New York Soundscape

Ear to the Earth 2008, EMF's annual festival of environmental sound, will take place between October 10 and 23 at Judson Church, Chelsea Art Museum, and other venues in New York City.

Among many events, the festival will launch New York Soundscape, a panoramic portrayal of New York City's personality and urban ecology in sound, including documentary field recordings, sound art compositions, and multimedia created by artists, students, and New Yorkers from all walks of life.

New York Soundscape will open on October 10 at Judson Church with 'New York Big Fritz', a major multimedia event portraying 24 hours in the course of a day in New York City ...

event report:
Alessandro cipriani in rome

Since the 1950s electroacoustic music has been alive and well in Rome, and continues to thrive, as demonstrated during a recent two-day conference in June of Italian and French electroacoustic musicans. As part of the event, the acousmonium, a loudspeaker orchestra created by François Bayle in 1974 in Paris, resounded in the Roman Palladium Theatre ...

NOT TO MISS:
Iannis Xenakis' oresteia

On Saturday, September 13, 2008, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University begins its 20th anniversary season with the United States premiere of Iannis Xenakis’ Oresteia, his only opera ...

Works & Process, an ongoing program at the Guggenheim Museum, will present a behind-the-scenes look at the interpretation and presentation of Oresteia on Monday, September 8, 2008, at 7:30pm ...