International Electroacoustic Music Festival

2017 student performance.

2017 student performance.

2017 Festival

Monday, October 30: Composers & Media Scoring at Shapeshifter Lab

Music by students of the Brooklyn College B.Mus. and M.Mus. composition programs, and films scored by composers of our Media Scoring M.F.A. program. Shapeshifter Lab, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 31: Guest lecture by Seth Cluett

Artist and composer Seth Cluett discusses his work and ideas. 206G Roosevelt Hall Extension, 12:30 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, November 1: Music of Nicholas R. Nelson

An entire program of works by composer Nicholas R. Nelson, alumnus and former adjunct faculty member of the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College. Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall Extension, 7 p.m. Free.

Thursday, November 2: Sonic Arts

A program of works by students of the Sonic Arts M.F.A. program at Brooklyn College. Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall Extension, 7 p.m. Free.

Friday, November 3: Legacies of Pauline Oliveros

A concert to honor the memory of Pauline Oliveros. Shapeshifter Lab, 8 p.m. Full program.

Saturday, November 4: Legacies of Pauline Oliveros

Full program.

  1. Talks about the work and ideas of Pauline Oliveros, 10 a.m.–noon and 1:30–2:30 p.m.
  2. Workshop, 2:30–3:30 p.m.
  3. Panel discussion with IONE, Morton Subotnick, and Tania León, 3:45–5 p.m.
  4. Concert, 7 p.m.
  5. Processional performance, 9 p.m.

2014 Festival

Tuesday, November 4

Music+Video. Special guest composer Dennis H. Miller.

12:30 p.m.

Dennis Miller artist talk, 206G Roosevelt Hall Extension

2:15 p.m.

Screening of music/video works by Dennis Miller, Studio 312 (312 Roosevelt Hall Extension)

7 p.m.

Concert of music/video works, Studio 312 (312 Roosevelt Hall Extension). Featuring works by:

  • Dennis Miller
  • Gerhard Daurer
  • Eva Toth and Gyorgy Kurtag
  • Kasumi and James Lauer
  • Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt
  • Jean Detheux and Jean Derome
  • Tina Frank and General Music
  • Michel Gagne, Barry Guy, and Paul Plimley
  • Stephanie Maxwell and Allan Schindler
  • Candas Sisman

Wednesday, November 5

Circuit Bridges – Collaborative concert

7 p.m., Studio 312 (312 Roosevelt Hall Extension)

Featuring works by:

  • Robert Voisey
  • David Morneau
  • Melissa Grey
  • Dan Henry Boehler
  • Douglas Cohen
  • Nicholas Nelson
  • Whitney George
  • Christian McLeer
  • Douglas Geers
  • George Brunner

Thursday, November 6

Emerging Composers

7 p.m., Studio 312 (312 Roosevelt Hall Extension)

Featuring works by:

  • John Cleary
  • Jeff Tobias
  • Jessica DiMari
  • Yuriy Lehki
  • John Dunlop
  • Ivonne Parades
  • Matthew Compo
  • Konrad Kamm
  • Matthew Gantt
  • Jabbath Roa

2013 Festival

Fall 2013 IEAMF Festival

October 29–31
7 p.m.
Studio 312, Brooklyn College

Tuesday, October 29

“Mike McFerron and Friends,” featuring performances by Rebecca Ashe (flute) and Ian Corbett (saxophone). With works by Mike McFerron, Ian Corbett, Rob Voisey, and Jay Batzner.

Wednesday, October 30

“The Theremin and Hollywood,” including a screening of The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951 version). With featured guests Professor Foster Hirsch, film historian, and Dalit Warshaw, composer and theremin virtuosa, who will give a theremin demonstration and performance. Plus a special surprise guest.

Thursday, October 31

“Emerging Composers,” featuring world premiere works by: Max Alper, Ivonne Paredes, Jack Horowitz, Jessica DiMari, Nick Nelson, Whitney George, Konrad Kamm, Matthew Gantt, John Dunlop, Abe Morrison, Jabbath Roa, and Dan Henry Boehler.

Spring 2013 IEAMF Festival

Thursday, March 21

Music of Walter Branchi

Tuesday, April 9

Emerging Composers

Thursday, April 11

80th Birthday Celebration for Morton Subotnick

2012 Festival

Fall 2012 IEAMF Festival

Tuesday, November 6

Music of David Revill, Tom Goldstein, Jason Eckardt, Arthur Krieger, and Marc Thorman.

Wednesday, November 7

Music of Douglas Geers, Linda Dusman, Douglas Cohen, Anna Rubin, Tania León, and George Brunner.

