Saturday 24 January 2009

Event: Sonic Spatial Perspectives. 6.-7.Feb.

Leeds Metropolitan University and the Centre for Creative and Cultural Knowledge Exchange (C3KE) invite you to attend Sonic Spatial Perspectives on Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th of February 2009.

The two-day event features a series of concerts and workshops on the techniques, practices and aesthetics of sound diffusion; the practice of enhancing spatial components of electronic music and sound sculpture through the use of
multi-channel sound systems.

Keynote address by Professor Jonty Harrison, Professor of Composition and Electroacoustic Music at the University of Birmingham.

Showcasing:

BEAST (Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre), the concert sound system of the
University of Birmingham’s Electroacoustic Music Studios. www.beastmusic.co.uk

RESOUND Open Source software package for the live spatialisation of sound via multiple loudspeakers. http://resound.sourceforge.net


Participate in the dynamic dialogue
Debate and exchange perspectives in the area of spatial audio
Gain and encounter some of the leading research in this area

Event Venue: Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, James Graham Building

Friday 06/02/09
12:00 – 12:15 Opening by Derek Hales, Director of the C3KE
12:15 – 13:15 Keynote address by Prof. Jonty Harrison, University of Birmingham
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop on the BEAST sound diffusion system
16:00 – 17:00 Coffee
17:00 – 19:00 Concert 1
19:00 – 20:00 Buffet

Saturday 07/02/09
11:00 – 13:00 Workshop on the RESOUND sound diffusion system
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Concert 2
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 Round Table Discussion
17:00 – 19:00 Concert 3

To book your place please e-mail Tie Doepel at t.doepel@hud.ac.uk or call on 01484 471364. Queries about the specific workshop content should be addressed to Dr Nikos Stavropoulos at n.stavropoulos@leedsmet.ac.uk. Directions to Headingley Campus and information on hotels and transport links can be found at www.leedsmet.ac.uk