Alain Bonardi: Electroacoustic Music
November 9, 2022
Alain Bonardi, a French composer and researcher who specializes in the spatial synthesis of sound, presents a concert of music featuring guitarist Alex Dunn and violinist Lisa Yoshida. This concert is part of a residency project of French composer Alain Bonardi made possible through the Jazz & New Music artistic fund, a program of the FACE Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.
Concert:
5:00pm, Wednesday November 9, 2022
Music and Media Building, Room 218, UC Irvine
Free admission
Pre-concert lecture by Alain Bonardi on the topic of “Spatial Processing and Synthesis of Sound, demonstrating musical examples, with the participation of Alex Dunn:
3:30 pm, Music and Media Building, Room 218
Free admission
These activities are part of Prof. Bonardi’s residency at UCI, organized by Prof. Chris Dobrian. Prof. Bonardi will also present two additional workshops, on Nov. 7 (Introduction to Faust) and Nov. 8 (Ambisonics and Multichannel Audio), which will be streamed via Zoom for those unable to attend in person. For full details, please visit this page.
King Britt solo performance
January 14, 2023
Philadelphia born and Pew Fellowship recipient, King James Britt (his real name) is a 30+ year, producer, composer and performer in the global advancement of electronic music. As a composer and producer, his practice has lead to collaborations with the likes of De La Soul, Alarm Will Sound Orchestra, Saul Williams, director Michael Mann (Miami Vice) and many others, as well as being called for remixes from an eclectic list of giants, including Meredith Monk, Solange and Calvin Harris. He is also a professor at UCSD in the computer music department and the creator of “Blacktronika: Afrofuturism In Electronic Music,” a new lecture course that researches and honors the people of color who have pioneered groundbreaking genres within the electronic music landscape.
8:00pm, Saturday, January 14, 2023
Experimental Media Performance Laboratory (xMPL)
Free admission, no reservation needed
Prof. Britt will also present a talk about his music at 4pm (xMPL)
Listen to the Motion
January 27, 2023
Listen to the Motion features a motion sensor system created by Professor Mari Kimura called MUGIC®, which captures expressive gestures. The concert features students from the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) program in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), who have been working with MUGIC®.
8:00pm, Friday, January 27, 2023
Experimental Media Performance Laboratory (xMPL)
Free admission, no reservation needed
Organized by Prof. Mari Kimura
Rafiq Bhatia, with Rajna Swaminathan
February 24, 2023
Guitarist-composer-producer Rafiq Bhatia presents a set of solo improvised music alongside new material created as part of a duo project with UCI’s Prof. Rajna Swaminathan, who will join on mrudangam, piano, and voice. The music builds on their decade-long friendship and collaborative relationship.
8:00pm, Friday, February 24, 2023, with pre-concert talk at 7:15pm
Winifred Smith Hall
Free admission, no reservation needed
Related event: Workshop / Q&A: Saturday, February 25, 10am, in AITR190 (for Zoom link, please email Prof. Rajna Swaminathan: rkswamin@uci.edu)
Organized by Prof. Rajna Swaminathan
Supported by UCI Illuminations and the Gassmann Electronic Music series
Yvette Janine Jackson | Radio Opera Workshop
March 11, 2023
Radio Opera Workshop is a scalable intermedia chamber ensemble established to perform the radio operas of Yvette Janine Jackson. The 60-minute concert features the U.S. premiere of Left Behind, part of a series of radio operas themed around the environmental and socioeconomic impact of space tourism on local communities near launch sites.
Tommy Babin, bass; Amy Cimini, viola; Judith Hamann, cello; Dawn Norfleet, flute, voice; Jonathan Piper, tuba; Joy Guidry, bassoon and voice; Yvette Janine Jackson, composer, electronics
8:00pm, Saturday, March 11, 2023, with pre-concert talk at 7:15pm
Winifred Smith Hall
Free admission, no reservation needed
Supported by UCI Illuminations and the Gassmann Electronic Music series.
Matthew Schumaker and Eric Huebner
April 19, 2023
This concert features a range of works for piano and electronics curated by composer Matt Schumaker and pianist Eric Huebner. Among other pieces, Huebner will premiere Schumaker’s new work Arcs above the Earth (after Michael Anderson), which evokes astronaut Michael Anderson, who died in 2003 on Shuttle Columbia.
Eric Huebner, piano
Josh Rubin, clarinet
Jacob Sundstrom, computer musician
Matt Schumaker, computer musician
8:00pm, Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Winifred Smith Hall
Free admission, no reservation needed
Dr. Schumaker will also present a workshop to discuss the works being performed on the concert:
Workshop time: Tuesday, April 18, 3:30pm
Workshop location: Music and Media Building Room 115 (a.k.a. SPACELab)
Organized by Prof. Kojiro Umezaki
Supported by UCI Illuminations and the Gassmann Electronic Music series.
ICIT Spring 2023 Student Showcase Concert
June 2, 2023
This annual concert presents original new works by Ph.D. students in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) in the UCI Music Department.
Friday, June 2, 2023
8:00 p.m.
Winifred Smith Hall
Free admission | no reservation needed