Thursday, November 8

Emerging Composers

Spring 2012 IEAMF Festival

April 3, 5, 21, and 26

Three nights of electroacoustic music performances and installations at Brooklyn College. The spring 2012 festival is honored to include a special 80th birthday celebration concert for renowned composer Pauline Oliveros on Thursday, April 26.

All events are free and open to everyone.

Tuesday, April 3

12:30 p.m., 206 Roosevelt Hall Extension
Presentation by composer Per Bloland on his works

7 p.m., Studio 312 Roosevelt Hall Extension
The Kenners and Per Bloland: The Electromagnetically Prepared Piano
Composer Per Bloland and electroacoustic duo the Kenners (Eliot Gattegno, saxophones and Eric Wubbels, piano) will perform. Program will include: “Of Dust and Sand,” Per Bloland; “Divertimento,” Charles Wuorinen; “This Is, This Is, This Is,” Eric Wubbels; “torsion,” Katharina Rosenberger; and “Quintet for Solo Saxophone and Electronics,” Per Bloland.

Thursday, April 5

7 p.m., Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall Extension
Emerging Composers Concert
Featuring works by Butovens Mede, Arsid Ketjuntra, Gocha Tsinadze, Max Alper, John Dunlap, Camila Cano, Jabbath Roa, Víctor Castelo, Jeff Tobias, Ian Munro, and Nick Nelson.

Thursday, April 21

11 a.m.–7 p.m., Studio 312 Roosevelt Hall Extension
Symposium on Electroacoustic Music Performance
A full day of presentations and discussions about the electroacoustic performance. Participants include Maja Cerar, Douglas Cohen, R. Luke Dubois, Rebbeca Fiebrink, Doug Geers, Jules Gimbrone, Marianne Gythfeldt, Michael Klingbeil, Elizabeth Hoffman, Damon Holzborn, Mari Kimura, Michael Klingbeil, Esther Lamneck, Tania León, Martha Mooke, Dafna Naphtali, Jaime Oliver, Terry Pender, Todd Reynolds, Robert Rowe, Madeleine Shapiro, Jeff Snyder, Hans Tammen, David Wetzel, and Red Wierenga.

Thursday, April 26

7 p.m., Studio 312 Roosevelt Hall Extension
Pauline Oliveros 80th Birthday Celebration Concert

Pauline Oliveros and special guests will play an entire concert of her works.

2011 Festival

March 8–10, 2011
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

All events are free and open to everyone.

Tuesday, March 8

12:30 p.m., 206 Roosevelt Hall Extension
Pauline Oliveros Lecture

7 p.m., Whitman Hall
Electoacoustic Video Works
by composers Per Bloland, Ted Coffey, Jon Christopher Nelson, Jøran Rudi, Jeffrey Stolet, and David Stout.

Wednesday, March 9

7 p.m., Whitman Hall
Stockhausen’s “Kontakte,” performed by Iktus Percussion, plus a short film on Stockhausen’s infamous “Helicopter” quartet.

Thursday, March 10

7 p.m., Studio 312 Roosevelt Hall Extension
Emergine Composers Concert
Featuring works by J. Anthony Allen, Noah Keesecker, Nicholas Nelson, Ian Munro, Ellen O’Meara, Dave Ruder, and Erin Arthur.

2010 Festival

Fall 2010

October 26–28, 2010
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

Tuesday, October 26

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
360 degrees of 60×60 (Magenta Mix)
Featuring Robert Voisey, founder/director of the 60×60 Project. Sixty one-minute pieces by 60 composers, assembled into a continuous one-hour event. This performance features video accompaniments for each work, created by video artist and composer Patrick Liddell.

Works by composers Liana Alexandra, Taylor Ashley, Jeremy Baguyos, Per Bloland, James Bohn, Susan Brewster, Ann Cantelow, Da Jeong Choi, Stavros Choplaros, David Claman, Douglas Cohen, Amanda Cole, J.C. Combs, Ron Coulter, Lucio E. Cuellar, Mark Eden, Robert Fanelli, Jonas Foerster, Ulf Grahn, Melissa Grey, Richard Hall, Anthony Hood, Bernard Hughes, Marie Incontrera, David Jaggard, Travis Johns, Tuan Hung Le, Cyprian Li, Brian Lindgren, Sylvi MacCormac, Eli McCartney, David Mooney, Serban Nichifor, Charles Nichols, Robert Payne, Andrian Pertout, Guillermo Pozzati, Bob Rocco, Paul Russell, Antti Saario, jacky schreiber, Daniel Sedgwick, David Ben Shannon, Adam Sovkoplas, Adam Stansbie, Ken Steen, Christiane Strothmann, Elke Swoboda, Agnes Szelag, Aart Uunivers, Jeremy Van Buskirk, Victor Villarreal, John Villec, Patricia Walsh, Jane Wang, Dan Weymouth, Brent Wilcox, Ozan Yarman, Ph.D., Gregory Yasinitsky, and Ivan Zavada.

