The complete audio and liner notes from the rare 1979 album First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival is available online at a new site, Vintage Computer Music. The site includes MP3s of every track, which can be downloaded or played online. The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival was held August 25, 1978. The next year, Creative… Read More Free Computer Music Downloads from 1979
The Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music (SCREAM) and NewTown Pasadena are presenting a free encore performance of a program of new works for video with electro-acoustic music scores at the Disney Hall at the California Institute of the Arts on January 8th. The international program will include works by Kristine Burns (USA), Richard Carbonell… Read More SCREAM at Disney for Electro-Acoustic Music
MaconSumerlin is a new site that celebrates the work of Dr. Macon Sumerlin, a music educator and composer that combined electronic music elements with choral composition. The site features several free MP3 downloads of his classical electronic music, including Goose Bumps.
Electroacoustic pioneer Barry Schrader has released his latest CD, Beyond, on Innova. This album features four recent electro-acoustic music works: First Spring, Beyond, Duke’s Tune (the first and only musical work based on a melody composed by a pig), and all three movements of Death: Before Death, Into Death, and After Death. Regarding the music… Read More Barry Schrader Beyond
Switched On: Early Electronic Oddities, a 90-minute live radio show featuring Hypnotique, the UK’s leading cabaret thereminist/talk-show hostess, is now available online as streaming audio. The show features recordings of early electronic instruments from 1860 to 1975, including the Trautonium, the RCA synthesizer, the Italian futurists, the electro-theremin, and the Radiophonic Workshop. It also includes… Read More Free Download: Switched On Early Electronic Oddities
In this interview with Synthtopia, Schrader talks about electroacoustic music, the role of classical electronic composers, collaborating with pigs, and more!… Read More Barry Schrader Interview – Electroacoustic Music
The Cornell Department of Music is hosting “The State of the Art: Perspectives on Digital Music in the 21st Century” – a major series oflectures and performances scheduled for September 10-18, 2004, on the Cornell University campus. The events will feature guest speakers, composers, and performers from the Eastman School of Music, Hamilton College, IRCAM,… Read More Digital Music in the 21st Century
Electronic Music Interactive is a multimedia primer for electronic music. Developed by the New Media Center at the University of Oregon, the Shockwave/Flash site provides sounds, diagrams and animations that explain the elements of electronic music. The site gives vistors an overview of the subject, and demonstrates concepts like the relationship between the shapes of… Read More Electronic Music Interactive
American Mavericks is a 13-part series produced by Minnesota Public Radio that looks at innovation in music in the 20th century. It’s hosted by Suzanne Vega, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas provides insight on the ideas behind the music. The website provides web radio streams of minimilism, ambient, electroacoustic and other… Read More American Mavericks
Morton Subotnick is one of the innovators of classical electronic music. His early work with Buchla synthesizers took him to the peak of the avant garde electronica world of the 60’s, while his later works have explored the ways in which live performers can interact with electronics. His site provides a history of his composition,… Read More Morton Subotnick
