NewMusicSA presents eMusic Indaba 23 to 25 September 2010 Durban

Two evenings of electro-acoustic music and three days of workshops for young South African composers and performers
hosted by the School of Music, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 
  
Students encouraged to apply! 
 
Click here to view the brochure and application form

In the decade long tradition of NewMusicSA’s  New Music Indabas, the musical creations/presentations and the workshops/master classes of eMusic Indaba will be very educational and will broaden the acoustic horizons of local practitioners and students as well as a general audience. Concert audiences and local performers and composers will be exposed to current global developments in electronic and computer music.

Nicolas Collins (USA) studied composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with David Tudor, and has collaborated with numerous soloist and ensembles around the world. He lived most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of Stichting STEIM (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin. Since 1997 he has been editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal, and since 1999 a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The second edition of his book, Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking, was published by Routledge in 2009. http://www.nicolascollins.com
 
POW Ensemble  (Holland/South Africa)
Erik Bosgraaf - recorders, live electronics
Guy Harries - voice, flute, computer
DJ DNA - turntables, computer
Luc Houtkamp - computer, live electronics
Sazi Dlamini - voice, bows, flutes, percussion
Ard Heinkens - technician
 
The POW Ensemble, founded in 2001 by Dutch composer/saxophonist Luc Houtkamp, is a chamber ensemble of the 21st century, using live electronics and computers as musical instruments. The ensemble has a unique powerful sound and an uncompromising approach.  http://www.powensemble.nl
 
Petra Ronner (Switzerland) is a pianist and sound-artist based in Zürich, Switzerland. She appears as soloist and chamber musician, improviser and composer. She is involved in artistic video- and sound projects in the context of art and theatre and is running the concert series http://www.gnombaden.ch. Recent concerts included John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, Stockhausen’s Kontakte for tape, piano and percussion, Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and new works by contemporary composers at Festspiel+ München, TonArt Bern, Taktlos and Tage für Neue Musik Zürich. Recordings at http://www.vexer.ch.  Petra Ronner is presently developing new works for piano and electronics with composers and improvisers in South Africa and Europe. 
  
The workshops are open to all composers, electronic musicians, as well as instrumentalists.
Please apply before 20 August 2010 by filling in and sending to us the attached application form.
 
Nic Collins : Hand made electrocnis
POW Ensemble : Live electronic music
Composers Workshop
DJ DNA  : DJing
Guy Harries   :  Flute and Voice
Petra Ronner   :   Piano
Erik Bosgraaf  :  Recorder
Luc Houtkamp : Saxophone 
 
Financial assistance: We have some funds to provide support in terms of travel and accommodation for those who need it. 
  
Curators
Jürgen Bräuninger  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Fiona Tozer   .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
 
Concert Organiser
Mandy Wilken 031 260 3353 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
 
For the latest updates please visit:
http://www.newmusicsa.org.za/emusicindaba2010.html