Wednesday October 27

7 p.m, Whitman Hall
American Composers Concert
Featuring guest composer Matthew Burtner.

  • Sxueak, for squeaky toy ensemble and computer.
    By Matthew Burtner
    Performed by Matthew Burtner and Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music students and faculty
  • Obesssive Currents, for violin and computer
    By Douglas Geers
    Maja Cerar, violin
  • Monkey Lab, for narrator and electronics
    By Robert Voisey
    Performed by Robert Voisey and David Morneau
  • Série Noire (Thriller) (2005), for piano and playback
    By Pierre Jodlowski
    Performed by Shiau-uen DING—Piano
  • Kuik, for Soprano, narrator and percussion and computer
    By Matthew Burtner
Thursday October 28

12:30 p.m., 251 Gershwin Hall
Lecture by composer Matthew Burtner on his recent work

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
Emerging Composers Concert

  • How to Undress in Front of Your Husband
    By Nicholas Nelson
  • Mothership
    By Ian Munro
    Ian Munro, Hammond organ
  • Al Otro Lado del Rio
    By Camila Cano
    Alice Jones, flute, Camila Cano, laptop
  • For Stefanos Tsigrimanis
    By Paul Pinto
  • j david tapper
    By Dave Ruder
    Laura Vuksinich, percussion, Dave Ruder, electronics
  • give me everything
    By Joe Mariglio
  • The Forest Eats Itself and Lives Forever
    By Aliza Simons
    Aliza Simons, euphonium and electronics
  • Imitation of Fire
    By Lawton Hall
    David Whitwell, trombone, Chad Walther, tuba
  • [Untitled]
    By Joe White
Tuesday–Thursday

Installation Scream, by David Ruder, will be shown before and after IEAMF concerts.

Spring 2010

April 9, 14, and 15
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

George Brunner, Artistic Director

This spring 2010 festival included three concerts and a guest lecture.

Friday, April 9

7 p.m., Whitman Theater
Music/dance collaboration concert “Tempus Fugit”
An evening of all original choreography and music compositions based on the wonder of birds. Featuring choreographers Artis Smith, Germaine Salsberg, Alenka Cizmesija, Michael Manswell, Cynthia Salandy, Rhoderick Blasco and Virginie Mecene. Featuring composers Hiromi Abe, Jay Batzner, Camila Cano, Whitney George, Marie Incontrera, David Morneau, Nicholas R. Nelson, and Paul Rudy. $5 advance purchase and students; $10 general admission.

Wednesday, April 14

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
Emerging Composers’ Concert, “Destruction of Structures, Part 2”
Featuring composers Camila Cano, John Chittum, Whitney George, Alfredo Marin, Nicholas R. Nelson, and Michael Weinstein-Rieman.

Thursday April 15

1:30 p.m., 251 Gershwin Hall
Guest lecture by composer Paul Rudy

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
Concert “Electro-Acoustic Music from the American Heartland”
Music by IEAMF featured guest Paul Rudy as well as James Mobberly, Michael McFerron and performances by Madeleine Shapiro (cello), Carter Enyeart (cello), and Carl Bolleia (piano).

2007 Festival

November 6 – 8, 2007
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

George Brunner, Artistic Director

The 2007 International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College features three evenings of electro-acoustic and intermedia works from around the world.

This year’s festival include a seminar and concerts by special guest composer Eric Lyon from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The festival reaches into Manhattan this year, with the Wednesday and Thursday evening concerts held at the Jan Hus Church on the Upper East Side.

Part of Electro-Acoustic Music Month

All events are free.

Tuesday, November 6

1:30 p.m., 251 Gershwin Hall
Eric Lyon at the Center for Computer Music
Lyon discusses Computer Chamber Music.

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
Brooklyn College Composers
Works by Milosz Jeziorski, Marie Incontrera, Nick Nelson, Sukning Kan, Judy Rabsatt, Cintia Diaz, Alfredo Marin and Hallvardur Asgeirsson. Performers: Antonio Arosemena (recorder), Nicholas R. Nelson (sampler), Jay Vilnai (guitar), Alfredo Marin (computer), Hallvardur Asgeirsson (computer).

