[CANCELLED] IRCAM Forum Hors les Murs Workshop Series

A series of research presentations and concerts organized in collaboration with Université de Montréal, the Société des Arts Technologiques, Le Vivier, and the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM).

Special Event
April 02, 2020
09:00 - 21:00
Montreal
iCal

CANCELLATION NOTICE: This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

IRCAM Forum Hors les Murs

 

Description

Contemporary music practitioners and scholars from McGill University, the Université de Montréal, the Société des Arts Technologiques, Le Vivier, and the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) come together to investigate different aspects of musical space and timbre. This series of conferences, workshops, and concerts marks the first time Paris-based IRCAM has visited Canada through their Hors les murs series.

Schedule

April 2

  • 7:30pm - Concert 1: (d)Tourner 
Claude-Champagne Hall, Université de Montréal
220 Vincent-D'Indy Av.

Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne with the Ensemble de musique contemporaine de l'Université de Montréal

Works by Jérôme Combier, Philippe Leroux, Serge Arcuri

April 3

  • 9:00am-6:00pm - Workshop
Societé des arts technologiques
1201 St-Laurent blvd.

Presentations and demos by IRCAM developers/composers and invited guest artists/researchers in the Satosphère and Espace SAT.

A reception will follow this event.
  • 8:00pm - Concert 2: Voi(Rex)
Le Gesù Amphitheatre
1200 de Bleury St.

Ensemble Paramaribo

Works by Philippe Leroux, James O'Callaghan, Zosha di Castri

Tickets

April 4

  • 10:00am-6:00pm - Workshop
Université de Montréal, Faculté de musique
220 Vincent-D'Indy Av.
 
 
Presentations and demos by IRCAM developers/composers and invited guest artists/researchers.
Multimedia Room (MMR)
527 Sherbrooke St. W.

Free admission with reservation

Works by Jean-Luc Hervé, Sasha J. Blondeau, Jonas Regnier
Concert presented as part of the live@CIRMMT Series

April 5

  • 10:00am-5:00pm - Workshop
Schulich School of Music, McGill University
527 Sherbrooke St. W.

Presentations and demos by IRCAM developers/composers and invited guest artists/researchers.

  • 1:30-3:30pm - Concert 4: Roll... n'Roll... n'Roll
Wirth Opera Studio (A025), Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, McGill University
527 Sherbrooke St. W.

The McGill Digital Composition Studio presents new music for solo instruments and electronics with guest artists Alexandra Tibbitts and Geared Ó hAllmhuráin.

Works by Georgia Spiropoulos, Sean Ferguson, Joy Blanchard, Jonas Regnier, and Xue Han.

Admission is free for IRCAM Forum Workshop participants registered for April 5.

Tanna Schulich Hall, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, McGill University
527 Sherbrooke St. W.

Carmine Cella, University of California, Berkeley (USA)

Lecture presented as part of the CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture Series
  • 8:00pm - Concert 5: Nine Rivers
Le Gesù Amphitheatre
1200 de Bleury St.
Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble
Works by Carmine Emanuele Cella, James Dillon, Tan Dun, and Andrej Adámek.

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Associated Events

April 2

  • 10:00-5:00pm - ACTOR Project Symposium
A832, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, McGill University
527 Sherbrooke St. W.

Members of the ACTOR Project (Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration) will present research on orchestration and timbre. This event is co-sponsored by ACTOR and CIRMMT, and is open to public. 

  • 6:00-8:00pm - LabSession
Société des arts technologiques
1201 St-Laurent Blvd.

The LabSessions meetings offer a showcase and launchpad for emergent creators in digital art. The evenings are also a place for exchanges and encounters for artists, curators, and organizations.

Les rencontres LabSessions visent à offrir une vitrine et un tremplin aux artistes émergent.e.s en arts numériques. Les soirées sont aussi un lieu d'échanges et de rencontres pour les artistes, intervenants et organismes du milieu.