploration about “electroacoustic orchestration” and “polyphony of space” of the previous works “Signes émergents” and “2261”, the first section of this composition develops in the horizontal plane a concept that could be called “melody of sound objects”. Here, polyphony and counterpoint of the musical discourse is interwoven through with small sound objects, creating polyphony and counterpoint taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the multitracks space with 8 tracks around public.
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
#12 ascolta Akusmatische Hörstunde
Georg Katzer
Konzert
22.10.2024, 18:00
- Toni-Areal,
- Kompositionsstudio 3.D02, Ebene 3,
- Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich
Eintritt frei
Programm:
Steinelied 2
2010 10'
Notes:
Steinelied 2 In a cloud chamber, ionising radiation leaves a condensation trail with tiny water droplets, thus making the particle ‘visible’. Likewise, the ‘stones’, namely the silicon crystals of the computer, leave small ‘droplet-shaped’ sound events as they rush through the time-tone space in the computer I programmed. Between the mostly impulsive sounds, a short tonal structure emerges several times, as if from a distance, perforated by the impulsive sounds. It is reminiscent of a scent ‘from distant planets’, that of a bygone tonal music. In any case, it was just as welcome to me as the sometimes ‘dirty sounds’, which I did not try to embellish. And everything is shrouded in a ‘blue fog’. The piece is not composed with a climax in mind; rather, it remains static, revolving around itself, almost meditative.
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
#13 ascolta Akusmatische Hörstunde
Listening twice
Experimental
17.12.2024 18:00
- Toni-Areal
- Kompositionsstudio 3.D02, Ebene 3,
- Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich
Eintritt frei
The title of this audio lesson is Listening Twice.
Based on the empirical research ‘Performance and storage of multi-channel content in an immersive audio format,’ I would like to design a slightly different listening session. Listening twice means listening to a 2-channel piece in its original form and then interpreting it in a new immersive format. These two audio formats can thus be compared and discussed. So, this is a somewhat experimental listening session at the end of the year.
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
#14 ascolta Akusmatische Hörstunde
Listening twice
Experimental
- Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 18:00
- Toni-Areal, Kompositionsstudio 3.D02, Ebene 3,
- Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich
Eintritt frei
In this session we will listen to classic electroacoustic compositions in two different versions:
-A recent 5.1 production from ICST/ZHdK
-A historic Ambisonics (UHJ) recording from the 1970s
We look forward to comparing these versions.
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
Overview of the direction in the ICST composition studio
Status April 2023
A: The LSB is the control panel for routing and controlling all audio components. B: The Extron panel provides convenient management of all video and power components.
Hint: To dock in the composition studio with your own laptop, you need to consider a two steps! Install the necessary drivers for audio & video: - RME Madi USB Driver (Mac / Windows ) for the audio connection. - DisplayLinker for the video connection Please have a look at this link: Quick Start
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts
Regulations for the use of the ICST composition studio:
- Do not eat or drink in the studio.
- do not set up your own user accounts on the composition computer
- no installation of own software & plugins (if needed, please contact support)
- Do not move the 18-Ambisonics speakers as they have been precisely calibrated.
- Please dismantle all modifications
- No stock
- Put instruments/music stands/special equipment away again.
- Reset the audio matrix routing to ‘standard.’
- Set ‘Ghielmetti’ back to ‘Standard’.
- Turn off all equipment when leaving the studio.
Important.
- The user data on the composition computer will be deleted.
- Each user is responsible for the security of their own data. (Save to your own HD)
- Please leave the studio in default settings when leaving!
New:
- For night sessions, please note that the Studio components will automatically shut down at 03:00.
- At 03:00, a warning appears on the ‘Extron TouchPanel,’ and with the confirmation to cancel, this process can be stopped.
These regulations are valid for the duration of the studio booking. For projects and AiR guests, the agreed regulations are valid. The next studio user will thank them.