Wednesday, November 7

7 p.m., Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74 Street (between First and Second avenues), New York, N.Y.
Hyperrealism Text Sound
Works by composers Noah Creshevsky, Robert Fanelli, Douglas Cohen, David Buddin, Eric Lyon and Per Bloland. Performers: Monica Harte (soprano), David Buddin (piano), Eric Lyon (computer), Douglas Cohen (computer), and George Brunner (cello).

Thursday, November 8

7 p.m., Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74 Street (between First and Second avenues), New York, N.Y.
The Music of Eric Lyon
Works by composers Eric Lyon, David Grubbs, Dennis Miller and George Brunner. Performers: Margaret Lancaster (flute), Gretchen Mundinger (soprano), Eric Lyon (computer), David Grubbs (electric guitar), and George Brunner (computer).

2006 Festival

November 14 – 16, 2006
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

George Brunner, Artistic Director

The 2006 International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College features three evenings of electro-acoustic and intermedia works from around the world.

Highlights for this year’s festival include the “60 * 60” project by Brooklyn College alumnus Robert Voisey, renowned new music soprano Patricia Sonego performing works for voice and electronics, avant-garde improvisations by flautists Robert Dick and Christine Perea, and a 60th birthday celebration performance for El Paso artist James Magee.

The festival reaches into Manhattan this year, with the Wednesday and Thursday evening concerts held at the Jan Hus Church on the Upper East Side.

Part of Electro-Acoustic Music Month

All events are free.

Tuesday, November 14

1:30 p.m., 250 Gershwin Hall
John Melby at the Brooklyn College Composers Forum
Melby discusses his works for soloist and electro-acoustic playback.

5:30 p.m., Levenson Hall
60 X 60 2006, New York Minutes
Robert Voisey’s 60 X 60 project features 60 pieces by 60 composers in 60 minutes.

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
Patricia Sonego
Patricia Sonego performs works for voice and electronic playback by John Melby and Noah Creshevsky. Premieres of compositions by Ben Bierman, David Grubbs, and Amnon Wolman will also be featured.

Wednesday, November 15

7 p.m., Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74 Street (between First and Second Avenues), New York, N.Y.
Robert Dick and Christine Perea perform new music for flute and electronics. The concert will feature a premiere by George Brunner.

Thursday, November 16

1:30 p.m., 250 Gershwin Hall
Bob Ostertag at the Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music
Ostertag discusses his work with the texts of James Magee.

8:30 p.m., Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74 Street (between First and Second avenues), New York, N.Y.
Celebrating James Magee
This concert celebrates the 60th birthday of El Paso artist James Magee.
Music by Douglas Cohen and Bob Ostertag based on selected titles to specific works of James Magee. Performances by James Magee and friends.

2005 Festival

November 1–3, 2005
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

George Brunner, Artistic Director

The 2005 International Electro-Acoustic Music Featival at Brooklyn College will feature three evenings of electro-acoustic and intermedia works from around the world.

All events are free.

Tuesday, November 1

1:30 p.m., 250 Gershwin Hall
Steven Takasugi at the Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
Electro-Acoustic Music Composed by Brooklyn College Music Composition Students
Featuring compositions by D. Edward Davis, Alfredo Marin, Yoni Niv, and Zachary Seldess. Video by special guest artist Andy Graydon.

Wednesday, November 2

7 p.m., Levenson Hall
SØNREEL with Doug Geers and Maja Cerar
Plus new works by David Grubbs, Robert Fanelli, and John Jannone.

Thursday, November 3

2 p.m., Levenson Hall
Noah Creshevsky at the Brooklyn College Composers’ Forum

7 p.m., Klavierhaus, 211 West 58 Street, New York, N.Y.
Noah Creshevsky 60th Birthday Celebration
Performances by Vahagn Avetisyan (piano), Dennis Bathory-Kitsz (voice), Thomas Buckner (baritone) and Beth Griffith (soprano). Compositions by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, George Brunner, Douglas Cohen, Noah Creshevsky, David Gunn, Michael Kinney, Tania Leon, Virgil Thomson, Robert Voisey, and Amnon Wolman.

2004 Festival

November 9–11, 2004
Levenson Recital Hall
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

George Brunner, Artistic Director

The 2004 International Electro-Acoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College will feature three evenings of electro-acoustic and intermedia works from around the world.

A special evening is planned to celebrate more than 50 years of music making by experimental composer Annea Lockwood.

Brooklyn. All in.